Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to CodeHS

Teaching comp sci to beginners w/ no prior background.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CodeHS launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Thinkful▲194

   Learn to code with a mentor.

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Socratic▲83

   Learn and help others learn

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Lambda School▲238

   A full Computer Science education - free until you get a job

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   CourseForward▲72

   Career skills curation

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Code Words▲73

   A quarterly publication about programming from Hacker School

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hour of Code▲180

   Intro courses that teach programming basics (by Codecademy)

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Codecademy▲72

   Learn to code interactively, for free

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Ivy▲129

   Publishing platform for interactive technical training

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Build An Online Course▲105

   A free course about, you guessed it, building a course!

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Codecrap▲93

    Where developers go to laugh and cry

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Code School▲55

    Learn to code with video lessons & coding challenges

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Light-Bot▲84

    Programming Apps Teaching the Basics of Code

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    CODY▲136

    Free library of HTML, CSS, & JS nuggets

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    TeachYourselfToCode▲128

    Learn to code with tutorials recommended by programmers

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Code Wars▲31

    Improve your skills by training w/ others on code challenges

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Codewars▲74

    Improve your skills by training w/ others on code challenges

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Coding: Where I Would Start▲70

    Two Black Nerds discusses learning how to code

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Coursebirdie▲74

    Learn from industry professionals for free

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Curious▲76

    A better way to learn anything!

    2013 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Pathwright▲106

    Create and sell online courses

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Class Central▲82

    Discover free online courses from top universities

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Code.org▲4

    Anybody can learn to code.

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Bento▲77

    Learn to code (and what to learn next)

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    MathCrunch▲74

    Learn math stress free

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →