Microsoft Visual Studio Alternatives

Microsoft Visual Studio is described as 'IDE used to create programs, apps, websites, and web services using various frameworks. It supports multiple languages and offers tools for coding, debugging, and design' and is a leading IDE in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Microsoft Visual Studio alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Microsoft Visual Studio are Eclipse, VSCodium, MonoDevelop and Apache NetBeans.

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    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.

    43 Bloodshed Dev-C++ alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    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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    • Most users think Bloodshed Dev-C++ is a great Microsoft Visual Studio alternative.

    • Bloodshed Dev-C++ is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Visual Studio is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. B4X icon
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    Cross platform development tools for native iOS, Android, desktop and server applications. B4X is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool for real world apps. The programming language is a modern version of Visual Basic.

    71 B4X alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
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    • Most users think B4X is a great Microsoft Visual Studio alternative.

    • B4X is the most popular iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio.

    • B4X is Freemium and ProprietaryMicrosoft Visual Studio is Free Personal and Proprietary
  3. RAD Studio icon
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    Embarcadero RAD Studio is the industry’s most powerful rapid application development suite for visually building GUI-intensive, data-driven end-user applications for both native Windows and .NET. RAD Studio includes Delphi, C++Builder and Delphi Prism, enabling you to deliver...

    38 RAD Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. CodeLite icon
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    CodeLite is an open-source, cross platform IDE for the C/C++/PHP and Node.js programming languages. CodeLite is known to work on various OSs including:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • wxWidgets
     
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    Excellent development environment, continuously updated, clear vision, active support.

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    For me and my enterprise is the best alternative, intellisense very good, dynamic library linkage is very similar to VS, automatically creates a makefile. Very good class wizards! Debug and subversion / GIT and SFTP inegrated in the environment.

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    • Most users think CodeLite is a great Microsoft Visual Studio alternative.

    • CodeLite is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Visual Studio is Free Personal and Proprietary
  5. C++ Builder icon
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    Modern, fast C++. Four platforms, backed by powerful UI and database frameworks. Enterprise, solo developer, mobile--this is for you. Accelerate your development: spend more time coding, less time on UI design, no time on platform-specific porting.

    14 C++ Builder alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. Ultimate++ icon
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    Ultimate++, also called U++, is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development framework focused on programmers productivity. It includes a set of libraries (GUI, SQL, etc..), and an integrated development environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Embarcadero Dev-C++ is a new and improved fork (sponsored by Embarcadero) of Bloodshed Dev-C++ and Orwell Dev-C++. It is a full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and code editor for the C/C++ programming language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
  8. GNOME Builder icon
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    Builder is an actively developed Integrated Development Environment for GNOME. It combines integrated support for essential GNOME technologies such as GTK+, GLib, and GNOME APIs with features that any developer will appreciate, like syntax highlighting and snippets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
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    This all-inclusive code editor is tailored for web developers, boasting fast startup and extensive features. It supports a wide range of languages including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python, and offers intelligent code completion, advanced navigation, and direct FTP/SFTP/FTPS server editing.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  10. RubyMine icon
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    Comprehensive IDE specialized for Ruby and Rails, offering smart code completion, advanced navigation, error analysis, refactoring tools, integrated debugging, test frameworks, and web development support alongside extensive VCS integration and plugin extensibility.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    CodeTyphon is a fork/distribution of Lazarus with thousands of Lazarus/Free Pascal components bundled into distribution and with own Lazarus expansion features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Appcelerator Titanium, offered for free by Appcelerator, lets web developers use web technologies, open source and cloud computing to build native apps for iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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