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195 VSCodium alternativesVSCodium offers a privacy-focused, open-source alternative to Visual Studio Code, eliminating telemetry and proprietary components. It provides a similar code editing experience across Mac, Windows, and Linux without sacrificing functionality, customization, or support.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron
- Flathub
Top VSCodium Features
- No Tracking
- Prevent telemetry
- IDE
- Customizable
- Privacy focused
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Works Offline
- No registration required
- MIT License
- Autocompletion
- Git integration
- Syntax Highlighting
VSCodium VS Visual Studio Code
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194 Sublime Text alternativesSublime Text, a popular commercial alternative to Visual Studio Code, is renowned for its speed and lightweight design. While both support plugins and customization, Sublime offers swifter navigation and less resource usage, making it a fast and efficient choice.
Top Sublime Text Features
- Lightweight
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Customizable
- Package Control
- Syntax Highlighting
- IDE
- No Tracking
- Dark Mode
- Support for MarkDown
- Distraction-free
- Works Offline
- Git Support
Sublime Text VS Visual Studio Code
Is Sublime Text a good alternative to Visual Studio Code?Comments about Sublime Text as an Alternative to Visual Studio Code
bobboblyFaster and less resource-intensive.
0Outstanding performance with regard to loading and navigation
1Dark_Samuslight-weight and fast loading time.....
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207 Vim alternativesVim, or "Vi IMproved", is an advanced text editor that provides a myriad of features including syntax highlighting, word completion, and a vast amount of contributed content. This tool comes with a GUI version known as GVim. Vim's top features include being lightweight, keyboard-focused, and customizable. It...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Top Vim Features
- Lightweight
- Keyboard focused
- Customizable
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Syntax Highlighting
- Hackable
- Command line interface
- Works Offline
- Support for MarkDown
- No registration required
- Portable
- Batch Editing
Vim VS Visual Studio Code
Is Vim a good alternative to Visual Studio Code?Comments about Vim as an Alternative to Visual Studio Code
alelondonthe lightest alternative with the most features
0kiminariyamamotoA classical editor for any text file. It is very usable but it is not really an IDE. You can add many plugins to make it behave close to IDE but I don't think it is very feasible.
5It is not alternative, if you dont want to spend your life configuring shit in vim instead of writing some code you should chose something else
-1Simple and extendable with a massive amount of plugins
-1Vim is always ready to work as soon as you open it. There are already a lot of open-source plugins that ease any sort of functions.
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139 Kate alternativesKate is a product of the Kate project, which primarily develops two key products: KatePart and Kate. KatePart is an advanced editor component, utilized in a myriad of KDE applications that require a text editing component. On the other hand, Kate is a MDI text editor application. It is a native application t...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Top Kate Features
- Native application
- Themes
- Editable text color schemes
- Syntax Highlighting
- Built-in terminal emulation
- Tabbed interface
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Git Support
- Lightweight
- Support for MarkDown
- Code Formatting
- Built-in themes
Kate VS Visual Studio Code
Is Kate a good alternative to Visual Studio Code?Comments about Kate as an Alternative to Visual Studio Code
Peter MelloCompiled C++ applications are so much more performant than Electron apps like VS Code.
9ZippingIt's not based on electron.
1social-remodelerKate is an Text editor and VS is a fully functional IDE with VCS.
0Kwrite is nice too. Use it mainly, has syntax hightligting and other features. Wouldnt use it for big projects just yet though.
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97 Neovim alternativesNeovim is a text editor, code editor, and integrated development environment (IDE) that is often described as 'Vim out of the box.' It is highly regarded in the software community, with numerous positive reviews. Among its top features are its lightweight design, its configurability, and its extensibility th...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
Top Neovim Features
- Lightweight
- Configurable
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Lua scripting
- Terminal-based
- Syntax Highlighting
- Asynchronous
- Vim
- Distraction-free
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Autocompletion
Neovim VS Visual Studio Code
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159 Eclipse alternativesEclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...
Top Eclipse Features
- IDE
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Java IDE
- C++
- Refactoring
- Autocompletion
- Syntax Highlighting
- Portable
- No registration required
- Works Offline
- Spell Checking
- Code Formatting
Eclipse VS Visual Studio Code
Is Eclipse a good alternative to Visual Studio Code?Comments about Eclipse as an Alternative to Visual Studio Code
Ola JohanssonIt's a thin line between IDE and editor nowdays, especially with all the extensions to VS Code.
3not a text editor, it is a java ide
5Eclipse is an IDE, VS Code is an editor.
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171 GNU Emacs alternativesGNU Emacs, often simply referred to as Emacs, is an extensible and customizable text editor. Its core functionality is powered by an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language that has been extended to support text editing. This software's key features include extensibility, custo...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- F-Droid
- Haiku
- Homebrew
- Snapcraft
- Debian
- MacPorts
Top GNU Emacs Features
- Extensibility
- Customizable
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Org-mode
- Self-documenting
- IDE
- Terminal-based
- Multi OS
- Syntax Highlighting
- Support for scripting
- Command line interface
- No Tracking
GNU Emacs VS Visual Studio Code
Is GNU Emacs a good alternative to Visual Studio Code?Comments about GNU Emacs as an Alternative to Visual Studio Code
Skalamanga@yetanotherqubick I believe the original comment was "Emacs is a great operating system that desperately needs a text editor"
0GeorgeIsHappyEmacs is much faster than visual studio and can run in a command line. It has very advanced autocomplete capabilities and tons of available plugins.
1yetanotherqubick"Emacs is not just a code editor or an IDE, but a whole operating system around plain text."
0I like Gnu Emacs as alternative of Visual Studio Code because it's free and it works on OpenBSD and I can do everything I need for my daily work.
0inventor500Emacs is by far more extendable than visual studio code, is not based on a web browser, and can be used without a mouse.
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Comments about VSCodium as an Alternative to Visual Studio Code
It's Visual Studio Code without Microsoft's invasive telemetry BS.
I mainly use VSCodium because Visual Studio Code crashes a lot on my machine, but the lack of telemetry is also great.
It is Visual Studio Code and a tracker free free and open source version.
My go-to FOSS editor of choice, where Microsoft telemetry is removed.
I do use it occasionally for Markdown as there are plenty of extensions that work with it. But my Markdown editor of choice is Typora.
It's not as extensible as the original as the VSCode (esp. Microsoft-made extensions) but there's still plenty available. Have a look at the Open VSX Registry.
the best. @Ungi there is a tip to allow us install all plugins