VS Code Alternatives for Chrome OS

There are many alternatives to Visual Studio Code for Chrome OS if you are looking for a replacement. The best Chrome OS alternative is gedit, 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 six of them are available for Chrome OS so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Chrome OS alternatives to Visual Studio Code are Pulsar Editor, Caret, Text and Keypress Editor.

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  1. gedit icon

    gedit

     695 likes

    Extensible text editor with UTF-8 support, syntax highlighting for several programming and markup languages, remote editing, file reverting, print preview, clipboard operations, powerful search, customizable fonts and colors, line numbering, and plugin support.

    193 gedit alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • OpenSolaris
    The Default look under GNOME with Adwaita
     
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    gedit vs Visual Studio Code Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It is light weight and works and chromebook.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • gedit is Free and Open SourceVisual Studio Code is Free and Proprietary
    • gedit is Lightweight and Privacy focusedVisual Studio Code is not according to our users
  2. Pulsar Editor icon

    Pulsar Editor

     48 likes

    A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, built on Electron. and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Electron
    Welcome tab
     
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    Pulsar Editor vs Visual Studio Code Comments
    RemovedUser
    Positive
    1

    pulsar is slow compared to vs code, which is not that fast to begin with.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Bill
    Positive
    0

    Pulsar is an active community fork of Atom.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Pulsar Editor is Free and Open SourceVisual Studio Code is Free and Proprietary
    • Pulsar Editor is Lightweight and Privacy focusedVisual Studio Code is not according to our users
  4. Caret icon

    Caret

     32 likes

    Caret is a lightweight-but-powerful programmer's editor running as a Chrome Packaged App. Inspired by Sublime and built on top of the Ace editing component, it offers:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    Caret screenshot 1
     
  5. Text icon

    Text

     12 likes

    Text.app is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It's fast, lets you open multiple files at once, has syntax highlighting, and saves to Google Drive on Chrome OS.

    92 Text alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    Text screenshot 1
     
  7. Caret-T icon

    Caret-T

     Like

    Fork of Caret Editor that has full Tern integration (Intellisense for Javascript)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    Caret-T screenshot 1
     
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