Visual Studio Live Share Alternatives

Visual Studio Live Share is described as 'When you need to collaborate, Live Share will instantly share your project with a teammate. Edit and debug together in real time without teammates needing to clone a repo or set up their environment' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Visual Studio Live Share for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Web-based, Windows and SaaS apps. The best Visual Studio Live Share alternative is Bananas Screen Sharing, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Visual Studio Live Share are Nova, Codeshare, Codeanywhere and Coder.

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    Bananas offers a cross-platform, peer-to-peer screen-sharing service without needing an account or server infrastructure. It uses WebRTC for secure connections, lets users collaborate with multiple cursors, and features a unique connection URL. Privacy is ensured as no data is stored.

    55 Bananas Screen Sharing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Bananas Screen Sharing is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Visual Studio Live Share.

    • Bananas Screen Sharing is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Visual Studio Live Share.

    • Bananas Screen Sharing is Free and Open SourceVisual Studio Live Share is Free and Proprietary
    • Bananas Screen Sharing is Privacy focusedVisual Studio Live Share is not according to our users
  2. Nova icon
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    The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.

    126 Nova alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Nova is the most popular commercial alternative to Visual Studio Live Share.

    • Nova is Paid and ProprietaryVisual Studio Live Share is Free and Proprietary
    • Nova is LightweightVisual Studio Live Share is not according to our users
  3. Codeshare icon
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    • Open a Codeshare editor, write or copy code, then share it with friends and colleagues. Pair program and troubleshoot together.
    17 Codeshare alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Codeshare is the most popular Web-based alternative to Visual Studio Live Share.

    • Codeshare is Freemium and ProprietaryVisual Studio Live Share is Free and Proprietary
  4. Codeanywhere icon
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    Codeanywhere is a code editor in a browser with a powerful ftp client integrated, and all popular web formats are supported (HTML, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, and XML).

    48 Codeanywhere alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Coder icon
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    The Cloud IDE, Solved.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Coder is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Visual Studio Live Share.

    • Coder is Freemium and Open SourceVisual Studio Live Share is Free and Proprietary
  6. Duckly icon
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    Duckly is an IDE plugin that makes coding multiplayer. It allows developers to talk, share their code, server, terminal, and collaborate in real-time with people using different IDEs. Duckly is available for VS Code and all IntelliJ IDEA-based IDEs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
    • IntelliJ IDEA
    • Google Chrome
    • WebStorm
    • Android Studio
    • Pycharm
    • PhpStorm
    • AppCode
    • CLion
    • JetBrains Rider
    • RubyMine
     
  7. Pop.com icon
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    Blazing-fast screen sharing, multiplayer control, crystal-clear voice and high-quality video. Perfect for pair programming.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Pop.com is the most popular SaaS alternative to Visual Studio Live Share.

    • Pop.com is Freemium and ProprietaryVisual Studio Live Share is Free and Proprietary
  8. CodeCafé icon
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    A hyper-collaborative, real-time development environment right in your browser. CodeCafé makes pair programming, teaching, and building web projects together as fluid and instant as sharing a thought.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  9. SubEthaEdit icon
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    Collaborative text editor that works on local network or Internet and includes syntax highlighting for several popular programming languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Devmind.io icon
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    Devmind.io is a cloud-based code editor that you can use on the go. You can edit your FTP hosted projects, as well as Github and Gitlab repositories. This app is completely ad-free.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Drovio icon
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    With Drovio, you can invite who you want on your screen, they all get their own mouse cursor appearing on it and can interact with your apps in real time, making you feel you are no more alone on your desktop!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
  12. Teletype icon
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    Teletype(beta) for Atom lets developers share their workspace with team members and collaborate on code in real time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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