Microsoft Visual Studio Alternatives

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   RStudio

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   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.

   60 RStudio alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Xfce

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Lazarus

    132 likes

   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' and supporting many platforms like Windows, OSX, Linux, BSD, Android, iOS and more.

   33 Lazarus alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • IDE

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • OpenSolaris

   

   

   

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   Lazarus vs Microsoft Visual Studio Comments

   Positive comment by Guest · Jul 9, 2020

   Because of license agreement, you can create unlimited codes by using Lazarus but VS has limits in license agreement

   Positive comment by gnusensei · Feb 5, 2022

   Lazarus GUI designer is nice and easy to use. Drag and drop works without much hassles about layouting.

   Positive comment by Guest · Nov 3, 2016

   Open Source done entirely in an independent language very like TurboPascal (Delphi).

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   • Lazarus is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Visual Studio is Free Personal and Proprietary
   • Lazarus is LightweightMicrosoft Visual Studio is not according to our users
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   Xcode

    164 likes

   Xcode offers the tools you need to develop, test, and distribute apps for Apple platforms, including predictive code completion, generative intelligence powered by the best coding models and agents, advanced profiling and debugging tools, and simulators for Apple devices.

   53 Xcode alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • IDE
   • Code Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Trae

    16 likes

   Trae is an adaptive AI IDE that transforms how you work, collaborating with you to run faster.

   57 Trae alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Code Editor
   • IDE

   Origin

   • Singapore

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows

   • Singapore

   

   

   

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   CLion

    57 likes

   The intelligent cross-platform C/C++ IDE. CLion is a new IDE that helps you be more productive while developing apps with C and C++ for Windows, Linux and OS X. Take advantage of proven JetBrains expertise in code quality, efficient code navigation, smart code completion...

   18 CLion alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free Personal
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • IDE

   Origin

   • Czechia
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak
   • Snapcraft

   

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   CLion vs Microsoft Visual Studio Comments

   Positive comment by Greenskid · Mar 24, 2018

   Its cross platform and bring the benefits of the JetBrains IDE platform which is well polished and powerful.

   Positive comment by Guest · Aug 31, 2017

   For its young age it is well matured and a very powerful IDE with great CMake Support and other goodies like great refactoring tools and a sophisticated code-completion system.

   Positive comment by Guest · Jan 20, 2021

   Is actually designed for the same use cases as Visual Studio, while improving on VS's code completion, plugin support, and build and deployment features.

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   • CLion is Free Personal and ProprietaryMicrosoft Visual Studio is also Free Personal and Proprietary
   • CLion is CustomizableMicrosoft Visual Studio is not according to our users
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   MonoDevelop

    128 likes

   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.

   29 MonoDevelop alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • IDE
   • Code Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • .NET Framework
   • Xamarin Studio

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Discontinued

   As 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".

   MonoDevelop vs Microsoft Visual Studio Comments

   Top Positive Comment by Guest · Oct 19, 2017

   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....

   Top Negative Comment by Guest · Jan 2, 2020

   Has to be built from source before it'll run on Windows.

   Positive comment by gnusensei · Feb 5, 2022

   MonoDevelop'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.

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   • MonoDevelop is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Visual Studio is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    KDevelop

     82 likes

    A cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • IDE
    • Code Editor

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

    

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    KDevelop vs Microsoft Visual Studio Comments

    Positive comment by Guest · May 27, 2020

    Its easy to use but syntax highlighting might be weird sometimes.

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    • KDevelop is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Visual Studio is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • KDevelop is Lightweight and Privacy focusedMicrosoft Visual Studio is not according to our users
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    Cosmic IDE

     6 likes

    Write, build, and run real applications directly on your Android phone, tablet, or desktop setup.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • IDE
    • Code Editor

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    

    

    

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    Delphi

     61 likes

    Embarcadero Delphi, formerly CodeGear Delphi and Borland Delphi, is a software development environment for Microsoft Windows applications originally developed by Borland and now owned and developed by Embarcadero Technologies.

    41 Delphi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • IDE

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Delphi vs Microsoft Visual Studio Comments

    Positive comment by Guest · Aug 19, 2019

    it have a lot of features, it provide fire monkey cross platform user interface. fmx can use 3d in forms. it have also a community edition!

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    • Delphi is Paid and ProprietaryMicrosoft Visual Studio is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Phoenix Code

     12 likes

    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.

    44 Phoenix Code alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • IDE
    • Code Editor

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    

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    Bloodshed Dev-C++

     75 likes

    Bloodshed Dev-C++ is a full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the C/C++ programming language. It uses Mingw port of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) as it's compiler. Dev-C++ can also be used in combination with Cygwin or any other GCC based compiler.

    44 Bloodshed Dev-C++ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • IDE

    Origin

    • United States

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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    Discontinued

    No longer developed. Last version, 5 Beta 9.2 (4.9.9.2), released on February 21th 2005, is still downloadable, but a maintained version of Dev-C++ with updated code is Orwell Dev-C++

    Bloodshed Dev-C++ vs Microsoft Visual Studio Comments

    Positive comment by Guest · Aug 28, 2015

    It is one of the best C/C++ IDEs out there, I've been using it for 2 years now and it has yet to dissapoint me.

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    • Bloodshed Dev-C++ is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Visual Studio is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Notepad.exe

     5 likes

    Lightweight macOS code editor. Skip the setup, write code, run instantly. Built-in iOS simulator, AI assistance, and Linux support.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Code Editor
    • IDE

    Origin

    • Poland
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • Poland
    • EU

    

    

    

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