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The best IDE alternative to ecode is Visual Studio Code, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to ecode and many of them are IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting IDE alternatives to ecode are VSCodium, Sublime Text, Vim and Neovim.

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  1. Visual Studio Code icon
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    Visual Studio Code

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    Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.

    209 Visual Studio Code alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  IDE
    4.  Built-in terminal emulation
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Code Completion
    7.  Multiple languages
    8.  Git Support
    9.  GitHub Integration
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Supports Python
    12.  C++
    13.  Source code debugging
    14.  Multiple Cursors
    15.  Graphical User Interface
    16.  Support for MarkDown
    17.  Auto Update
    18.  Plug-ins
    19.  Support for Node.js
    20.  Support for Javascript
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    Visual Studio Code VS ecode

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    • Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Linux alternative to ecode.

    • Visual Studio Code is Free and Proprietaryecode is Free and Open Source
    • Visual Studio Code is Customizableecode is not according to our users
  2. VSCodium icon
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    VSCodium

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    This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.

    198 VSCodium alternatives
    VSCodium screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Prevent telemetry
    3.  IDE
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  No registration required
    7.  MIT License
    8.  Autocompletion
    9.  Git integration
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Syntax Highlighting
    12.  Ad-free
    13.  Minimap
    14.  Color coding
    15.  Built-in terminal emulation
    16.  Support for MarkDown
    17.  Code navigation
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    VSCodium VS ecode

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  4. Sublime Text icon
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    Sublime Text

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    Powerful editor blending code, markup, and prose editing with enhanced features like multi-tab selection, side-by-side definition viewing, and multiple selection tools for swift code navigation.

    198 Sublime Text alternatives
    Sublime Text screenshot 1

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Sublime Text screenshot 1
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    +1
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Package Control
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  IDE
    5.  Multiple Cursors
    6.  Text editing
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Simple text editor
    10.  Tabbed interface
    11.  Plugin manager
    12.  Git integration
    13.  Support for MarkDown
    14.  Distraction-free
    15.  Works Offline
    16.  Git Support
    17.  Plugin API
    18.  Configuration Management
    19.  Fullscreen support
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    Sublime Text VS ecode

    Is Sublime Text a good alternative to ecode?
     

    • Sublime Text is the most popular commercial alternative to ecode.

    • Sublime Text is Paid and Proprietaryecode is Free and Open Source
    • Sublime Text is Lightweight and Customizableecode is not according to our users
  5. Vim icon
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    Vim

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    Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a GUI version called GVim.

    209 Vim alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    GVim with netrw+airlines+ctrlspace+xkb-switch+monokai theme+Source Pro font
    Plugin Gitgutter shows added lines as '+' and altere as '~'.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Keyboard focused
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Hackable
    4.  Well documented
    5.  Modal editor
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Support for MarkDown
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Portable
    11.  Batch Editing
    12.  Terminal-based
    13.  Macro Recording
    14.  Built-in terminal emulation
    15.  Support for Large File
    16.  Dedication to home row
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    Vim VS ecode

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  6. Neovim icon
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    Neovim

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    Refactored version of Vim, simplifying maintenance, improving developer contributions, and enabling new user interfaces. Features extensible plugin architecture, lightweight resource usage, syntax highlighting, no registration, ad-free, and distraction-free mode.

    100 Neovim alternatives
    Neovim screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Neovim screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Lua scripting
    3.  Terminal-based
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  Asynchronous
    6.  Vim
    7.  Sane defaults
    8.  Distraction-free
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Autocompletion
    12.  Code Formatting
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    Neovim VS ecode

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  7. Kate icon
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    Kate

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    The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application.

    142 Kate alternatives
    Kate screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    Kate screenshot 1
    Kate with an ATOM color scheme using some RegEx to find and replace.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Native application
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Themes
    4.  Editable text color schemes
    5.  Built-in terminal emulation
    6.  IDE
    7.  Tabbed interface
    8.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    9.  Git Support
    10.  Code Formatting
    11.  Spell Checking
    12.  Full-Text Search
    13.  Support for MarkDown
    14.  Support for regular expressions
    15.  Built-in themes
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  9. Geany icon
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    Geany

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    Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow.

    147 Geany alternatives
    Geany screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    Geany screenshot 1
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    +5
    Geany screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Multiplatform
    2.  IDE
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Code navigation
    5.  Automatic Indentation
    6.  Shell integration
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Debian package compatible
    9.  Support for LaTeX
    10.  Shortcut keys
    11.  Ad-free
    12.  Distraction-free
    13.  Autocompletion
    14.  Code Formatting
    15.  Batch Editing
    16.  Hierarchical Structure
    17.  Support for Large File
    18.  Built-in terminal emulation
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    Geany VS ecode

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  10. GNU Emacs icon
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    GNU Emacs

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    GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:

    175 GNU Emacs alternatives
    The GNU Emacs Manual calls Emacs the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Homebrew
    • Snapcraft
    • Debian
    • MacPorts
    Beyond just being able to edit plain text files, Emacs includes special features to help you write in many different human languages and programming/markup languages
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Extensibility
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Org-mode
    4.  Self-documenting
    5.  IDE
    6.  Terminal-based
    7.  Multi OS
    8.  Syntax Highlighting
    9.  Support for scripting
    10.  Command line interface
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  IDE All Languages
    13.  Editable text color schemes
    14.  Code Completion
    15.  Package Control
    16.  Works Offline
    17.  Spell Checking
    18.  Ad-free
    19.  Support for MarkDown
    20.  No registration required
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    GNU Emacs VS ecode

    Is GNU Emacs a good alternative to ecode?
     

    • GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to ecode.

    • GNU Emacs is Free and Open Sourceecode is also Free and Open Source
    • GNU Emacs is Customizableecode is not according to our users
  11. Pulsar Editor icon
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    Pulsar Editor

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    A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, built on Electron. and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.

    67 Pulsar Editor alternatives
    Welcome tab

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Electron / Atom Shell

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Community-based
    3.  Hackable
    4.  IDE
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Multiple languages
    8.  Add-ons
    9.  Tabbed interface
    10.  GitHub Integration
    11.  Ad-free
    12.  Support for MarkDown
    13.  Dark Mode
    14.  Distraction-free
    15.  Git Support
    16.  No Tracking
    17.  Code Formatting
    18.  Teletype
    19.  Folder Hierarchy
    20.  Electron based
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    Pulsar Editor VS ecode

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  12. Lite XL icon
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    Lite XL

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    Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.

    50 Lite XL alternatives
    Lite XL screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Lite XL screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Multiple Cursors
    6.  Portable
    7.  Autocompletion
    8.  Support for MarkDown
    9.  Full-Text Search
    10.  Support for scripting
    11.  Hackable
    12.  Community-based
    13.  Code Completion
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    Lite XL VS ecode

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  13. TextMate icon
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    TextMate

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    TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.

    162 TextMate alternatives
    TextMate screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    TextMate screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4.  Search and Replace
    5.  Automatic Indentation
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Code Formatting
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Snippets Manager
    Discontinued

    Last commit and version is from 2021

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    TextMate VS ecode

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  14. Notepad3 icon
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    Notepad3

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    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    208 Notepad3 alternatives
    Supports RTL languages out of the box.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Select Syntax Scheme
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
    2.  Small-footprint
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  Search and Replace
    6.  Portable
    7.  Support for regular expressions
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  No Tracking
    13.  Support for Right-to-Left
    14.  Support for MarkDown
    15.  Autocompletion
    16.  Full-Text Search
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    Notepad3 VS ecode

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