Zed Editor Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Zed Editor is Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Sublime Text and Vim. Code Editors like Zed Editor are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Mac, Linux, Windows, the web and Android.

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  1. Gram icon
     12 likes

    Gram is a powerful and modern source code editor. It features solid performance and is highly configurable, yet comes with batteries included out of the box. Gram supports many popular programming languages and file formats, and can use Zed extensions to support additional...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Homebrew
    • Windows
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  2. Firebase Studio icon
     23 likes

    A cloud-based, agentic development environment designed to accelerate how you build, test, deploy and run production-quality AI applications, all in one place.

    98 Firebase Studio alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Online
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  3. PhpStorm icon
     260 likes

    Enjoy productive PHP and web development with PhpStorm. Take advantage of deep code understanding, top-notch coding assistance, and support for all major tools and frameworks.

    43 PhpStorm alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Athas icon
     20 likes

    Lightweight, open-source code editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux featuring Vim keybindings, built-in Git support, agentic AI editing with multiple models, syntax highlighting, LSP for intelligent completion, fast performance, and efficient workflows.

    80 Athas alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. WebStorm icon
     135 likes

    JetBrains WebStorm is a commercial IDE for JavaScript, CSS & HTML built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform.

    58 WebStorm alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. TextMate icon
     270 likes

    TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.

    178 TextMate alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  7. CotEditor icon
     48 likes

    Syntax Highlighting: Colorize more than 50 pre-installed major languages like HTML, PHP, Python, Ruby or Markdown. You can also create your own settings.

    180 CotEditor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  8. Nextpad++ icon
     17 likes

    Fully native code editor for macOS with syntax highlighting for 80+ languages, plugin system, advanced search, split view, macro recording, and a Scintilla-powered engine. Free, open source, universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel, with native integration.

    65 Nextpad++ alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  9. Lapce icon
     27 likes

    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    205 Lapce alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Bluefish Editor icon
     164 likes

    Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

    230 Bluefish Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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  11. Trae icon
     16 likes

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

    56 Trae alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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