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The best IDE alternative to Micro is Visual Studio Code, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Micro and 14 are IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting IDE alternatives to Micro are VSCodium, Vim, Zed Editor and Neovim.

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  1. Visual Studio Code icon

    Visual Studio Code

     1379 likes

    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.

    203 Visual Studio Code alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Snapcraft
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    Comments about Visual Studio Code as an Alternative to Micro
    Guest
    Negative
    3

    no console support - and too heavy

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    likov
    Positive
    0

    it's a powerful, well supported, free editor with a lot of plugins. while it doesn't work in the console mode as Micro, more functions are available.

    Visual Studio Code icon
    Visual Studio Code icon
    • Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryMicro is Free and Open Source
  2. VSCodium icon

    VSCodium

     407 likes

    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.

    197 VSCodium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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    Comments about VSCodium as an Alternative to Micro
    likov
    Positive
    0

    it's a powerful, well supported, free editor with a lot of plugins. while it doesn't work in the console mode as Micro, more functions are available.

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    VSCodium icon
    • VSCodium is Free and Open SourceMicro is also Free and Open Source
  4. Vim icon

    Vim

     1347 likes

    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.

    214 Vim alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
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    Comments about Vim as an Alternative to Micro
    Tired Rabbit
    1

    Vim is NOT intuitive if you come from GUI apps and if you are not willing to reconfigure it a lot. Micro for the other hand is less advanced and not well-known enough (but still has plugins and advanced options, and also well-documented in internal help menus), but has sane defaults and one-file executable without external dependencies.

    It's just about picking your favorite which works for you better, really

    Centaro
    Negative
    0

    You have to learn vim bindings.

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    • Vim is Free and Open SourceMicro is also Free and Open Source
  5. Zed Editor icon

    Zed Editor

     109 likes

    Blazing fast code editor offering real-time multi-user collaboration, language-aware syntax highlighting, integrated terminal, multi-buffers for tab-free editing, built-in Vim mode, searchable outline, AI coding assistance, advanced keyboard commands, and cross-platform support.

    89 Zed Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. Neovim icon

    Neovim

     188 likes

    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.

    105 Neovim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chocolatey
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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  7. GNU Emacs icon

    GNU Emacs

     387 likes

    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:

    181 GNU Emacs alternatives

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Debian
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    The GNU Emacs Manual calls Emacs the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor
     
  11. Zasper icon

    Zasper

     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.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Squircle CE icon

    Squircle CE

     14 likes

    Squircle CE is a fast, lightweight code editor and file manager with support for over 30 programming languages, remote file access via SFTP/FTP(S) and Git VCS integration. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, or professional developer, Squircle CE lets you write, manage, and...

    73 Squircle CE alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  13. Vampirio Code icon

    Vampirio Code

     1 like

    Vampirio Code is a versatile open source editor and IDE with syntax highlighting and multi-language compilation, integrated with various compilers and tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Haystack IDE icon

    Haystack IDE

     1 like

    The canvas-based IDE that makes navigation and refactoring 10x faster.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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