Github Codespaces AlternativesOnly apps categorised as IDEs

The best IDE alternative to Github Codespaces is Vim, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Github Codespaces and 15 are IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting IDE alternatives to Github Codespaces are Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, Pulsar Editor and AWS Cloud9.

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  1. Vim icon
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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.

    215 Vim alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
  2. Eclipse icon
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    Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...

    147 Eclipse alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
     
  3. IntelliJ IDEA icon
     441 likes

    IntelliJ IDEA is the JetBrains IDE for pro development in Java and Kotlin. Built for your comfort, it unlocks productivity, ensures quality code, supports cutting-edge tech, and protects your privacy.

    62 IntelliJ IDEA alternatives

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    IntelliJ IDEA is an IDE, not a cloud based development system.

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    • IntelliJ IDEA is Freemium and Open SourceGithub Codespaces is Freemium and Proprietary
    • IntelliJ IDEA is Privacy focusedGithub Codespaces is not according to our users
  4. AWS Cloud9 icon
     111 likes

    A comprehensive browser-based IDE providing full development environment features with an integrated Linux terminal, powerful team collaboration tools, plugin flexibility, and easy project portability. Available for local or cloud use with an AWS account requirement.

    55 AWS Cloud9 alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Discontinued

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    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. Cosmic IDE icon
     5 likes

    There are a lot of cases where you want to quickly test some Java code but don't have your computer open besides you. You open your browser and search for some website for this purpose. But you're neither guaranteed to have internet all the time (do you?

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  6. DevPod icon
     6 likes

    DevPod is infrastructure-independent and client-only, which makes it incredibly easy to get started with. Codespaces but open-source, client-only and unopinionated. Works with any infra, any programming language, any IDE, etc.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. PythonAnywhere icon
     42 likes

    PythonAnywhere is a Python development and hosting environment that displays in your web browser and runs on cloud servers. The servers are already set up with everything you need: hundreds of useful Python packages and web frameworks are supported out of the box.

    55 PythonAnywhere alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Codeanywhere icon
     50 likes

    Codeanywhere is a code editor in a browser with a powerful ftp client integrated, and all popular web formats are supported (HTML, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, and XML).

    48 Codeanywhere alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  9. Eclipse Che icon
     25 likes

    Eclipse Che is an open source project under the Eclipse top-level project. It's named after Cherkasy Ukraine, the city where development started.

    7 Eclipse Che alternatives

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