Microsoft Visual Studio Alternatives for Mac

Microsoft Visual Studio is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio and loads of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio are Eclipse, VSCodium, MonoDevelop and Apache NetBeans.

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  1. xtool icon
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    xtool is a cross-platform (Linux/WSL/macOS) tool that replicates Xcode functionality with open standards.

    52 xtool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. Ami icon
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    Ami is a native desktop app that lets you run coding agents locally, chat with your codebase in plain English, and see real-time edits tracked for confident commits.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  3. XVT icon
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    XVT is a software development environment for building cross-platform GUI applications in C or C++. XVT allows developers to graphically lay out an application's GUI, and provides cross-platform libraries to aid development.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. MaxBlox icon
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    MaxBlox is a complete application development platform. The entire system is web-based and allows the ability to build applications that operate over the web. This is architected as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) system.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. DrPython icon
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    DrPython is a highly customizable text editor geared towards writing programs in Python quickly and easily. It is written in Python using the wxPython toolkit (which makes use of the Scintilla text control internally).

    Cost / License

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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