VS Code Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Visual Studio Code for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux 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 available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Visual Studio Code are Sublime Text, Vim, Kate and Eclipse.

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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
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    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. AvalonStudio icon
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    An extensible, cross platform IDE written in C# for Embedded C/C++, .NET Core, Avalonia and Typescript.

    56 AvalonStudio alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code

    AvalonStudio Features

    1.  C-sharp
    2.  C++
    Discontinued

    Last commit in February 2022

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  6. IT-Edit icon
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    IT-Edit (Integrated Terminal Editor) provide a text editor with syntax highlight, line numbering and with the basics text editing functionalities, a file managing interface and terminals in the same window as the editor.

    128 IT-Edit alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update was in May 2016.

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  7. EdytorNC icon
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    EdytorNC is text editor for CNC programmers. Some features : bolt holes calculation; solutions of triangles calculation; speed, feed calculation; conversion inch/mm, mm/inch; code colouring; RS232 data transmission with automatic file saving and possibility to download new CNC...

    179 EdytorNC alternatives
    EdytorNC screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update on Nov 2018.

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