Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Visual Studio Code for Chromebooks and Raspberry Pi (Native ARM/ARM64) launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1VS
   Visual Studio Code for Chromebooks and Raspberry Pi▲157

   2016 · code.headmelted.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Visual Studio Code for ARM, submitted to core▲236

   Visual Studio Code. Contribute to microsoft/vscode development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   OpenVSCode Server▲143

   VS Code in the browser for everyone

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Fulvid▲86

   A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

   Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5IC
   Introducing Code Connect for Visual Studio▲8

   2014 · codeconnect.io · its alternatives →

6. 6DK
   Dev Kit for Chrome Extensions▲5

   2020 · chromeextensionkit.com · its alternatives →

7. 7AC
   A cross-platform, native, desktop application for Python notebooks▲5

   2021 · id.rsa.pub · its alternatives →

8. 8BA
   Building an open-source and high-quality webcam with a Raspberry Pi 0 W▲6

   2020 · tnhh.net · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Google Coder▲5

   A simple way to make web stuff on Raspberry Pi

   2015 · googlecreativelab.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    GHEdit: web-based GitHub-integrated code editor forked from VS Code▲8

    2016 · spiffcode.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11AV
    A visual browser for open source projects that anyone can edit▲5

    2024 · openopensource.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Made a GPT-3 powered Chrome extension to explain code anywhere▲8

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AA
    Airypi – a simple way to control your Raspberry Pi from a browser▲8

    2014 · airypi.com · its alternatives →

14. 14GA
    Golang and raspberry-pi and websocket = awesome▲12

    2015 · labs.yulrizka.com · its alternatives →

15. 15AC
    ARM Cortex M4 CPU Emulator Running on WebAssembly▲7

    2024 · infiniemu.pipe01.net · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hosting Web Apps on Raspberry Pi Pico W▲7

    2022 · visualgdb.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Linux-based OS with HTML, CSS, JS, and JSON environment▲8

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    pix2code▲8

    Generating Code from a Graphical User Interface Screenshot

    2017 · uizard.io · its alternatives →

19. 19OS
    Open-source CAD in the browser (DXF-native, no install)▲5

    Apr 2026 · its alternatives →

20. 20WW
    Wasienv – WebAssembly WASI Development Toolchain for C/C++▲8

    2019 · medium.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    RaspberryPi and EPaper Display E-Reader (Prototype)▲6

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22VP
    Visual programming for iOS and Android▲5

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    I made a set of tools to write kernel prototypes.▲8

    This is a personal project I've been working on and off for the past few years. It's a set of tools that have allowed me to prototype quickly small (and increasingly bigger) kernels, and create userspace programs to interact with them. Supports riscv64, amd64 and i386. The intel port has been tested and used on real hardware, from big dual-socket Xeon machines to an old X220. It is all C, I have plan to make rust bindings for the kernel library. But again, they're plans at this stage. Porting to new architectures is relatively simple, a basic port to riscv took me a couple of weeks of…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24WA
    Web App Building Platform with Visual Editor and IDE▲8

    Requires Signing In with Google Account

    2022 · web4pp.com · 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 →