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Microsoft Visual Studio Code alternatives

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a code editor redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. Microsoft Visual Studio Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Microsoft Corporation IDEs & code editors #36 IDEs & code editors

12 Windows apps in the same category as Microsoft Visual Studio Code, ranked by what they have in common and by popularity.

  • VSCodium

    VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed and telemetry-free rebuilt of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code.

    Open source 1.140.06880 394.5K ↓ ★ 33.8K editor, microsoft, visualstudiocode
  • RStudio

    RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R.

    Open source 2026.10.0+233 705.1K ↓ ★ 5.1K development, ide, foss
  • Node.js (LTS)

    Run JavaScript Everywhere

    Open source 24.22.1 4.9M ↓ ★ 122.5K development, javascript, admin
  • Apache NetBeans

    Development Environment, Tooling Platform and Application Framework.

    Open source 31 88.8K ↓ ★ 3.1K development, ide, javascript
  • OpenCode

    OpenCode is an open source agent that helps you write and run code with any AI model. It's available as a terminal-based interface, desktop app, or IDE extension.

    Open source 1.19.4 285.2K ↓ ★ 219.9K development
  • Haxe

    Haxe is an open source high-level strictly-typed programming language with a fast optimizing cross-compiler.

    Open source 4.3.7 49.7K ↓ ★ 7K development, foss, cross-platform
  • Thonny

    Thonny is a Python IDE meant for learning programming.

    Open source 5.0.0 94.6K ↓ ★ 4K development, ide, admin
  • GDevelop

    The fastest, easiest, most powerful no-code game engine.

    Open source 5.6.285 12.3K ↓ ★ 27.8K development, ide, javascript
  • Arduino IDE

    Open-source electronic prototyping platform enabling users to create interactive electronic objects.

    Open source 2.3.10 494.3K ↓ ★ 3.3K development, ide, admin
  • mkcert

    A simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like.

    Open source 1.4.4 495K ↓ ★ 59.8K development, foss, cross-platform
  • CodeLite

    CodeLite is an open source, free, cross platform IDE specialized in C, C++, PHP and JavaScript (mainly for backend developers using Node.js) programming languages which runs best on all major Platforms (OSX, Windows and Linux).

    Open source 17.0.0 13.6K ↓ ★ 2.4K development, ide, javascript
  • Android Studio

    The official Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Android app development.

    Proprietary 2026.2.1.8 435K ↓ development, ide, cross-platform

Comparison

AppLicenceVersionUpdatedGitHub starsChocolatey downloads
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Proprietary 1.142.0 October 15, 2026 — 10.4M
VSCodium Open source 1.140.06880 October 13, 2026 33.8K 394.5K
RStudio Open source 2026.10.0+233 October 15, 2026 5.1K 705.1K
Node.js (LTS) Open source 24.22.1 October 22, 2026 122.5K 4.9M
Apache NetBeans Open source 31 August 14, 2026 3.1K 88.8K
OpenCode Open source 1.19.4 October 22, 2026 219.9K 285.2K
Haxe Open source 4.3.7 May 9, 2025 7K 49.7K
Thonny Open source 5.0.0 April 27, 2026 4K 94.6K
GDevelop Open source 5.6.285 October 21, 2026 27.8K 12.3K
Arduino IDE Open source 2.3.10 August 18, 2026 3.3K 494.3K
mkcert Open source 1.4.4 October 8, 2022 59.8K 495K
CodeLite Open source 17.0.0 March 21, 2024 2.4K 13.6K
Android Studio Proprietary 2026.2.1.8 October 1, 2026 — 435K