Alternatives to IntelliJ IDEA for all platforms with any license

Visual Studio Code

Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.
- Visual Studio Code is a text editor and is not an IDE mohsenr7596 • Jan 2017 • 31 agrees and 7 disagrees
- It is not an IDE and does not have as good java support Guest • Jan 2019 • 7 agrees and 2 disagrees
- It is more a code editor than an IDE like Intellij is. Guest • Aug 2017 • 12 agrees and 4 disagrees
- it isn't a ide like idea, it's a text editor! Guest • Feb 2019 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Only a better text editor than an IDE ! Guest • Jan 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- VSCode is a text editor not an IDE Guest • Jan 2017 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Built-in Terminal Autocompletion ... Intellisense Customizable Syntax Highlighting Code completion GIT support Plugins C++ support C# Scripting C support Graphical interface IDE Support for Javascript MarkDown support Multiple cursors Night mode/Dark Theme Ruby support Source code debugging Supports loads of file formats Supports Python Bugs Code formatting Code navigation Color coding of code Electron based Embedded debugger Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Extensions Git integration Mercurial support Minimap PHP IDE Remote Debugging Run Android Apps on Desktop Support for NodeJS Version and Source control Add a feature

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Eclipse

Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software...
- Free, open sourced. And more manageable Guest • Sep 2019
- Free, more flexible, more intuitive, better project management system. Guest • May 2018 • 0 agrees and 3 disagrees
- If you use free version of Idea - you cannot use normal editor for JS, HTML, CSS, JSP\SSP. For those scenarios - Eclipse is the best solution. Guest • Feb 2016 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
IDE Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Python Developer Tools ... Java IDE Refactoring Autocompletion Collaborative Workspaces Debugger IDE Java Php Rich Client Platform Ruby SCM Integration Support for Themes Add a feature

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Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs for Microsoft Windows, as well as web...

Free Personal Mac Windows Web .NET Framework
Code completion Embedded debugger IDE Intellisense ... NET Support C support Compiler Exe Compiler F# Support Form designer NETCore Support Nuget Support for MS SQL Server VB.NET support Autocompletion Automatic content formatting Azure integration C# Scripting Color coding Developer Tools Functions IDE Python Refactoring Vim key mapping Web Development Add a feature

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Apache NetBeans

A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and...
- is more robust. 100% write in JAVA. Guest • Dec 2015
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Java IDE Built-in Terminal Beauty and fluid interface Code completion ... Code formatting Embedded debugger GIT support IDE Multiple languages Refactoring Simple installation Automatic Indentation Compiled Language Cross-platform Support for FTP IDE Ide integration Java Php PHP IDE Ruby Source code history Support for SVN Syntax Highlighting Page refresh Add a feature

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Android Studio

Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. Similar to Eclipse with the ADT Plugin, Android Studio provides integrated Android...
- Android Studio is specifically for Android projects. Guest • Jun 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Android Studio and IntelliJ are essentially the same, the only difference is the logo. tijmen • Feb 2018 • 0 agrees and 13 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS
Android Development Java IDE Code completion Developer Tools ... IDE Integrated Android Emulator Visual Programming Xterm emulation Add a feature

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Qt Creator

Qt Creator is a cross-platform C++, JavaScript and QML integrated development environment which is part of the SDK for the Qt...
- Qt creator is specifically made to create Qt SDK based projects only. Guest • Feb 2020
- It is not for Java development. Guest • May 2016 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Autocompletion Build system Visual studio intergration Code formatting ... Debugger IDE QT Based Refactoring Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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VSCodium

Binary releases of Visual Studio Code without Microsoft branding, telemetry and licensing.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell
FLOSS No Tracking Privacy-friendly Automatic Indentation ... Autocompletion Built-in Terminal Clean design Code completion Code navigation Color coding Customizable Embedded debugger Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Git integration GIT support IDE Intellisense Support for Javascript MarkDown support Minimap Multiple cursors No registration required Works Offline PHP IDE Privacy Protected Syntax Highlighting Support for Themes Add a feature

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Aptana Studio

Aptana Studio is a complete web development environment that combines powerful authoring tools with a collection of online hosting and collaboration services that help...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Support for FTP Php Real time collaboration Web Development Add a feature

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Xcode

Xcode is Apple's premiere development environment for Mac OS X. In addition to being packaged on the DVD with every copy of Mac OS X, the latest Xcode developer...

Free Mac
Compiler IDE Code completion Color coding ... Developer Tools Exe Compiler Add a feature

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Codeanywhere

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). The...

Commercial $ $ $ Web Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad
Cloud IDE Cloud coding Web-Based Browser based ... Cloud based Container virtualization IDE Web browser IDE Add a feature

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IntelliJ IDEA Comments

about IntelliJ IDEA · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 4 Helpful Report as spam

Moving from Eclipse (STS) to IntelliJ, was for me moving from being blocked 2 days a week to being continuously productive. What takes hours to fix in Eclipse simply works in IntelliJ. Your company owes it to you to buy a license. Could not recommend more.

IDE vs Editor

Comment by dcondrey

about IntelliJ IDEA and WebStorm, Eclipse, Aptana Studio · Nov 2016 · Helpful Not helpful 3 Helpful Report as spam

Applications like Eclipse, Webstorm, PHPStorm, Netbeans, Aptana, Zend Studio; these are integrated development environments otherwise known as an IDE. This means that it is not only where a developer writes code but it also integrates with version control, frameworks, debuggers, and compilers.. they were originally conceived for such purpose. Generally, all of a developers activities can be conducted from within the environment.

An editor may have these same features available as plugins but they are designed for the primary purpose of being editors.

To maintain quality, there should be a clear separation between alternatives to editors and alternatives to IDEs.

Many of the alternatives listed here are editors, not IDEs, so they are not a good alternative.

Comment by onurv13

about IntelliJ IDEA · May 2017 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Excellent dark mode, free for students, easy to use and powerful interface

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