WebStorm alternatives
The smartest JavaScript IDE
- LicenceProprietary
- Version2026.3
- Size927.3 MB
- RequiresWindows 10, 11
- ReleasedNovember 5, 2026
12 Windows apps in the same category as WebStorm, ranked by what they have in common and by popularity.
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Apache NetBeansDevelopment Environment, Tooling Platform and Application Framework.
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Node.js (LTS)Run JavaScript Everywhere
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RStudioRStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R.
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VSCodiumVSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed and telemetry-free rebuilt of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code.
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GDevelopThe fastest, easiest, most powerful no-code game engine.
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HaxeHaxe is an open source high-level strictly-typed programming language with a fast optimizing cross-compiler.
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ThonnyThonny is a Python IDE meant for learning programming.
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ProcessingA language and environment for creative coding
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CodeLiteCodeLite 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).
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kdevelopA cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP
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mkcertA simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like.
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Arduino IDEOpen-source electronic prototyping platform enabling users to create interactive electronic objects.
Comparison
| App | Licence | Version | Updated | GitHub stars | Chocolatey downloads |
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| WebStorm | Proprietary | 2026.3 | November 10, 2026 | — | — |
| Open source | 31 | August 14, 2026 | 3.1K | 88.8K | |
| Open source | 26.13.1 | November 11, 2026 | 122.5K | 4.9M | |
| Open source | 2026.11.0+203 | November 12, 2026 | 5.1K | 707.6K | |
| Open source | 1.143.17232 | October 28, 2026 | 33.8K | 398.1K | |
| Open source | 5.6.287 | November 4, 2026 | 27.8K | 12.9K | |
| Open source | 4.3.7 | May 9, 2025 | 7K | 49.7K | |
| Open source | 5.0.1 | October 29, 2026 | 4K | 96.6K | |
| Open source | 4.5.7 | September 24, 2026 | 518 | 79.2K | |
| Open source | 17.0.0 | March 21, 2024 | 2.4K | 13.6K | |
| Open source | 5.5.0 | February 11, 2025 | — | 32.6K | |
| Open source | 1.4.4 | October 8, 2022 | 59.8K | 495K | |
| Open source | 2.3.11 | November 12, 2026 | 3.3K | 494.3K |