Qt Creator Alternatives

Qt Creator is described as 'Cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) built for the maximum developer experience. Qt Creator runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS desktop operating systems and allows developers to create software across desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms' and is a very popular IDE in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Qt Creator for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Qt Creator alternative is Eclipse, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Qt Creator are Microsoft Visual Studio, Geany, Apache NetBeans and PyCharm.

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Qt Creator alternatives are mainly Code Editors but may also be IDEs or Text Editors.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Qt Creator.
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Qt Creator alternatives page was last updated Jan 11, 2024
  1. UltraEdit icon
     161 likes

    UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later).

    212 UltraEdit alternatives
    UltraEdit features an integrated FTP browser and supports syntax highlighting for hundreds of languages, with more always in the works. And with an integrated SSH/telnet client, scripting, custom tools, macros and Smart Templates, UltraEdit's ready for any coding session.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    UltraEdit Features

    1.  Column based text editing
    2.  Support for large files
    3.  Hex Editor
    UltraEdit iconQt Creator Icon

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    • UltraEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to Qt Creator.

    • UltraEdit is Paid and ProprietaryQt Creator is Paid and Open Source
  2. PSPad icon
     203 likes

    PSPad is a freeware programmers editor in 8 languages for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Some features are highlighted syntax, ftp, projects and so on. Code explorer for Pascal, C/C++, INI, HTML, XML, PHP and more in development, internal web browser with APACHE support.

    167 PSPad alternatives
    Main Window - Project Settings

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Support for MarkDown
    3.  Support for scripting
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Portable
    6.  WYSIWYG Support
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Code Formatting
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Hex Editor
    12.  ASCII to Hex
    PSPad iconQt Creator Icon

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  3. Lazarus icon
     126 likes

    Lazarus is a cross-platform IDE for the Free Pascal compiler. It tries to offer a Delphi-like programming experience through its own 'Lazarus Component Library' and supporting many platforms like Windows, OSX, Linux, BSD, Android, iOS and more.

    28 Lazarus alternatives
    Running on Windows

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • OpenSolaris

    Lazarus Features

    1.  Rad
    2.  Visual design
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Code Formatting
    6.  Autocompletion
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Syntax Highlighting
    9.  Compiles to native assembly code
    10.  Object-oriented Language
    Lazarus iconQt Creator Icon

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  4. Xcode icon
     154 likes

    Xcode 14 includes everything you need to develop, test, and distribute apps across all Apple platforms. Leverage the simplicity and power of Swift and SwiftUI with a new multiplatform app experience, code faster with enhanced editor features, and start testing and deploying from...

    60 Xcode alternatives
    Xcode screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Top Xcode Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Code Formatting
    4.  Portable
    5. Git icon  Git Support
    6.  Support for MarkDown
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Support for scripting
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Autocompletion
    12.  Full-Text Search
    Xcode iconQt Creator Icon

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  5. KDevelop icon
     79 likes

    A cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP.

    52 KDevelop alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  C++ support
    3. KDE Plasma icon  KDE Plasma integration
    4.  C support
    5.  C++
    KDevelop iconQt Creator Icon

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  6. CotEditor icon
     40 likes

    Syntax Highlighting: Colorize more than 50 pre-installed major languages like HTML, PHP, Python, Ruby or Markdown. You can also create your own settings.

    156 CotEditor alternatives
    version 4 released 2020-11-14

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  macOS-like
    2.  Colored Text
    3.  File Versioning
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  No Coding Required
    9.  Syntax Highlighting
    10.  Works Offline
    CotEditor iconQt Creator Icon

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  7. Apache Cordova icon
     53 likes

    Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer from JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo Mobile or Sencha Touch, this allows a smartphone app to be...

    47 Apache Cordova alternatives
    Apache Cordova screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Portable
    5.  Web-Based
    6.  Multiplatform Export
    7.  Javascript scripting
    Apache Cordova iconQt Creator Icon

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  8. Bloodshed Dev-C++ icon
     74 likes

    Bloodshed Dev-C++ is a full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the C/C++ programming language. It uses Mingw port of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) as it's compiler. Dev-C++ can also be used in combination with Cygwin or any other GCC based compiler.

    44 Bloodshed Dev-C++ alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Bloodshed Dev-C++ Features

    1.  C++
    Discontinued

    No longer developed. Last version, 5 Beta 9.2 (4.9.9.2), released on February 21th 2005, is still downloadable, but a maintained version of Dev-C++ with updated code is Orwell Dev-C++ icon Orwell Dev-C++

    Bloodshed Dev-C++ iconQt Creator Icon

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  9. Icecoder icon
     24 likes

    A lightweight yet powerful IDE/code editor that comes in both Web and desktop editions, the latter written with PHP and including choices for several platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac).

    68 Icecoder alternatives
    Icecoder screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Icecoder Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Online
    8.  Self-hosted
    Discontinued

    Seems the software is for sale. "This repository has been archived by the owner on Dec 14, 2023. It is now read-only."

    Icecoder iconQt Creator Icon

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    • Icecoder is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Qt Creator.

    • Icecoder is Free and Open SourceQt Creator is Paid and Open Source
  10. CLion icon
     51 likes

    The intelligent cross-platform C/C++ IDE. CLion is a new IDE that helps you be more productive while developing apps with C and C++ for Windows, Linux and OS X. Take advantage of proven JetBrains expertise in code quality, efficient code navigation, smart code completion...

    20 CLion alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • IntelliJ IDEA

    CLion Features

    1.  C++ support
    2.  C support
    3.  Code Completion
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  Autocompletion
    7.  Code generation
    8.  Built-in terminal emulation
    9.  C++
    10.  Automatic Indentation
    CLion iconQt Creator Icon

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  11. BBEdit icon
     47 likes

    BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text.

    120 BBEdit alternatives
    BBEdit screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    BBEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Live Preview
    4.  Code Completion
    5.  Multiple languages
    BBEdit iconQt Creator Icon

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  12. jEdit icon
     115 likes

    jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it. jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use AND it is released as free software with full source code...

    140 jEdit alternatives
    jEdit on Windows

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    jEdit Features

    1.  Java based
    jEdit iconQt Creator Icon

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