Xcode is described as '14 includes everything you need to develop, test, and distribute apps across all Apple platforms. Leverage the simplicity and power of Swift and SwiftUI with a new multiplatform app experience, code faster with enhanced editor features, and start testing and deploying from' and is a very popular IDE in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Xcode for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Xcode alternative is Eclipse, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Xcode are Microsoft Visual Studio, Apache NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA and Code::Blocks.