Microsoft Visual Studio Alternatives

Apps similar to Microsoft Visual Studio include Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other options are VSCodium, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA and Apache NetBeans. There's no shortage of IDEs like Microsoft Visual Studio, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.

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    Openldev

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    OpenLDev is a graphical front-end to Linux development tools such as gcc, GNU autotools and make. OpenLDev strives to provide an easy-to-use interface that is both productive for experts and simple for beginners.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Pelles C

     9 likes

    Pelles C is a comprehensive development suite that can help you create apps compatible with Windows and ARM platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU
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    WeBuilder

    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 completio...

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    React Studio

     5 likes

    React Studio lets you create components either visually or in code, then use them interchangeably in your designs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  7. 10Duke SDK icon

    10Duke SDK

     3 likes

    10Duke SDK is a rapid application development (RAD) kit for creating new online applications; it provides a modular, reusable set of libraries designed to meet the challenging requirements of online applications.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  9. Ecere SDK icon

    Ecere SDK

     14 likes

    A cross-platform Software Development Kit including a GUI toolkit, a 2D/3D graphics engine, a networking library, an audio output library, an IDE, a compiler for the eC programming language, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • CA flagCanada
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  10. NVU icon

    NVU

     30 likes

    Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a "new view") is a complete Web Authoring System that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) web page editing. Nvu is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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    • European Union flagEU
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  11. WideStudio icon

    WideStudio

     5 likes

    WideStudio is an open source, Integrated Development Environment for desktop applications purely made in Japan. This enables you to develop GUI applications that can run on Windows95/98/Me/NT/2000/Xp, WindowsCE, Linux, FreeBSD, SOLARIS, MacOSX(w/X11), BTRON, T-Engine...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • JP flagJapan
    In Linux
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  12. JCppEdit icon

    JCppEdit

     4 likes

    JCppEdit v3.8 is a multiple programming language IDE that offers you a unique platform to code many programs in a single environment, starting from C, C++, Java to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML and Text files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. Black Playground icon

    Black Playground

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    The uncompromising Python code formatter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Dolphin Smalltalk

     2 likes

    Dolphin is a complete development IDE for Smalltalk targeted specifically at Microsoft Windows. It is capable of creating standalone GUI and console executables that will run on any version of Windows from XP up to the current Windows 10.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • AU flagAustralia
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    Tinn-R

     3 likes

    Tinn-R, the R code editor Tinn stands for the recursive acronym 'Tinn is not Notepad'. It is initially written as a small ASCII file editor primarily intended as a better replacement for the default Notepad.exe program distributed with Windows. With versions, it grew to a.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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