Kiro AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Code Editors

The best Code Editor alternative to Kiro is Visual Studio Code, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Kiro and 14 are Code Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Code Editor alternatives to Kiro are Google Antigravity, Windsurf Editor, Cursor and Firebase Studio.

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  1. Visual Studio Code icon
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    Free and extensible code editor with built-in Git support, smart IntelliSense, integrated debugger, 30,000+ extensions, works offline, supports markdown and syntax highlighting for numerous languages.

    210 Visual Studio Code alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  2. Google Antigravity is an agentic IDE and coding environment designed to support real world software projects through autonomous development workflows. It provides an agent first workspace where developers set direction while AI agents carry out tasks such as coding, debugging...

    44 Google Antigravity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  3. Windsurf Editor icon
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    Windsurf Editor is an IDE merging AI and developers for lockstep collaboration with Cascade capabilities, boosting speed and contextual coding through copilot and agent-like systems across Mac, Windows, and Linux.

    77 Windsurf Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  4. Trae icon
     15 likes

    Trae is an adaptive AI IDE that transforms how you work, collaborating with you to run faster.

    41 Trae alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  5. Zasper icon
     11 likes

    A powerful IDE for data science, Zasper excels with massive concurrency support, enabling numerous simultaneous connections, minimal memory usage, and speedy performance. Suited for REPL-style data apps like Jupyter notebooks, fully supported on Mac with limited Linux support.

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    • Mac
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  6. Eclipse Theia icon
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    With Theia you can develop one IDE and run it in browsers or native desktop application from a single source. Theia is designed in a modular way to allow extenders and adopters customizing and extending every aspect of it.

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    • Mac
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    • Electron
     
  7. Qoder IDE icon
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    Qoder is an AI-powered agentic coding platform and IDE that automates complex software development tasks using autonomous AI agents.

    70 Qoder IDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. Ollie IDE icon
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    Ollie is a sovereign creative suite designed for developers, writers, and creators who want the power of AI without sacrificing privacy or paying monthly subscriptions. It is a unified engine that runs local AI models entirely offline on your own hardware, ensuring complete data...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  9. CodeBuddy icon
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    CodeBuddy IDE is built to create a symbiotic environment where product, design, development, and deployment flow into one another without friction. By embedding AI deeply into every step—from requirement planning and product design to coding and go-live—it delivers a one-stop...

    51 CodeBuddy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  10. nao icon
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    An AI-powered IDE for data teams that connects directly to your data warehouse to write SQL, Python, and dbt workflows with full schema context.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
     
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