Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

PairForce is a cloud-based integrated development environment and terminal that enables collaborative coding through Docker. Launched in 2016, it allows developers to write, test, and run code together in a shared… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. PairForce – Collaborative Cloud IDE and Terminal Powered by Docker launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   USE Together▲168

   Remote pair programming and team collaboration tool

   2017 · drovio.com · its alternatives →

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   Wing Playground▲253

   Iterate on cloud apps in milliseconds, not minutes

   2024 · winglang.io · its alternatives →

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   Air for Teams▲614

   The fastest way to find, store, and share content

   2022 · air.inc · its alternatives →

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   Dock▲275

   Collaborative workspace for prospects and customers

   2022 · dock.us · its alternatives →

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   Sshx, a web-based collaborative terminal▲242

   Fast, collaborative live terminal sharing over the web - ekzhang/sshx

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Pairjam – pair programming in your browser▲41

   2014 · pairjam.com · its alternatives →

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   SharePad.io – A collaborative code editor and compiler▲60

   SharePad is a free online code interview tool, it has a real-time collaborative code editor, you can run code with built-in compilers.

   2021 · sharepad.io · its alternatives →

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   Drovio – Remote pair programming tool▲39

   Drovio is the best remote pair programming tool for distributed dev teams. Share your IDE, get shared cursors, voice & video. Works on macOS, Windows and Linux.

   2021 · drovio.com · its alternatives →

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   Duo – a next-generation package manager for the front end▲168

   2014 · duojs.org · its alternatives →

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    FriendCode – Reinventing coding with the cloud▲39

    2013 · friendco.de · its alternatives →

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    Devex▲105

    Your own open-source, containerized and shareable cloud IDE.

    2025 · devx.parthkapoor.me · its alternatives →

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    PairPro▲83

    Find a developer to build your dream projects with

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Codeanywhere▲92

    The only multi-platform cloud editor.

    2014 · codeanywhere.com · its alternatives →

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    Buddy▲209

    One-click delivery automation for developers

    2016 · buddy.works · its alternatives →

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    Rustpad, a self-hosted online collaborative text editor▲143

    Efficient and minimal collaborative code editor, self-hosted, no database required - ekzhang/rustpad

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Termdock▲111

    Terminal-centric AI development environment

    Nov 2025 · termdock.com · its alternatives →

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    Prospero.Live▲62

    Pair program, talk, draw, and run your code all in browser.

    2021 · aurifexlabs.com · its alternatives →

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    RunCode▲67

    Collaborative cloud development environment

    2023 · runcode.io · its alternatives →

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    Start a pair programming session over WebRTC by just sharing a link▲131

    2016 · codecoachapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Dockside (Open-Source)▲105

    Provision dev containers and staging environments with IDEs

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    goormIDE 2.0▲120

    Developer-focused cloud IDE to maximize your productivity.

    2021 · goorm.io · its alternatives →

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    Warp – Secure and simple terminal sharing▲105

    Secure and simple terminal sharing. Contribute to spolu/warp development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CodeBattle▲76

    Truly collaborative coding platform for the next Gen

    2023 · codebattle.in · its alternatives →

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    Boxes.devfree tier, from $19/mo▲112

    Hi HN, we’re Nick and Drew, and we’re building boxes.dev – the first cloud-only agentic dev environment (ADE) that gives every Codex and Claude Code agent its own cloud computer. We’re two engineers who previously built Gem (co-founder/CTO and first hire), and we spent the last year coding almost exclusively using Codex and Claude Code. It’s been a huge change to how we code, and it’s been exhilarating seeing the models keep getting better – but we eventually realized that developing on localhost was holding us back: - Git worktrees are clunky to set up and use for parallelizing work -…

    Jun 2026 · boxes.dev · its alternatives →

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