SharpDevelop Alternatives for Mac

SharpDevelop is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Microsoft Visual Studio. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try MonoDevelop or Ecere SDK. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to SharpDevelop and ten of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to SharpDevelop are JetBrains Rider, React Studio, Cevelop and Zinjai.

SharpDevelop alternatives are mainly IDEs but may also be Code Editors or Android Development Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of SharpDevelop.

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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Free Personal • Proprietary
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Code Editor
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.NET Framework
103 Microsoft Visual Studio alternatives
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 sites, web applications and web services.
- - Microsoft Visual Studio is the most popular Web-based, Windows & Mac alternative to SharpDevelop.
- - Microsoft Visual Studio is the most popular free alternative to SharpDevelop.
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1. Syntax HighlightingMicrosoft Visual Studio supports syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages.
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsMicrosoft Visual Studio can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
3. Ad-freeMicrosoft Visual Studio doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
4. Works OfflineMicrosoft Visual Studio can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
5. AutocompletionMicrosoft Visual Studio can predict and complete the rest of a word or phrase you're typing.
6. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Microsoft Visual Studio without registration.
Code Completion
Embedded debugger
NET Support
Nuget
C-sharp
NET Framework
C support
VB.NET support
Exe Compiler
Color coding
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MonoDevelop
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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.NET Framework
Xamarin Studio
29 MonoDevelop alternatives
MonoDevelop enables developers to write desktop and web applications on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. It also makes it easy to port .NET applications created with Visual Studio to Linux and Mac OS X maintaining a single code base for all platforms.
- - MonoDevelop is the most popular Linux alternative to SharpDevelop.
- - MonoDevelop is the most popular Open Source alternative to SharpDevelop.
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MonoDevelop Features
1. Syntax HighlightingMonoDevelop supports syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages.
Code Completion
Unity Integration
NET Framework
Nuget
Visual Programming
Discontinued
As of October 2021, the GitHub repository README has been updated to say "This project has not been built nor maintained since January 2020 and has been archived".

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JetBrains Rider
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Paid • Proprietary
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Mac
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13 JetBrains Rider alternatives
JetBrains Rider is a powerful integrated development environment (IDE) designed specifically for developing .NET applications. With its intuitive and feature-rich interface, Rider provides developers with a seamless coding experience across multiple platforms, including Windows...
- - JetBrains Rider is the most popular commercial alternative to SharpDevelop.
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JetBrains Rider Features
1. Syntax HighlightingJetBrains Rider supports syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages.
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsJetBrains Rider can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
C#
NET Support
Automatic content formatting
Ecere SDK
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Free • Open Source
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58 Ecere SDK alternatives
A cross-platform Software Development Kit including a GUI toolkit, a 2D/3D graphics engine, a networking library, an audio output library, an IDE, a compiler for the eC programming language, and more.
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Build system
Debugging
React Studio
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Freemium • Proprietary
Mac
10 React Studio alternatives
React Studio lets you create components either visually or in code, then use them interchangeably in your designs.
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Cevelop
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Free • Proprietary
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Mac
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82 Cevelop alternatives
The C++ IDE for professional developers.
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Refactoring
Coding
Zinjai
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Free • Open Source
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67 Zinjai alternatives
ZinjaI is an IDE (integrated development environment) for C + + developed in the context of a Starter Grant from the Scientific Research at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina, designed for use by students of programming.
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1. AutocompletionZinjai can predict and complete the rest of a word or phrase you're typing.
Spanish
C++
Code Completion
XVT
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Paid • Proprietary
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Mac
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50 XVT alternatives
XVT is a software development environment for building cross-platform GUI applications in C or C++. XVT allows developers to graphically lay out an application's GUI, and provides cross-platform libraries to aid development.
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C++
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OmniSharp
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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Linux
6 OmniSharp alternatives
OmniSharp is a family of Open Source projects, each with one goal - To enable great .NET development in YOUR editor of choice.
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MaxBlox
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
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Linux
Online
Software as a Service (SaaS)
160 MaxBlox alternatives
MaxBlox is a complete application development platform. The entire system is web-based and allows the ability to build applications that operate over the web. This is architected as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) system.
- - MaxBlox is the most popular SaaS alternative to SharpDevelop.
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