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There are many alternatives to Visual Studio Code for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Visual Studio Code, but unfortunately only zero of them are Text Editors available for Linux. If you can't find an alternative you can try to remove all filters.

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Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.

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Visual Studio Code alternatives page was last updated May 14, 2024
  1. Phoenix Code icon
     5 likes

    Phoenix Code is a text editor designed to make coding as intuitive and fun as playing a video game - specially crafted for web developers, designers, and students.

    29 Phoenix Code alternatives
    Phoenix Code screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

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

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Live Preview
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Support for MarkDown
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Distraction-free
    8.  No Tracking
    9.  No Coding Required
    10.  Dark Mode
    Phoenix Code iconVisual Studio Code Icon

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  2. JetBrains Fleet icon
     8 likes

    Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI.

    193 JetBrains Fleet alternatives
    JetBrains Fleet screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4.  Autocompletion
    5.  Code Formatting
    JetBrains Fleet iconVisual Studio Code Icon

    JetBrains Fleet VS Visual Studio Code

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    Comments about JetBrains Fleet as an Alternative to Visual Studio Code
     
    Ola Johansson

    Could be a good replacement when its done and has some extensions.

    Positive commentMay 1, 2023
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    • JetBrains Fleet is Free and ProprietaryVisual Studio Code is also Free and Proprietary
    • JetBrains Fleet is LightweightVisual Studio Code is not according to our users
  3. Mousepad icon
     34 likes

    A simple text editor for the Xfce desktop environment. Mousepad aims to be an easy-to-use and fast editor for quickly editing text files, not a development environment or an editor with a huge bunch of plugins.

    77 Mousepad alternatives
    Mousepad screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Xfce

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Simple text editor
    5.  Gtk
    6.  Tabbed interface
    7.  Drag and Drop
    Mousepad iconVisual Studio Code Icon

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  4. 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...

    139 jEdit alternatives
    jEdit on Windows

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    jEdit Features

    1.  Java based
    jEdit iconVisual Studio Code Icon

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  5. Zed Code Editor icon
     19 likes

    Zed is a fully offline-capable text and code editor you can use to edit files locally, on Dropbox, or remotely on any server. It has all the code editor features you'd expect and more:

    105 Zed Code Editor alternatives
    Zed Code Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome

    Zed Code Editor Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Dropbox integration
    4.  Code Completion
    Discontinued

    No code committed in eight years. Linked website has no mention of any code editor.

    Zed Code Editor iconVisual Studio Code Icon

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  6. Pluma icon
     17 likes

    Pluma, fork of gedit , is a text editor part of MATE Desktop Environment. It supports most standard editor features, extending this basic functionality with other features not usually found in simple text...

    160 Pluma alternatives
    Pluma screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Tabbed interface
    3.  Support for Unicode
    4.  Automatic Indentation
    Pluma iconVisual Studio Code Icon

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  7. Kakoune icon
     19 likes

    Vim inspired text editor with support for multiple selections and scores of other "out of the box" features.

    81 Kakoune alternatives
    Kakoune screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Cygwin

    Kakoune Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Modal editor
    4.  Works in a terminal
    5.  Multiple Cursors
    Kakoune iconVisual Studio Code Icon

    Kakoune VS Visual Studio Code

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