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Visual Studio Code alternatives page was last updated Mar 14, 2024
  1. Vy icon
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    vy is a modal editor with a very modular architecture. vy is built on top of Tkinter which is one of the most productive graphical toolkits; It permits vy to have such a great programming interface for plugins.

    171 Vy alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update and release on Nov 2020.

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  2. Howl icon
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    Howl is a general purpose editor that aims to be both lightweight and fully customizable. It is built on top of the very fast LuaJIT runtime, and can be extended in either Lua or Moonscript. It has a minimalistic UI driven mainly by the keyboard.

    153 Howl alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Howl Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Minimalistic
    4.  Customizable
    5.  Keyboard focused
    6.  Programmable
    7.  Keyboard Shortcuts
    Discontinued

    The last version (0.6) is from April 2019.

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  3. Yi icon
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    Yi is a text editor written, and extensible in, the Haskell programming language. It can be made to behave like emacs or like vi.

    33 Yi alternatives
    The Vty frontend

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Yi Features

    1.  EMACS
    Discontinued

    Project possibly abandoned. No activities for two years, and last release in 2017.In this GitHub issue, the developer discussed about the future of the project: https://github.com/yi-editor/yi/issues/1114

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  4. edile icon
     2 likes

    Edile is a basic but useful text editor for Linux, Mac OSX and other unix-like operating systems. Written in Python, Edile is implemented in a single source code file and requires no installation - you simply execute the source code file.

    24 edile alternatives
    edile screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    edile Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    Last release on 2010.

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  5. 4coder icon
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    4coder is a minimalist, cross platform, programmable, code editing environment, catering to the needs of low level programmers. It allows you to use one work flow across Windows, Linux, and Mac (with the exception of your debugger... for now.).

    169 4coder alternatives
    4coder screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    4coder Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable
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  6. Ox editor icon
     2 likes

    Ox is a code editor. It was written in Rust using ANSI escape sequences. It assists developers with programming by providing several tools to speed up and make programming easier and a refreshing alternative to heavily bloated and resource hungry editors such as VS Code and...

    25 Ox editor alternatives
    Ox editor screenshot 1
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Ox editor Features

    1.  Terminal-based
    Discontinued

    Project discontinued. No updates in two years.Developer confirmed that project is no more alive due to technical issues: https://github.com/curlpipe/ox/issues/121

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  7. TweakStyle icon
     16 likes

    An IDE tailor-made for web design and frontend development.

    88 TweakStyle alternatives
    TweakStyle screenshot 1

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TweakStyle Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Code Completion
    3.  Coding
    4.  Browser-based
    5.  Support for styluses
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