Free Microsoft Visual Studio Alternatives
The best free alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio is VSCodium, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio are Eclipse, Apache NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm.
Microsoft Visual Studio alternatives are mainly IDEs but may also be Code Editors or Text Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Microsoft Visual Studio.VSCodium
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Code Editor
- IDE
- Text Editor
182 VSCodium alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.
- - VSCodium is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio.
- - VSCodium is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio.
VSCodium Features
Comments about VSCodium as a Alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio
its the same but without the useless features that cause more harm than good
3Eclipse
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- IDE
154 Eclipse alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...
Eclipse Features
Comments about Eclipse as a Alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio
maurosoft391hard to use and poorly designed
2Eclipse supports multiple languages, looks good too
8One is for Java and the other is for C#
-38Apache NetBeans
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- IDE
- Code Editor
104 Apache NetBeans alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, C/C++, and even dynamic languages such as PHP, JavaScript, Groovy, and...
Apache NetBeans Features
Comments about Apache NetBeans as a Alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio
Kristopher KalishNetBeans is an IDE, but it doesn't work for .NET languages so it's hard to call it a viable alternative.
4gnusenseiNetbeans includes built-in GUI designer with drag and drop ability to create desktop applications and they can run on Windows as well as GNU/Linux and macOS.
0brandomettoutFree and Open Source Software. Changing leadership from Oracle to Apache Foundation.
1It's for MS-Windows, MacOSX and Linux too! You can make projects independent of the OS.
-1IntelliJ IDEA
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Freemium • Open Source
- IDE
- Code Editor
53 IntelliJ IDEA alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
IntelliJ IDEA is the leading integrated development environment that makes Java and Kotlin development a more productive and enjoyable experience. It helps you produce high-quality code more efficiently, provides everything you need out of the box, and takes care of routine...
IntelliJ IDEA Features
Comments about IntelliJ IDEA as a Alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio
This is only designed for Java not .net.
10PyCharm
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Freemium • Open Source
- IDE
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
73 PyCharm alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Python and Django IDE with refactorings, code completion, on-the-fly code analysis and other features, including version control integration, deployment, integration with issue trackers, and remote debugging.
PyCharm Features
Comments about PyCharm as a Alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio
It supports proper Python.
0Code::Blocks
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo60 Code::Blocks alternatives- Free • Open Source
- IDE
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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.
Code::Blocks Features
Comments about Code::Blocks as a Alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio
Code::Blocks has 0.1% of the functionality of VS. It looks ugly as well.
0maurosoft391windows forms are missing and it's poorly designed
0DayOSIt is faster than VS and the plugins make it a little better, but it doesn't look as good visually.
-2gnusenseiFaster, smaller, and able to make graphical desktop applications by adding GUI designer plugin wxSmith for C++ language and wxWidgets framework. Also, CodeBlocks is cross platform.
0MonoDevelop
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
29 MonoDevelop alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- .NET Framework
- Xamarin Studio
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 Studio to Linux and Mac OS X maintaining a single code base for all platforms.
MonoDevelop Features
DiscontinuedAs of October 2021, the GitHub repository README has been updated to say "This project has not been built nor maintained since January 2020 and has been archived".
Comments about MonoDevelop as a Alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET functionality, good code recommendations
0I'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....
6Has to be built from source before it'll run on Windows.
8gnusenseiMonoDevelop's GUI designer is admirable, I've tried it and impressed immediately with how easy and straightforward it to design a window by drag and drop. Try to compare it with Netbeans', Eclipse's or CodeBlocks' GUI designer you will know what I mean.
0It provides not only the most similar interface but also the most similar tools
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