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Alternatives to VS Code

Looking for something like VS Code? Here are 40 developer tools apps that do a similar job. Closest matches come first, then the best rated.

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  1. 1

    Cursor

    A code editor built around an AI agent that reads your whole project.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  2. 2

    Windsurf

    An AI code editor with an agent that works alongside you.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  3. 3

    ray.so

    Turn code snippets into clean, shareable images.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  4. 4

    Tiptap

    A headless editor toolkit for docs-style apps.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  5. 5

    Stack Overflow

    Find answers to programming questions, or ask your own.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  6. 6

    GitHub

    Host code, review changes and work on projects together.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  7. 7

    Carbon

    Create good-looking images of your source code.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  8. 8

    Amicro

    Add beautiful, lightweight, micro-interactions and transition components to your React website with a Shadcn CLI .

    Developer Tools5.0Free

    Open
  9. 9

    RareUI

    Rare UI is a free, open-source collection of rare animated React components. Browse them in action below and install any component with the shadcn CLI.

    Developer Tools4.5Free

    Open
  10. 10

    EasyUI

    Production-ready animated UI components built with React, Tailwind CSS, and Framer Motion for modern web apps.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  11. 11

    Stargazer

    Turn your GitHub stargazers into living art. Generate high-definition milestone cards and 60fps MP4 videos directly in your browser.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  12. 12

    Versely

    Create viral social media content in seconds with AI. Generate images, videos, voiceovers, lipsync, music, and full animated stories — then publish to 9…

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  13. 13

    Skecher UI

    Copy polished React motion components with live previews, source code, dependencies, and shadcn registry commands.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  14. 14

    Reicon

    Reicon — Free open-source SVG icons. 2,700+ handcrafted icons for React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, Flutter, Figma & more.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  15. 15

    Samva

    Email API for developers. Send transactional email and campaigns, receive replies in your app, and build templates with an AI email editor.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  16. 16

    Designeer

    Bringing the best of the internet together

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  17. 17

    LaunchRanked

    Launch your product free, get a followed link after review, then grow on Google and in AI answers with the playbook behind our own 223k impressions.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  18. 18

    Arc

    Arc is a library of React components and blocks with motion built in. Install them with the shadcn CLI, or let your AI tool build from the docs and MCP.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  19. 19

    pdfcn

    A collection of beautifully designed, accessible, and customizable PDF components. Built on Takumi and Forme. Works with shadcn/ui.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  20. 20

    Pusher

    Send realtime events to browsers over WebSockets.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  21. 21

    GitLab

    Git hosting, issues and CI on one site.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  22. 22

    Fly.io

    Run containers close to your users.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  23. 23

    Firebase

    Google's backend for auth, data and hosting.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  24. 24

    Upstash

    Serverless Redis, Kafka and a job queue.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  25. 25

    Inngest

    Background jobs and workflows, written as functions.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  26. 26

    Trigger.dev

    Long-running jobs in normal TypeScript.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  27. 27

    Pipedream

    Automations where a step can be real code.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  28. 28

    Retool

    Build internal tools on top of your database.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  29. 29

    Auth0

    Login, signup and SSO you don't build yourself.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  30. 30

    npm

    The registry for JavaScript packages.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
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    Appwrite

    An open-source backend: auth, database and storage.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  32. 32

    Colabrix

    Colabrix is project management for growing teams. Start with one board of issues, then turn on stories, sprints and milestones when you're ready.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  33. 33

    DigitalOcean

    Virtual machines, databases and app hosting.

    Developer ToolsNewPaid

    Open
  34. 34

    Insomnia

    Design and call HTTP and GraphQL APIs.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  35. 35

    ShadcnSpace

    A collection of beautifully designed Shadcn UI blocks, components, templates, and dashboard layouts for React.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  36. 36

    Mintlify

    Documentation sites that stay in sync with the repo.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  37. 37

    Liveblocks

    Add multiplayer cursors, presence and comments.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  38. 38

    Heroku

    Push a repo and get a running app.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  39. 39

    WorkOS

    Enterprise SSO, directory sync and audit logs.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  40. 40

    GitBook

    A hosted place to write product and API docs.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open