Alternatives to Vs Code
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Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a free, open-source code editor developed by Microsoft, first released in April 2015. It has become the world's most popular code editor by an enormous margin — the 2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey found 73.6% of professional developers use VS Code as their primary IDE, up from near-zero in 2015.
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VS Code fork rebuilt around AI-first editing experience
JetBrains
More powerful language-specific IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm)
Neovim
Keyboard-driven editor with fastest performance for power users
Zed
Rust-based editor with built-in collaboration and AI
Windsurf
AI-first VS Code alternative from Codeium
GitHub Copilot
Add AI to VS Code without switching editors
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