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24 alternatives to Visual Studio Community

Unrestricted Version of Visual Studio for Small Teams

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. Visual Studio Community launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Visual Studio 2015▲114

   A new iteration of one of the great IDEs

   2015 · visualstudio.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Visual Studio Online▲243

   Visual studio for web is now open for everyone

   2019 · online.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Visual Studio Code▲14

   Free cross-platform code editor from Microsoft

   2015 · code.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Visual Studio Live Share▲400

   Real-time collaborative development

   2018 · visualstudio.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Frontends▲93

   A community for front-end developers

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Clarity▲336

   The simplest workspace for remote teams

   2021 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Entre 3.0 | Communities▲193

   Meet your new professional network, now with communities

   2023 · joinentre.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Visual Studio Code 1.0▲309

   Microsoft's cross-platform text editor for developers

   2016 · code.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Visual Studio Code▲8

   Microsoft's code-optimized editor

   2015 · visualstudio.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Visual Studio 2017▲140

    Productivity for any dev, any app, and any platform

    2017 · learn.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Webwide 2.0▲78

    The friendly web design & development community

    2020 · webwide.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Team▲106

    Beautiful Project Management App For Creative Studios

    2015 · randylemmon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Chat for VSCode▲87

    Chat with your Slack and Discord teams from within VS Code

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Webwide▲113

    Inclusive discussion community for designers, devs & makers

    2019 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Artisan▲67

    Project Management for Software Teams

    2014 · artisan.so · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Canvs▲93

    Visual Project Management.

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Developer Handbook▲80

    Online handbook for the software engineering community

    2014 · toptal.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Visual Studio Team Services▲11

    Tools for Agile, Repos, Continuous Integration & Deployment

    2016 · azure.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    tenXer▲122

    Better manage your software engineering team

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Notismfree tier▲64

    Visual team collaboration

    2014 · notism.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Microsoft Garage ▲84

    Early access to projects as they come to life

    2014 · casoneroutegold-prod-bggfgca0dkaag8a8.b01.azurefd.net · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Horizonate▲123

    The world's easiest project management tool

    2014 · horizonate.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Officevibe▲100

    Team Building Activities For Work

    2014 · workleap.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 →