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There are many alternatives to Visual Studio Code for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux Text Editor alternative is VSCodium, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Visual Studio Code and loads of them are Text Editors available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux Text Editor alternatives to Visual Studio Code are Sublime Text, Vim, Kate and Neovim.

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Visual Studio Code

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Code Editor
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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 Oct 4, 2024

Lite XL
Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.
48 Lite XL alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top Lite XL Features
1. Lightweight
2. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
3. Support for Themes
4. Customizable
5. Dark Mode
6. Syntax Highlighting
7. Works Offline
8. Portable
9. Autocompletion
10. Support for MarkDown
11. Full-Text Search
12. Support for scripting
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Lapce
Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.
192 Lapce alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top Lapce Features
1. Rust
2. Lightweight
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. Built-in terminal emulation
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. Git Support
7. No registration required
8. Support for Themes
9. Full-Text Search
10. Ad-free
11. Works Offline
12. Dark Mode
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Comments about Lapce as an Alternative to Visual Studio Code

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It's fast, written in Rust, no registration, easy setting and keybindings files to customize, better built in terminal.
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- Almost everyone thinks Lapce is a great Visual Studio Code alternative.
- Lapce is Free and Open SourceVisual Studio Code is Free and Proprietary
- Lapce is LightweightVisual Studio Code is not according to our users

Helix
Helix is a fast text editor for the terminal inspired by modal editors like Kakoune and Neovim. Built as a native app using .
78 Helix alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Helix Features
1. Lightweight
2. Syntax Highlighting
3. Command line interface
4. Autocompletion
5. Code Formatting
6. Support for Themes
7. No Tracking
8. Git Support
9. Distraction-free
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UltraEdit
UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later).
211 UltraEdit alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
UltraEdit Features
Column based text editing
Support for large files
Hex Editor
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Bluefish Editor
Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.
214 Bluefish Editor alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
Bluefish Editor Features
Arduino
PHP IDE
Support for SFTP
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SciTE
SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration...
150 SciTE alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Xfce
SciTE VS Visual Studio Code
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Eclipse Theia
With Theia you can develop one IDE and run it in browsers or native desktop application from a single source. Theia is designed in a modular way to allow extenders and adopters customizing and extending every aspect of it.
15 Eclipse Theia alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- IDE
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Electron / Atom Shell
Top Eclipse Theia Features
1. Ad-free
2. Autocompletion
3. Works Offline
4. Git Support
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. No registration required
7. Dark Mode
8. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
9. No Tracking
10. Web-Based
11. Cloud IDE
12. Electron based
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Eclipse Theia VS Visual Studio Code
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- Almost everyone thinks Eclipse Theia is a great Visual Studio Code alternative.
- Eclipse Theia is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Visual Studio Code.
- Eclipse Theia is Free and Open SourceVisual Studio Code is Free and Proprietary