Alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio for all platforms with any license

Visual Studio Code

Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.
- VSC is a text editor and not a solid IDE Guest • Mar 2019 • 15 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Visual Studio Code is a text editor based on electron.js just like Atom. Guest • Jul 2018 • 28 agrees and 6 disagrees
- It's maybe not as capable as the real VS. But it's still a great environment and with a couple of extensions it can do a lot of things VS can. Ola • May 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- As others have stated, it's merely a text editor, apparently with intrusive telemetry built in by default. Guest • Sep 2019
- It has all kinds of extensions, it's open source, it has a lot of features similar to Visual Studio and it's one of the top IDEs. Guest • Jul 2019 • 2 agrees and 3 disagrees
- As being said, VS Code is a code editor, not an IDE. Microsoft does not say it's an IDE. It's like Notepad++ in stylish. It's great to write little scripts, small programs with a manageable amount of code files and co-workers. Show me a development studio where developers are working on a huge project, on say 200 programmers with only VS Code....of course, and pigs can fly. :) Guest • Aug 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Visual Studio is an IDE. VS Code is a text editor. A text editor is a component of an IDE, not a full-blown replacement Guest • May 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Visual studio is a full IDE. Visual studio code is a text editor program. Guest • May 2019
- Visual Studio is a massive work horse. VS code is simpler, lighter and more nimble with major focus on editing your code. It's plugin system allows you to add just the right enough horsepower to get the job done without overkill. Guest • Sep 2018 • 4 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Visual studio code is a text editor Guest • Mar 2017 • 11 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Still powerful tool with so much smaller size. Guest • Apr 2017 • 8 agrees and 7 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Built-in Terminal Customizable ... Intellisense Syntax Highlighting Autocompletion GIT support C# Scripting Code completion IDE Support for Javascript Multiple cursors Night mode/Dark Theme Bugs C++ support C support Code formatting Code navigation Color coding of code Electron based Embedded debugger Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Git integration Graphical interface MarkDown support Mercurial support Minimap PHP IDE Plugins Ruby support Run Android Apps on Desktop Support for NodeJS Supports Python Version and Source control Add a feature

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Eclipse

Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software...
- Eclipse supports multiple languages, looks good too Guest • Dec 2018 • 9 agrees and 0 disagrees
- One is for Java and the other is for C# Guest • Jul 2016 • 6 agrees and 23 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions IDE Refactoring Autocompletion ... Collaborative Workspaces Java Java IDE Rich Client Platform SCM Integration Support for Themes Add a feature

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Atom

A hackable text editor for the 21st Century. At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also...
- Atom is a text editor. Albeit an extensible one it is not primarily an IDE like Visual Studio and would need a lot of tweaking to even get close. Guest • May 2018 • 18 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Atom is a text editor, and lacks nearly all of the features required to be considered an IDE. While there are extensions available to make Atom behave similar to an IDE, they are unable to come close to replicating the features needed for effective development. Comparing Visual Studio to Atom is like comparing a motorcycle to a tricycle with a motor taped to one of the wheels. Guest • Feb 2018 • 22 agrees and 4 disagrees
- Not enough debug and run options; just a text editor Guest • Jun 2019 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Atom has not got any solid debugging features (and packages) out of the box or at all. For example, it is not possible to debug ASP .NET MVC applications (IIS) without heavy digging and writing own package to do this. Atom.io is not an IDE. Features of atom-ide-* packages are too poor in comparison with Visual Studio. Unable to build C# projects makes Atom absolutely inappropriate for tasks Visual Studio (well, too slow, but) does. Guest • Nov 2017 • 17 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Atom is a text editor. VS is an IDE Guest • Apr 2019
- it's good because it has good design and it's powerful Guest • Jan 2019 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- VS is a specialized, full-scale IDE. Atom is (as defined) a "hackable text editor". Now, how similar are these?? Guest • Aug 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Free of charge. Support for numerous languages. Tons of packages for adding features like running scripts. AdrianSoMC • Sep 2017 • 2 agrees and 4 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable Support for Themes Package Control ... Community based GIT support Teletype Autocompletion Clean design Code completion Collaborative writing Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Folder Hierarchy Fuzzy Finder GitHub integration Gitlab integration Hackable Interior Design Live collaboration Minimap Modular System Multiple languages Multiple cursors Distraction-free UI Open Source apps Package Manager Plugin API Plugin manager Real time collaboration Separated workspaces Support for NodeJS Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Unit Testing Add a feature

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NetBeans

A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and...
- NetBeans is an IDE, but it doesn't work for .NET languages so it's hard to call it a viable alternative. bigbear • Jan 2019 • 5 agrees and 4 disagrees
- Free and Open Source Software. Changing leadership from Oracle to Apache Foundation. brandomettout • Jun 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It's for MS-Windows, MacOSX and Linux too! You can make projects independent of the OS. Guest • Feb 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Java IDE Built-in Terminal Code completion Embedded debugger ... IDE Automatic Indentation Compiled Language Support for FTP GIT support IDE Ide integration Java Multiple languages Open Source apps PHP IDE Simple installation Source code history Support for SVN Syntax Highlighting Page refresh Add a feature

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MonoDevelop

MonoDevelop enables developers to write desktop and web applications on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. It also makes it easy to port .NET applications created with Visual...
- .NET functionality, good code recommendations Guest • Jul 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- I've used MonoDevelop extensively for C# work in Linux. It can work with Visual Studio projects, and much of the shortcut key mappings match Visual Studio. Support for WinForms is available, but there is no viable GUI layout tool/functionality available. A pity that there's no XAML/WPF support under Linux.... Guest • Oct 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It is specifically for C# like Visual Studio is mostly used for Guest • Nov 2016 • 9 agrees and 4 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux .NET Framework Xamarin Studio
Code completion Intellisense Nuget Syntax Highlighting ... Unity Integration Visual Programming Add a feature

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Code::Blocks

Code::Blocks is a free C++ IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users. It is designed to be very extensible and fully configurable. An IDE with all the...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD
C++ support Learn with Flashcards IDE Leadfeeder integration ... Portable Add a feature

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IntelliJ IDEA

IntelliJ IDEA is a free / commercial Java IDE by JetBrains. Its design is centered on programmer productivity. A number of its features are intended to accelerate...
- This is only designed for Java not .net. Guest • Jan 2018 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Code completion Java IDE Auto Correction Built-in Terminal ... Go to definition IDE Java Java Support Night mode/Dark Theme Static analysis Version and Source control WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

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PyCharm

Python and Django IDE with refactorings, code completion, on-the-fly code analysis and other features, including version control integration, deployment, integration...

Freemium Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Code completion Code formatting Python IDE Refactoring ... Embedded debugger Git integration GitHub integration IDE Compare Source Code Add a feature

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Qt Creator

Qt Creator is a cross-platform C++, JavaScript and QML integrated development environment which is part of the SDK for the Qt...
- Does not support C# as they believe "it is not widely used enough" pfft ichimitch • Mar 2019 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Found everything in Qt Creator for Linux that is in VS for Windows. Guest • Jan 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- At first, intelligent search ib QtCreator is much better than the Microsoft's IntelliSens. Hot keys combinations are more simple and more intuitive. It looks for me more simple and intuitively clear at all. Guest • Dec 2016 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees
- For C++ development, QT Creator is a lot less bloated. It is fast and has all the necessary features. There is just too much unnecessary crap in VisualStudio making it slow as hell when running on a slightly older machine and also takes up gigs of disk space. Guest • Jun 2016 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees
Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Autocompletion Code formatting IDE QT Based ... Refactoring Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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Android Studio

Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. Similar to Eclipse with the ADT Plugin, Android Studio provides integrated Android...
- This is Best app for android developing Guest • May 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Android Studio is a Java IDE specifically designed for making android apps while Visual Studio is a full .NET IDE with many platforms available. Guest • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- For specific Android deployment, the native IDE is the best. Guest • Jul 2017 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Android studio only edits programs for Android (Java language), while Visual studio has a lot of language support built-in Guest • Sep 2016 • 13 agrees and 6 disagrees
- Android Studio can only edit/create applcations for Android which is an Mobile Operating System developed by Google but you cannot edit VB.net or C# on Android Studio like you can on Visual Studio. SecurityChecker • Jun 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS
Android Development Code completion IDE Integrated Android Emulator ... Java IDE Visual Programming Xterm emulation Add a feature

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SharpDevelop

#develop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free IDE for C#, VB.NET and Boo projects on Microsoft's .NET platform. It is open-source, and you can download both sourcecode...
- Discontinued Unfortunately SharpDevelop has been discontinued. It is still a viable alternative for VS for versions until 2016, but it doesn't support C# 7.0 as VS 2017 does. See details: http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/WhatsNew.aspx
- Only to a certain extent. Lacking many features and is no longer updated. Guest • Nov 2018 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
- It's small, lightweight, specialized on .NET development (but C++ is available too), supports designing both WinForms and WPF and has NuGet support. Perfect IDE for lightweight C# developing (if you don't need to handle a team of 10000 employees working on 5 big projects) lordunknown • Sep 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It's very similar to it and size is very low! { Visual Studio - up to 3 GB / sharp Develop - Only Up to 15 MB in size } Guest • Oct 2016 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees
- free and lightweight for commercial use Guest • Aug 2017
- N0 messy azure , no complex licensing Guest • Aug 2017
- Very similar IDE for C# and VB.NET. Guest • Feb 2017
Free Open Source Windows .NET Framework
C# Scripting GUI Designer Nuget Add a feature

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Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit is a fast, smart, free and open-source code editor. Switching your trusty code editor is hard, but give Komodo Edit (or its big brother...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Macros Add a feature

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Lazarus

Lazarus is a cross-platform IDE for the Free Pascal compiler. It tries to offer a Delphi-like programming experience through its own 'Lazarus Component Library'...
- Open Source done entirely in an independent language very like TurboPascal (Delphi). Guest • Nov 2016 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD OpenSolaris
Android Development Compiles to native assembly code IDE Object-oriented Language ... Open Source apps Rad Visual design Add a feature

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WebStorm

JetBrains WebStorm is a commercial IDE for JavaScript, CSS & HTML built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform. WebStorm provides automatic code completion...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
IDE Support for Javascript Secure File Sharing Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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RStudio

RStudio™ is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. RStudio combines an intuitive user interface with powerful coding tools to help you get the most out of R....

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Xfce
Code completion Embedded debugger IDE Session management ... Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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Microsoft Visual Studio Comments

Comment by evan

about Microsoft Visual Studio · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 4 Helpful Report as spam

I wish it didn't install so much extra unnecessary crap. This app definitely suffers from a serious bloat issue. Other than that, it's great to work with.

Comment by Guest

about Microsoft Visual Studio · May 2017 · 1 Helpful Report as spam

Supports wide range of languages. Useful extra extensions. Fast build times. Nice debugging options (JIT, Editable on run, etc.). Much customizable options

Comment by martenbjork_google

about Microsoft Visual Studio · Jun 2019 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

A great, open-source code editor

Comment by martenbjork_google

about Microsoft Visual Studio · Jun 2019 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

My favorite editor with great extensions

Comment by melnikov_sergey

about Microsoft Visual Studio · Feb 2019 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Working horse. It just do what it supposed to do.

5/10

Comment by RemovedUser

about Microsoft Visual Studio and GNU Compiler Collection · Jan 2014 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Maybe a powerful IDE, but it's too bloated without an option to opt out of the bloat, and obviously it doesn't support GCC and thus you're stuck with MSVC, which means C89 and only a small subset of the features of C++11.

Comment by icarus1633

about Microsoft Visual Studio · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

It keeps bugging you just like the paid version, read my comment on MSvs and you'll know what i'm talking about.

Comment by icarus1633

about Microsoft Visual Studio · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

It is a good one, but still has microsoft damned policies, you pay for it but it has not php mysql support, so you have to pay for a third party extension. it has a buddy debugger that really bugs you, yeah thats right, even when you uninstall it it still keeps bugging you. I don't know what it wants from your life but there it is until you change your windows, thats what i ended up with it, i search too many blogs and forums but there was no solutions to solve my buggy thingy.

Comment by Horizon

about Microsoft Visual Studio · Oct 2018 · Helpful Not helpful -1 Helpful Report as spam

It's a seriously bloated program which will hopefully one day be superseded by Visual Studio Code. However, Visual Studio is still perhaps the best IDE.

Another big benefit is any developer who develops with C# is guaranteed to be using VS. This makes it much easier for teams to collaborate

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