Trae Alternatives

Apps similar to Trae include Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other options are Sublime Text, VSCodium, Vim and Zed Editor. Code Editors like Trae are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, the web and iPad.

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  1. 1DevTool icon
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    1DevTool saves developers 40+ minutes every day by eliminating the constant switching between Chrome, terminal, AI tools, and notes apps. One workspace. Zero interruptions.

    51 1DevTool alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  2. 16x Prompt icon
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    16x Prompt helps developers compose the perfect prompt with source code and context for ChatGPT.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. roobuilder icon
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    It's a cross between Glade / Visual Studio — the idea is that most 'action' code for an application is actually quite simple - so entering the code on the event handlers for a widget makes the proximity of code to action better.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  5. Deep Code icon
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    Use DeepSeek V4 Pro on Claude Code — zero setup, no usage limits, 95% cheaper, and everything just works right out of the box.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. Caxton icon
     1 like

    Caxton is a native Mac workbench for text and data files of any size. Every delimited file opens as text and as a typed grid, edits made in either view show in the other, and saving writes the same file back. Nothing is imported anywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    Log search shot: 10 GB log · 80,610,954 lines · 1,613,344 matches in 1.3 s
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  7. Tatastu icon
     1 like

    Tatastu is the friendly desktop app for building with Claude. It is the visual home for Claude Code and a calmer alternative to editors like Cursor, made for people new to coding or who just want it to feel simple.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Ami icon
     1 like

    Ami is a native desktop app that lets you run coding agents locally, chat with your codebase in plain English, and see real-time edits tracked for confident commits.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
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  9. Verdent icon
     1 like

    Agentic AI coding suite with multiple parallel agents for planning, coding, verifying, and orchestrating complex software tasks.

    59 Verdent alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • JetBrains IDE
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Windows
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  10. Scribe icon
     1 like

    Vim-flavoured modal editor with the parts a writer actually needs and a few features vim never had. Single static binary, sub-10 ms startup, soft-wrap by default, Claude Code in the editor, syntax highlighting, hunspell spellcheck, Goyo-style reading mode, persistent registers...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust
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  11. LynxPrompt icon
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    Self-hosted & federated platform for AI IDE/Tools Rules and Commands via WebUI & CLI - Generate, browse, store, share AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, and more.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
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