Alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio for all platforms with any license

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 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 • 8 agrees and 0 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 • 7 agrees and 0 disagrees
- 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 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- VS is a specialized, full-scale IDE. Atom is (as defined) a "hackable text editor". Now, how similar are these?? Guest • Aug 2018
- Free of charge. Support for numerous languages. Tons of packages for adding features like running scripts. AdrianSoMC • Sep 2017 • 2 agrees and 3 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for Themes Customizable Package Control ... Community based GIT support Autocompletion Clean design Code completion Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Folder Hierarchy Fuzzy Finder GitHub integration Gitlab integration Hackable Integrated Development Environment Interior Design Minimap Modular System Multiple cursors Support for Multiple programming languages Distraction-free UI 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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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.
- Visual Studio Code is a text editor based on electron.js just like Atom. Guest • Jul 2018 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Still powerful tool with so much smaller size. Guest • Apr 2017 • 5 agrees and 4 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell Mac
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Built-in Terminal Customizable ... Intellisense Syntax Highlighting Autocompletion Code completion Dark theme GIT support Support for Javascript Multiple cursors Bugs C# Scripting Color coding of code Embedded debugger Git integration MarkDown support Mercurial support Minimap Plugin support Run Android Apps on Desktop 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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Autocompletion Collaborative Workspaces Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Java IDE ... Lossless quality Refactoring SCM Integration 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...
- Free and Open Source Software. Changing leadership from Oracle to Apache Foundation. brandomettout • Jun 2017 • 1 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 Automatic Indentation Code completion ... Compiled Language Embedded debugger Support for FTP GIT support Ide integration PHP IDE Source code history Syntax Highlighting Page refresh 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...

Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Code completion Auto Correction Built-in Terminal Dark theme ... Java IDE 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 Refactoring Embedded debugger ... Git integration GitHub integration Compare Source Code 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...
- It is specifically for C# like Visual Studio is mostly used for Guest • Nov 2016 • 7 agrees and 2 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
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Xamarin Studio
Code completion Intellisense Nuget Syntax Highlighting ... Visual Programming 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...
- 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 • 4 agrees and 1 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 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Found everything in Qt Creator for Linux that is in VS for Windows. Guest • Jan 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Autocompletion Code formatting 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...
- Android studio only edits programs for Android (Java language), while Visual studio has a lot of language support built-in Guest • Sep 2016 • 9 agrees and 5 disagrees
- For specific Android deployment, the native IDE is the best. Guest • Jul 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 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 • 1 agrees and 1 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 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Code completion Integrated Android Emulator Visual Programming Xterm emulation 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
Learn with Flashcards Leadfeeder integration Portable 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...
- 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 • 3 agrees and 0 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 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows .NET Framework
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
No features added 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 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD OpenSolaris
Compiles to native assembly code Easy readability Object-oriented Language 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
Support for Javascript Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

94 Like
RStudio

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

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

92 Like

Microsoft Visual Studio Comments

Comment by evan

about Microsoft Visual Studio · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 3 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

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.

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