Open Source Alternatives to Visual Studio Code
A code editor that provides syntax highlighting, debugging, extensions, and integrated terminal for multiple programming languages, supporting cross-platform development on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Whether you want to cut software costs or escape vendor lock-in, these open source alternatives to Visual Studio Code give you an option you fully own. Run them on your own server or desktop, so your data stays under your control. This page lists 4 open source alternatives to Visual Studio Code. The most popular are Zed, CodeEdit and Pulsar. Most use the MIT or Apache-2.0 license, and 2 offer an official Docker image.
Zed
A high performance code editor written in Rust that supports multiplayer collaboration and integrated artificial intelligence capabilities.
CodeEdit
A native macOS code editor providing a lightweight development experience for projects written in any programming language.
Pulsar
A customizable text editor for developers that allows deep modification of the interface and core functionality.
SideX
A lightweight code editor that ports the Visual Studio Code workbench to the Tauri framework.
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