Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Visual Studio Code

Free cross-platform code editor from Microsoft

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 launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Visual Studio Code 1.0▲309
Microsoft's cross-platform text editor for developers
2016 · code.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
2
Visual Studio Code▲8
Microsoft's code-optimized editor
2015 · visualstudio.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
3
Visual Studio 2015▲114
A new iteration of one of the great IDEs
2015 · visualstudio.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
4
CodeBox▲115
Code with the same editor on your desktop and in the cloud
2014 · its alternatives →
5
Lime Text▲76
Open Source code editor
2014 · limetext.org · its alternatives →
6
Visual Studio 2017▲140
Productivity for any dev, any app, and any platform
2017 · learn.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
7
vscode.dev▲305
Bringing VS Code to the browser
2021 · vscode.dev · its alternatives →
8
Visual Studio Code▲5
Microsoft IDE on all major OSs
2015 · code.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
9
Visual Studio Online▲243
Visual studio for web is now open for everyone
2019 · online.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
10
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 →
11
Code Pad▲98
A place for developers to save & share code snippets.
2015 · its alternatives →
12
GroupCodes▲16
Free, collaborative code-editing rooms
2015 · its alternatives →
13
Chat for VSCode▲87
Chat with your Slack and Discord teams from within VS Code
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
14
Vecteezy Editor▲206
Free online vector editor
2017 · vecteezy.com · its alternatives →
15
Input▲97
Fonts for Code
2015 · its alternatives →
16
Visual Studio Community▲69
Unrestricted Version of Visual Studio for Small Teams
2014 · visualstudio.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
17
Codecademy▲72
Learn to code interactively, for free
2014 · codecademy.com · its alternatives →
18
Rubberduck▲150
ChatGPT for Visual Studio code
2023 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
19
TextBin▲104
A privacy focused open source alternative to paste bin
2024 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
20
Codecrap▲93
Where developers go to laugh and cry
2014 · codecrap.com · its alternatives →
21
Built a free VS Code extension to help share code updates▲23
Hi HN, I built a free, and completely open source, visual studio code extension, which generates tweets based on commits you select. While I was working on webtilities.com, an idea came to me: wouldn't it be cool that I could market this thing inside my editor. Ah, i'm truly lazy. Well, I spent a week building this thing that I bet no one will need because: * "This wont work. My commit messages are terrible" * "This is stupid, I can just use ChatGPT/Gemini/[Insert Chat Platform] directly" * "This is stupid, I get BILLED for using openai tokens" ... And the list goes on. But, I…
2024 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Codelines – Create Coding Articles from Visual Studio Code▲45
2019 · codelines.dev · its alternatives →
23
Crossnote – a note taking extension for VSCode▲97
(WIP) Turn your VSCode into a decent markdown note taking platform - 0xGG/vscode-crossnote
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
24
TweakStyle▲8
The next code editor
2015 · tweakstyle.com · its alternatives →

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