Compare the Top Free IDE Software as of April 2026 - Page 3

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    Koding

    Koding

    Koding

    Koding lets your organization create and share fully automated dev environments on any infrastructure for modern distributed applications, micro-services and containers. Koding provides an interface for developers and team managers to streamline dev workflows in the cloud without slowing down freedom and creativity. Spend less time configuring and more time building! Your entire team can share and collaborate on not only on your code, but also your dev environment. No more screen sharing. You can share dev environments in real-time, or leave it open for the whole team. For the first time, your team can locate the inefficiencies in their workflow, so that they can prioritize and fix them. A company with 1000s of developers waste at least a quarter of their year on configuring dev environments. Koding gives the time back to you.
    Starting Price: $9 per user per month
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    Wing Python IDE
    Wing Python IDE was designed from the ground up for Python, to bring you a more productive development experience. Type less and let Wing worry about the details. Get immediate feedback by writing your Python code interactively in the live runtime. Easily navigate code and documentation. Avoid common errors and find problems early with assistance from Wing's deep Python code analysis. Keep code clean with smart refactoring and code quality inspection. Debug any Python code. Inspect debug data and try out bug fixes interactively without restarting your app. Work locally or on a remote host, VM, or container. Wingware's 21 years of Python IDE experience bring you a more Pythonic development environment. Wing was designed from the ground up for Python, written in Python, and is extensible with Python. So you can be more productive.
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    Eclipse Theia

    Eclipse Theia

    Eclipse Foundation

    Eclipse Theia is an extensible platform to develop multi-language Cloud & Desktop IDEs with state-of-the-art web technologies. Not sure whether you need a web or desktop version or both? With Theia you can develop one IDE and run it in browsers or native desktop application from a single source. The Theia project is hosted at the Eclipse Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation, and is developed by a diverse community. Unlike other "open-source" projects, projects hosted at an Open-Source Foundation are protected against single-vendor decisions against the interest of the diverse community. Theia is designed in a modular way to allow extenders and adopters customizing and extending every aspect of it. Composing a custom IDE-like product is as easy as listing all needed extensions in a package.json file. Adding new functionality by implementing your own extensions is easy, too and provides all the flexibility you need.
    Starting Price: $0
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    StackBlitz WebContainers
    StackBlitz WebContainers bring a full Node.js runtime directly into the browser, enabling instant, secure, and interactive development environments inside any web app. Developers can run native npm, pnpm, and yarn at speeds up to 10× faster than local, without needing external servers. The API lets you boot containers, mount files, install dependencies, and run dev servers entirely client-side. WebContainers support major frameworks, Wasm workloads, and modern browsers, making them ideal for tutorials, sandboxes, docs, and AI-driven developer tools. With isolated, disposable environments, teams can offer a seamless coding experience that feels native and eliminates backend overhead. The result is a powerful platform that transforms web apps into full-featured IDEs.
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    Spyder

    Spyder

    Spyder

    Spyder’s multi-language editor integrates a number of powerful tools right out of the box for an easy to use, efficient editing experience. The editor’s key features include syntax highlighting (pygments); real-time code and style analysis (pyflakes and pycodestyle); on-demand completion, calltips and go-to-definition features (rope and jedi); a function/class browser, horizontal and vertical splitting, and much more. The IPython console allows you to execute commands and interact with data inside IPython interpreters. The variable explorer allows you to interactively browse and manage the objects generated running your code. It shows the namespace contents (including all global objects, variables, class instances and more) of the currently selected IPython console session, and allows you to add, remove, and edit their values through a variety of GUI-based editors.
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    MyEclipse

    MyEclipse

    Genuitec

    MyEclipse is the best Java IDE for enterprise development, providing easy access to popular technologies in a single solution. From Java EE to Maven, from Spring to WebSphere, MyEclipse increases productivity and helps you write your best code. With better tools, it is simple to create a dynamic frontend along with a powerful backend, a winning combination for success. Java developers have so much more to consider than just writing great code. From keeping up with the latest Java versions and web frameworks, to implementing version control and deploying to a variety of application servers, there is a lot to manage. MyEclipse unifies your development tools in a single download, so you can stay focused on coding. MyEclipse is the same feature-rich Eclipse IDE that over 17,000 companies have relied on to build powerful applications for over 2 decades. Originally created by developers that noticed a real need for better software development tools.
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    JetBrains Projector
    Run JetBrains IDEs and Swing apps remotely over the network. Swing is a graphical widget toolkit for Java. Current JetBrains IDEs use Swing to draw the UI. The same is true for other IntelliJ-based apps, like Android Studio. Projector is a self-hosted technology that runs IntelliJ-based IDEs and Swing-based apps on the server, allowing you access to them from anywhere using browsers and native apps. IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition running in Safari web browser on macOS. Run code near the runtime or database to reduce roundtrips. High-security zones and corporate environments. Thin clients and cheap hardware like Android tablets. Turn off your computer, while your app continues to work on the server. Run the IDE in a GNU/Linux environment on Windows machines or even on exotic operating systems like ChromeOS. VM or Docker images with debug sources and a pre-configured IDE. Remote debugging on server-side (devtest, devprod).
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    Codespaces
    Use the full power of Visual Studio Code, including the editor, terminal, debugger, version control, settings sync, and the entire ecosystem of extensions. Work in the browser or hand off to your desktop. Spin up new dev environment for any sized project in seconds with prebuilt images. GitHub’s own 35GB dev image starts in under 10 seconds. Scale your cloud VMs up to 32 cores and 64GB of RAM. And with low-latency connections across four regions, you won’t even remember it’s not your local machine. Preview your changes in the browser with instant reloads (websocket and HMR support) and share private and public ports with your teammates. Every nerdy detail only you care about, configured just right, backed by your own dotfiles repository.
    Starting Price: $4 per user per month
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    .NET

    .NET

    Microsoft

    Free. Cross-platform. Open source. A developer platform for building all your apps. Build native apps for Android, iOS, macOS and Windows from a single codebase. You can write your .NET apps in C#, F#, or Visual Basic. Your skills, code, and favorite libraries apply anywhere you use .NET. You can learn more about what .NET can do with these free videos. .NET is open source and we are very thankful for the many contributions it receives from the community.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Raftt

    Raftt

    Raftt

    Raftt saves you from the frustrations of configuring, maintaining, and sharing development environments on your local machine. Containers were designed to simplify production, not development. So even if you get past the pain-to-deal-with drift and decay in your local env — you still spend hours working out what’s going on. With Raftt’s platform, you can spawn an unlimited number of consistent remote envs to run your code. Without losing the feeling of local development with your existing workflows and IDEs. With Raftt, you can share a URL to your remote dev env with your teammates. So you can collaborate and debug together in real-time. Your product lead can always access the link — even after you’ve switched to work on a different feature. Raftt lets you interactively debug containers inside your IDE by changing the nature of how they work. And now, when your container’s main process dies, the container doesn’t capsize with it.
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    JetBrains Fleet
    Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. JetBrains Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI. We built Fleet to be a fast and lightweight text editor for when you need to quickly browse and edit your code. It starts up in an instant so you can begin working immediately, and it can easily transform into an IDE, with the IntelliJ code-processing engine running separately from the editor itself. Fleet inherits the things that developers love the most from IntelliJ-based IDEs – project and context aware code completion, navigation to definitions and usages, on-the-fly code quality checks, and quick-fixes. Fleet’s architecture is designed to support a range of configurations and workflows. You can simply run Fleet just on your machine, or move some of the processes elsewhere – for example by locating the code processing in the cloud.
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    IDLE

    IDLE

    Python

    IDLE is Python’s Integrated Development and Learning Environment. IDLE has the following features: - coded in 100% pure Python, using the tkinter GUI toolkit - cross-platform: works mostly the same on Windows, Unix, and macOS - Python shell window (interactive interpreter) with colorizing of code input, output, and error messages - multi-window text editor with multiple undo, Python colorizing, smart indent, call tips, auto completion, and other features - search within any window, replace within editor windows, and search through multiple files (grep) - debugger with persistent breakpoints, stepping, and viewing of global and local namespaces - configuration, browsers, and other dialogs
    Starting Price: Free
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    CoreIDE

    CoreIDE

    CoreIDE

    CoreIDE is a full stack IDE for Java, JavaScript, Node.js and TypeScript developers who work on Spring, Spring Boot, React, Express, Vue, Backbone, AngularJS and other web framework based applications. The IDE is not only limited to web development, you can use it to develop other type of projects like desktop, command line, mobile or stand alone applications. It's free Community version contains all the available features. Java • JavaScript • Node.js • TypeScript • Spring • Spring Boot • React • Express • Vue • Backbone • AngularJS
    Starting Price: Free
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    CodeTasty

    CodeTasty

    CodeTasty

    Modern, smart & extensible cloud IDE. CodeTasty is powerful IDE in the cloud with additional features only a cloud application can give you. Our IDE helps you write readable and clean code the smarter way - in real time. The code editor provides silk-smooth experience accompanied with error detection tools, code completion, built-in compilation and a lot more. Login to IDE and start coding. There is no setup at all, you’re ready to work on your projects right away. Experience desktop-like speed and performance while editing your files in the cloud. And, unlike desktop, see what your collaborators are doing. We understand every developer has different needs. You can install countless extensions to enhance your productivity. CodeTasty supports more than 40 languages. The editor supports all major languages and up to a hundred thousand lines of code in a single file.
    Starting Price: $4 per month
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    PromptIDE
    The xAI PromptIDE is an integrated development environment for prompt engineering and interpretability research. It accelerates prompt engineering through an SDK that allows implementing complex prompting techniques and rich analytics that visualize the network's outputs. We use it heavily in our continuous development of Grok. We developed the PromptIDE to give transparent access to Grok-1, the model that powers Grok, to engineers and researchers in the community. The IDE is designed to empower users and help them explore the capabilities of our large language models (LLMs) at pace. At the heart of the IDE is a Python code editor that - combined with a new SDK - allows implementing complex prompting techniques. While executing prompts in the IDE, users see helpful analytics such as the precise tokenization, sampling probabilities, alternative tokens, and aggregated attention masks. The IDE also offers quality of life features. It automatically saves all prompts.
    Starting Price: Free
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    mern.ai

    mern.ai

    mern.ai

    Mern.AI: Build Stunning Web Apps with AI Speed & Control Skip boilerplate, focus on brilliance. Mern.AI's AI assistant generates clean MERN stack code while you design, refine, and deploy your masterpiece. Boost your productivity, slash development time, and own your code. Features: AI Chat: Describe your app, watch code emerge. Built-in IDE: Edit, collaborate, code with ease. Full-stack Templates: Jumpstart your project instantly. Real-time Preview: See your app evolve as you code. One-click Deployment: Launch your app in minutes. Downloadable Source Code: Own your creation, deploy anywhere.
    Starting Price: $29 per month
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    Amazon Corretto
    No-cost, multiplatform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK. Amazon Corretto is a no-cost, multiplatform, production-ready distribution of the Open Java Development Kit (OpenJDK). Corretto comes with long-term support that will include performance enhancements and security fixes. Amazon runs Corretto internally on thousands of production services and Corretto is certified as compatible with the Java SE standard. With Corretto, you can develop and run Java applications on popular operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and macOS. Amazon Corretto comes with no-cost long-term support from Amazon, so you can upgrade versions only when you need to. Amazon is committed to Corretto, running it internally on thousands of production services. Amazon Corretto is certified to meet the Java SE standard and can be used as a drop-in replacement for many Java SE distributions. Amazon provides quarterly updates that include performance enhancements and security fixes.
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    Codesphere

    Codesphere

    Codesphere

    Codesphere transforms deployment into a developer-centric self-service experience, reducing time-to-market and costs. The traditional separation between development and operation leads to a "throw it over the wall" mentality. Developers hand off code to ops without understanding how to deploy their code & keep it running. Codesphere takes care of cloud provisioning, allowing for developer-centered workflows. It eliminates the wall by enabling developers to manage their own infrastructure needs end-to-end. Deploy anything from simple frontends to multi-service production landscapes and LLMs, including zero config autoscaling, replicas, and managed services. Codesphere has a 99,9% uptime, making your production ready before your 1st deploy. We work with enterprise teams around the globe to get their software teams to the next level. Codesphere utilizes a rootless zero-trust architecture, limiting exposure to attacks.
    Starting Price: $1 per month
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    CodeLite

    CodeLite

    CodeLite

    CodeLite is a free, open-source, cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE) designed primarily for C, C++, PHP, and JavaScript development. It offers a lightweight and highly customizable environment with support for multiple compilers, including GCC, Clang, and Microsoft Visual C++. CodeLite features an intuitive code editor with syntax highlighting, auto-completion, and code refactoring capabilities. It also includes an integrated debugger with support for GDB, making it easy to set breakpoints, inspect variables, and trace call stacks. Additionally, CodeLite supports Node.js and TypeScript development, making it a versatile choice for both desktop and web-based applications. Its flexibility, cross-platform compatibility (Windows, macOS, and Linux), and integration with popular version control systems like Git and Subversion make it a go-to IDE for developers seeking a lightweight alternative to more resource-intensive environments.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Nooku

    Nooku

    Logic Labs Digital Solutions

    Nooku is a low-code platform and desktop application designed for less technical designers or developers. It enables users to create web apps quickly. Nooku is similar to VS Code but is specifically designed for non-coders or those with minimal coding experience. Nooku not only lets users design their applications, but also allows them to add logic through its workflow builder. How Nooku works: Unlike other no-code tools on the market, Nooku operates directly on your system. While most no-code platforms store your app data in JSON format and render that data into the user interface, nooku interacts directly with your files. Each time you create, open, or edit a new file (page, component, etc.), Nooku reads that file directly from your filesystem. It then generates an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) for that file and renders that AST in the Nooku editor.
    Starting Price: $15/month
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    Gadget

    Gadget

    Gadget.dev

    Gadget is an AI-centered IDE with all of the infrastructure, hosting, tools, integrations, and best practices you need under one roof. Code, configure, debug, deploy, and scale apps with an AI assistant that can do it all quickly, and ensure it's always done correctly. Our ethos on AI is different. We spent years building a framework that guarantees that the sensitive parts of your application (auth, security, permissions, CRUD APIs) are always working. Our AI is taught to prioritize using concepts from our framework, as they are built by expert humans, before completing the requirements with custom code generated from the latest LLMs. The net result is you get a ton of speed while you build, but you’re not rolling the dice with AI on sensitive code that ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE RIGHT.
    Starting Price: $35/month
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    kisuke

    kisuke

    kisuke

    Kisuke is an app that transforms your iPhone into a powerful development environment. SSH to remote hosts, run Claude Code, edit files, browse the file system, manage processes, and more, all from your device.
    Starting Price: Free
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    RunCode

    RunCode

    RunCode

    RunCode offers online developer workspaces, which are environments that allow you to work on code projects in a web browser. These workspaces provide you with a full development environment, including a code editor, a terminal, and access to a range of tools and libraries. They are designed to be easy to use and allow you to get started quickly without the need to set up a local development environment on your own computer.
    Starting Price: $20/month/user
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    Cerbrec Graphbook
    Construct your model directly as a live, interactive graph. Preview data flowing through your visualized model architecture. View and edit your visualized model architecture down to the atomic level. Graphbook provides X-ray transparency with no black boxes. Graphbook live checks data type and shape with understandable error messages, making your model debugging quick and easy. Abstracting out software dependencies and environment configuration, Graphbook allows you to focus on model architecture and data flow with the handy computing resources needed. Cerbrec Graphbook is a visual IDE for AI modeling, transforming cumbersome model development into a user-friendly experience. With a growing community of machine learning engineers and data scientists, Graphbook helps developers work with their text and tabular data to fine-tune language models such as BERT and GPT. Everything is fully managed out of the box so you can preview your model exactly as it will behave.
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    Continue

    Continue

    Continue

    The leading open-source AI code assistant. You can connect any models and any context to create custom autocomplete and chat experiences inside the IDE Remain in flow while coding by removing the barriers that block productivity when building software. Accelerate development with a plug-and-play system that makes it easy to get started and integrates with your entire stack. Become a leader in AI by setting up your code assistant to evolve as new capabilities emerge. Continue autocompletes single lines or entire sections of code in any programming language as you type. Attach code or other context to ask questions about functions, files, the entire codebase, and more. Highlight code sections and press a keyboard shortcut to rewrite code from natural language.
    Starting Price: $0/developer/month
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    VPS+

    VPS+

    L7TR

    VPS+ is a powerful virtual layered network protocol IDE or integrated development environment that can be used for: 1) Fast prototyping and deployment of protocol stacks in data network solutions including IoT and VoIP 2) Quality Assurance as a tool to validate network and device quality 3) Emulation of impaired network conditions and devices in a controlled fashion 4) Generation of any type of traffic with full control VPS+ supports several state-of-the-art technologies including: 1) Protocol Emulation: L2, L3, L4 and Application layer protocols. 2) RTC and VoIP signaling via SIP and SIPs. 3) RTC and VoIP media via RTP and SRTP. 4) Emulation and support of media players, media recorders, camera, microphone, text-to-speech (TTS) and automatic speech recognition (ASR). 5) Speech codecs 6) Video codecs 7) Tone generation and detection. 8) IoT sensor and actuator emulation. 9) IoT CoAP and HTTP support. 10) Impairment insertion at all layers; loss and late
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    Supermaven

    Supermaven

    Supermaven

    Supermaven lets you write code 2x faster with AI. Chat with GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4, and other leading models. Use hotkeys to quickly view diffs, apply changes, start conversations, and switch models. Easily attach recently edited files to your messages - Supermaven Chat links the model's code responses back to your original code to show diffs and apply changes. Fix errors by automatically uploading your code together with compiler diagnostic messages in a single click.
    Starting Price: $10 per month
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