VS Code Alternatives for Mac

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

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  1. Cursive is a is a ClojureScript IDE available as an extension for IntelliJ IDEA. It provides a full-featured tool-set including advanced structural editing, refactoring, VCS integration and much more, all out of the box.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • IntelliJ IDEA
     
  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. OpenBeans icon
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    OpenBeans is an open-source IDE distribution. It is not a fork of Apache NetBeans, but a distribution, in the same way Ubuntu is a distribution based on Debian. It packages the best there is in the Apache NetBeans* ecosystem, polishes it, fixes minor annoyances and serves them...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Smultron icon
     71 likes

    Smultron is a text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs - like web programming, script editing, making a to do...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. AvalonStudio icon
     3 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  6. A lightweight, minimal and powerful code editor. This editor has many features. Some of them are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Chocolat icon
     12 likes

    Chocolat is a new text editor for Mac OS X, that combines native Cocoa with powerful text editing tools.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. CodeBuddy icon
     1 like

    CodeBuddy IDE is built to create a symbiotic environment where product, design, development, and deployment flow into one another without friction. By embedding AI deeply into every step—from requirement planning and product design to coding and go-live—it delivers a one-stop...

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. Colon IDE icon
     1 like

    A flexible and hybrid text editor | IDE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Ki Editor icon
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    Ki Editor is a modal editor that supports multi-cursor structural editing.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust
     
  11.  3 likes

    Vim Outliner of Markups Turns Vim into a two-pane outliner.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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