Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Visual cdecl – edit a C declaration as English, code, or a graph
Edit a C declaration as English, as C code, or as an interactive diagram of boxes and arrows. All three stay in sync in real time.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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I set about coding my own version of the classic MS-DOS EDIT.COM for GNU/Linux systems four years ago and it this is where the project is at... still rough around the edges but works well with Termux! :) Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7bneUX_kVA
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A Day in Code▲126A picture book written in code (with English translations!)
2020 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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A small tool that parses C declarations and outputs a simple visual representation at each stage, as it encounters arrays, pointers or functions. The program uses a table-driven lexer and a hand-written, shift-reduce parser. No external dependencies apart from the standard library.
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Point and click any element in your browser, then let Claude, Cursor, Antigravity, or Qwen write the code. Dosmos bridges visual design and AI-powered frontend development.
Feb 2026 · dosmos.app · its alternatives →
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Devsync▲319Visually edit CSS. Live-sync the result with your editor.
2020 · devsync.co · its alternatives →
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2022 · code.sgo.to · its alternatives →
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Programming language that compiles into a x86 ELF executable. - riicchhaarrd/ocean
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Compiler link: https://github.com/c3lang/c3c Docs: http://www.c3-lang.org This is my follow-up "Show HN" from roughly a year ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27876570). Since then the language design has evolved and the compiler has gotten much more solid. Assorted extra info: - The C3 name is a homage to the C2 language project (http://c2lang.org) which it was originally inspired by. - Although C3 mostly conforms to C syntax, the most obvious change is requiring `fn` in front of the functions. This is to simplify searching for…
2022 · its alternatives →
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Next-level syntax for C-like languages :). Contribute to kiselgra/c-mera development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Edit HTML files visually. Contribute to urin/vscode-web-visual-editor development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Compiler for the C3 language. Contribute to c3lang/c3c development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Microsoft's cross-platform text editor for developers
2016 · code.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Get it from here: https://github.com/c3lang/c3c In 2019, while contributing to the C2 language, I started up "C3" as a pet project while waiting for pull requests to be approved... Now it's 6 years later and C3 well on its way to 1.0, having released 0.7.0 last week. Unlike other C alternatives, C3 tries to evolve C – but without concern to backwards compatibility to the latter. What it adds to C is among other things: - Module system - Semantic macros and compile time introspection - Lightweight generic modules - Zero overhead errors - Build-in slices and SIMD types -…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi all! I'm going into my freshman year, and figured that the best way to prepare for the intro to programming Racket course would be to implement my own garbage-collected, dynamically typed, functional programming language in C ;) Anyways... here's the repo: https://github.com/liam-ilan/crumb I started learning C over the summer, so I still have a whole lot to learn... Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! :D
2023 · its alternatives →
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Ferrite: Fast Markdown/Text/Code editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagrams Built a Markdown editor using Rust + egui. v0.2.1 just dropped with major Mermaid improvements: → Native Mermaid diagrams - Flowcharts, sequence, state, ER, git graphs - pure Rust, no JS → Split view - Raw + rendered side-by-side with sync scrolling → Syntax highlighting - 40+ languages with large file optimization → JSON/YAML/TOML tree viewer - Structured editing with expand/collapse → Git integration - File tree shows modified/staged/untracked status Also: minimap, zen mode,…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A C interpreter and API explorer. Contribute to hexagonal-sun/bic development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2025 · docs.mermaidchart.com · its alternatives →
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sed to C translator written in sed. Contribute to lhoursquentin/sed-bin development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · emun.ro · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, I have been developing this editor, Ki, for over a year, and have employed it substantially in all kinds of development (including Ki itself) for at least 3 months. I think it is mostly crystallized, thus I'm happy to share it with you today. Its main strength is first-class multi-cursor and structural (syntax) editing, which is a rare combination in the realm of editors (TUI or GUI alike). Hope you'll enjoy it!
2024 · ki-editor.github.io · its alternatives →
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A collaborative UML editor; build with etherpad and plantuml - AlexITC/collabuml
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This unofficial extension integrates Draw.io (also known as diagrams.net) into VS Code. - vscode-drawio/README.md at 14209ad462028cbf7013bc8e094bf0fc6e811d30 · hediet/vscode-drawio
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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