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There are many alternatives to Visual Studio Code as a web app if you are looking for a replacement. The best Online IDE alternative is Microsoft Visual Studio. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Microsoft Visual Studio or Replit. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Visual Studio Code and seven of them are IDEs available as a web app so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Online IDE alternatives to Visual Studio Code are Phoenix Code, OpenVSCode Server, Codeit and Notemac++.

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  1. Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for building diverse digital solutions. It supports over 36 programming languages, includes a code editor with IntelliSense, a debugger, and designers for GUI, web, and databases. The Community edition is free and integrates with GitHub Copilot.

    113 Microsoft Visual Studio alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • .NET Framework
     
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  2. Replit icon
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    Replit is a collaborative cloud development environment offering in-browser IDE features like AI assistance, real-time collaboration, Git support, hosting, deployment, syntax highlighting, plugin extensibility, ad-free UI, dark mode, and live code sharing.

    117 Replit alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. Firebase Studio icon
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    A cloud-based, agentic development environment designed to accelerate how you build, test, deploy and run production-quality AI applications, all in one place.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Phoenix Code icon
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    Phoenix Code is a text editor designed to make coding as intuitive and fun as playing a video game - specially crafted for web developers, designers, and students.

    38 Phoenix Code alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  5. OpenVSCode Server provides a version of that runs a server on a remote machine and allows access through a modern web browser. It's based on the very same architecture used by .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  6. Codeit icon
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    Codeit is a mobile code editor connected to Git. Runs on the web, open source and free. Supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Bootstrap, XML and more. Easy to use without how to.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. Notemac++ icon
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    Notemac++ brings the familiar Notepad++ experience to Mac users with syntax highlighting for 70+ languages, tabbed editing, split views, built-in Git integration, an AI coding assistant, an integrated terminal, macro recording, bookmarks, and powerful regex find/replace.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
     
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