Awesome-IDEs

Welcome to Awesome-IDEs, a curated list of Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) and intelligent code editors. This list aims to help you discover the perfect environment for your workflow, whether you need a lightweight editor, a robust integrated environment, or a next-generation AI-powered assistant.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• AI-Powered & Next-Gen IDEs
• General Purpose IDEs
• Language-Specific IDEs
  • Python
  • Java
  • C/C++
  • PHP
  • Go
  • Rust
  • Ruby
• Web Development
• Mobile Development
• Data Science
• Game Development
• Embedded Systems
• Version Control & Tools
• Contributing
• License

Introduction

Choosing the right IDE can significantly impact your productivity. The landscape is evolving rapidly, with a new wave of AI-First IDEs changing how we write code. This list categorizes structured environments by their primary focus, while using Tags to highlight cross-capabilities (like Web support in a Java IDE or AI integration).

Key to Tags:

• AI-Native: Built from the ground up for AI.
• AI-Ready: Has strong, official AI plugins or integrations.
• Lightweight: Fast startup, low resource usage.
• Polyglot: Excellent support for many languages.

AI-Powered & Next-Gen IDEs

These IDEs are built with Artificial Intelligence at their core or represent the next generation of high-performance editors.

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
Cursor	An AI-first code editor built on top of VS Code. It understands your entire codebase and allows for natural language coding and diff revisions.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Freemium, Proprietary	AI-Native Fork-of-VSCode
Windsurf	The first "agentic" IDE by Codeium. It features "Flow" to keep context of your work and can act autonomously to refactor or generate code.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Freemium, Proprietary	AI-Native Agentic
Zed	A high-performance, multiplayer code editor written in Rust. Designed for speed and collaboration with built-in AI chat.	Website Github	Mac Linux Windows (Preview)	Free, Open-Source	High-Performance Rust AI-Integrated
Trae	An adaptive AI IDE that offers a "Builder Mode" to automate end-to-end development tasks.	Website	Mac Windows	Free, Proprietary	AI-Native
Theia IDE	An extensible, adaptable platform compatible with VS Code extensions, featuring transparent AI coding.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux Online	Free, Open-Source	Cloud-Ready Extensible
Google Antigravity	Agent-first IDE by Google. Autonomous agents collaborating as developers.	Website	Web All Platforms	Free (Preview)	Agent-First Google
Void	Open-source, AI-powered fork of VS Code. Privacy-focused alternative to Cursor.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Fork-of-VSCode Privacy
Kiro	Agentic IDE by AWS. Spec-driven development with autonomous capabilities.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free (Preview)	AWS Agentic
Qoder	Agentic AI IDE by Alibaba. "Programming through conversation".	Website	Mac Windows	Free (Preview)	Alibaba Agentic
Cline	Autonomous coding agent extension for VS Code.	Github	VS Code	Free, Open-Source	Extension Agent
OpenCode	AI coding agent that integrates with terminals and IDEs.	Website Github	Terminal VS Code	Free, Open-Source	Agent Terminal-UI
Coder	Coding Agent Multiplexer. Manage multiple AI agents in parallel.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Paid	Agent-Manager
v0	Generative UI system by Vercel. React + Tailwind CSS generation.	Website	Web	Freemium	UI-Gen React
JetBrains Fleet	A distributed, polyglot IDE built from scratch by JetBrains. Uses the IntelliJ engine but with a lightweight UI.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Freemium, Proprietary	Distributed Polyglot

General Purpose IDEs

Versatile editors and IDEs that support a wide array of languages and workflows via plugins.

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
Visual Studio Code	The most popular code editor, highly customizable with a massive extension marketplace.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux Web	Free, Open-Source	Polyglot Extensible AI-Ready
Visual Studio	A comprehensive IDE for .NET and C++ development, widely used in enterprise environments.	Website	Windows Mac	Freemium, Proprietary	Enterprise .NET C++
Vim	A highly configurable text editor for efficient text editing. Often used as an IDE by power users.	Website	All Platforms	Free, Open-Source	CLI Lightweight
Emacs	An extensible, customizable, self-documenting display editor. "An OS inside an editor".	Website	All Platforms	Free, Open-Source	CLI Lisp Extensible
UltraEdit	A powerful commercial text editor for handling large files and complex editing tasks.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Paid	Text-Processing Hex
Lapce	A lightning-fast, open-source code editor written in Rust.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Rust Fast
Sublime Text	Sophisticated text editor for code, markup, and prose. Known for speed.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Paid (Trial)	Fast Extensible
Notepad++	Free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.	Website	Windows	Free, Open-Source	Lightweight Classic
Neovim	Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux BSD	Free, Open-Source	CLI Modal Lua
Helix	A post-modern modal text editor built in Rust.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Rust Modal CLI
Micro	A modern, intuitive terminal-based text editor.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	CLI Mouse-Support
VSCodium	Binary releases of VS Code without Microsoft telemetry/branding.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Privacy VSCode
Geany	Powerful, stable, and lightweight programmer's text editor.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Lightweight Fast
Kate	Advanced text editor by KDE.	Website GitLab	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	KDE Lightweight
gedit	The official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment.	Website GitLab	Linux Mac Windows	Free, Open-Source	GNOME Simple
BBEdit	Leading professional HTML and text editor for macOS.	Website	Mac	Freemium, Proprietary	Mac-Native Powerful
TextMate	Powerful and customizable text editor for macOS.	Website Github	Mac	Free, Open-Source	Mac-Native Classic
CotEditor	Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS.	Website Github	Mac	Free, Open-Source	Mac-Native Lightweight
Spacemacs	Community-driven Emacs distribution. "The best of both Emacs and Vim".	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux BSD	Free, Open-Source	Emacs Vim
Lite XL	A lightweight text editor written in Lua.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Lua Lightweight
CudaText	Cross-platform text editor with Python API.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Pascal Native
Athas	High-performance, Vim-based editor built with Tauri and React.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Vim Web-Tech
Fresh Editor	Modern terminal-based text editor and IDE.	Website Github	Mac Linux	Free, Open-Source	Terminal IDE-Like
Graviton	Minimalistic, cross-platform code editor.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Minimal
PSPad	Freeware text and source editor for Windows.	Website	Windows	Free	Classic
EmEditor	Fast, lightweight, yet extensible text editor for Windows. Great for large files.	Website	Windows	Paid	Large-Files
SciTE	CheckOut Scintilla Text Editor.	Website Github	Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Minimal
Bluefish	Powerful editor targeted towards programmers and web developers.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Fast
Textadept	Fast, minimalist, and extensible cross-platform text editor.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Lua Minimal
Light Table	Next generation code editor. (Legacy).	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	ClojureScript Legacy
Leafpad	Simple GTK+ text editor.	Website	Linux	Free, Open-Source	Simple

Language-Specific IDEs

While many general IDEs support these languages, the following are specialized or "Best-in-Class" for specific ecosystems.

PHP

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
PhpStorm	Lightning-smart PHP IDE by JetBrains.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Paid	PHP Web

Go

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
GoLand	Capable and ergonomic Go IDE by JetBrains.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Paid	Go Microservices

Rust

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
RustRover	Dedicated Rust IDE by JetBrains.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Paid	Rust Native

Python

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
PyCharm	The premier Python IDE with code analysis, graphical debugger, and Django support.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Freemium, Proprietary	Intelligent Web Data-Science
Spyder	A scientific environment written in Python, for Python. Great for data analysts.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Scientific Data-Analysis
Thonny	Python IDE for beginners.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Education Beginner
Wing IDE	Powerful Python IDE with powerful debugger and intelligent editor.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Paid, Freemium	Python
PyDev	Python IDE for Eclipse.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Eclipse Plugin
Eric	Full featured Python editor and IDE, written in Python.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Python Qt
PyScripter	Lightweight, open-source Python IDE for Windows.	Github	Windows	Free, Open-Source	Lightweight
IEP (Pyzo)	Cross-platform Python IDE focused on interactivity and introspection.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Science

Java

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
IntelliJ IDEA	Capable and ergonomic IDE for JVM languages. deeply intelligent coding assistance.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Freemium, Proprietary	Java Kotlin Enterprise
Eclipse	Famous open-source IDE, widely used for Java and legacy enterprise applications.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Java Plugin-Ecosystem
NetBeans	Official IDE for Java 8. Good support to modular applications.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Java Swing

C/C++

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
CLion	Cross-platform C/C++ IDE by JetBrains. Uses CMake natively.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Paid	CMake Embedded
Qt Creator	Designed for developing applications with the Qt framework.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Freemium	Qt GUI
Code::Blocks	Open-source C/C++ IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users.	Website	Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Lightweight
KDevelop	Cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP.	Website	Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	KDE
CodeLite	Lightweight open-source IDE for C/C++/PHP and Node.js.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Lightweight
RAD Studio	Powerful rapid application development suite for GUI-centric apps.	Website	Windows	Paid	GUI Delphi C++
Dev-C++	Legacy full-featured IDE for C/C++.	Website	Windows	Free, Open-Source	Legacy Lightweight
Ultimate++	C++ cross-platform rapid application development framework.	Website	Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	RAD
Anjuta	Versatile IDE for C/C++ on GNU/Linux.	Website	Linux	Free, Open-Source	GNOME
Cevelop	The C++ IDE for professional developers.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Paid	Professional
Zinjai	Designed for use by students of programming.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Education
JCppEdit	Multi-language environment starting from C/C++ to Java/Web.	Website	Windows Linux	Free, Paid	Multi-Language

Ruby

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
RubyMine	A dedicated Ruby and Rails IDE with smart assistance.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Paid	Ruby Rails

Web Development

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
WebStorm	The smartest JavaScript IDE. Fully equipped for advanced web development.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Paid	JavaScript TypeScript Frontend
Aptana Studio	Professional, open-source development tool for the open web.	Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Web Eclipse
WeBuilder	All-in-one web code editor for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Python, etc.	Website	Windows	Paid	All-in-One
Komodo IDE	One IDE for all your languages (Python, PHP, Go, Perl, Tcl, Ruby, etc).	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free (ActiveState)	Polyglot Legacy
Firebase Studio	Web-based toolset for Firebase development.	Website	Web	Free	Firebase

Mobile Development

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
Android Studio	Official IDE for Android development. Based on IntelliJ IDEA.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Android Kotlin
Xcode	The only IDE for developing fully functional iOS/macOS apps.	Website	Mac	Free, Proprietary	iOS Swift macOS
Squircle IDE	A fast multi-language code editor for Android devices.	Github	Android	Free, Open-Source	Mobile-on-Mobile
CppDroid	simple C/C++ IDE focused on learning.	PlayStore	Android	Freemium	Mobile-on-Mobile
Pydroid 3	Easy to use educational Python 3 IDE for Android.	PlayStore	Android	Freemium	Python Mobile
Cosmic IDE	JVM (Java/Kotlin) IDE for Android.	Github	Android	Free, Open-Source	Java Kotlin

Data Science

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
Jupyter	Open-source web application for interactive computing and notebooks.	Website	Web All Platforms	Free, Open-Source	Notebooks Python R
RStudio	The premier IDE for R. Integrated tools for plotting, history, and workspace.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	R Statistics
DataSpell	The IDE for Data Science by JetBrains.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Paid	Jupyter Python
Zasper	AI-native IDE for Data Science. "Cursor for Data Science".	Website Github	Web	Free (Preview)	AI Notebooks

Game Development

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
Unity	Real-time 3D development platform for building games and AR/VR experiences.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Freemium	3D C#
Unreal Engine	High-fidelity game engine used for AAA games and cinema.	Website	Mac Windows Linux	Freemium	AAA C++ Visual-Scripting
Godot	Feature-packed, cross-platform, open-source game engine.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Lightweight 2D/3D
CryEngine	A game engine known for its impressive visual fidelity and real-time physics.	Website	Windows	Free, Proprietary	AAA Visuals
GameMaker	The ultimate 2D game development environment.	Website	Windows Mac	Paid	2D Beginner-Friendly
Construct	Visual game engine for creating 2D games without coding.	Website	Web Windows	Paid	No-Code 2D
Defold	focused on 2D game development and ease of use.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	2D Lightweight
Stride	Open-source 3D game engine (formerly Xenko).	Website Github	Windows	Free, Open-Source	.NET C#
Hazel	Early-stage interactive application and rendering engine.	Github	Windows	Free, Open-Source	Learning Rendering
Open 3D Engine	AAA-capable, open-source 3D engine.	Website Github	Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	AAA 3D
Redot Engine	Community-driven fork of Godot Engine.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux Android	Free, Open-Source	Godot-Fork 2D/3D
MicroStudio	Online game engine for learning and prototyping.	Website Github	Web Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Web Learning
Bevy	A data-driven game engine built in Rust.	Website Github	Mac Windows Linux Web	Free, Open-Source	Rust ECS
Verge3D	Toolkit for creating immersive web-based 3D experiences (Blender/Max/Maya).	Website	Web Blender	Paid	Web No-Code
PlayCanvas	Cloud-first web game engine. Collaborative 3D development.	Website Github	Web	Freemium	Cloud Web
Torque 3D	Open-source C++ engine with a long history.	Website Github	Windows Mac Linux	Free, Open-Source	C++ Legacy
XoGot	Godot engine adapted for iPadOS development.	Website	iOS	Freemium	iPad Mobile
Flax Engine	High-quality 3D engine with C++ and C# scripting.	Website Github	Windows Mac Linux	Free (Royalties)	C++ C#
Source SDK	Tools for creating mods and games for Valve's Source Engine.	Website	Windows Linux	Free	Modding Valve
Wicked Engine	Modern C++ engine focusing on rendering performance.	Website Github	Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	C++ Rendering
Roblox Studio	The tool for creating games on the Roblox platform.	Website	Windows Mac	Free (Rev Share)	Lua Platform
EzEngine	Modular C++ game engine.	Website Github	Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	C++ Modular
Harfang 3D	Multi-language 3D engine (Python, Lua, C++).	Website	Windows Linux	Freemium	Python Lua
Enigma	Open-source game development environment compatible with Game Maker.	Website Github	Windows Mac Linux	Free, Open-Source	GameMaker
Hology	Web-first game engine for browser games.	Website	Web	Free	Web Browser
Evergine (Wave)	Industrial-grade component-based engine (formerly Wave Engine).	Website	Windows	Free	.NET C#
Fyrox	Feature-rich game engine written in Rust.	Website Github	Windows Mac Linux	Free, Open-Source	Rust
NeoAxis	Versatile 3D/2D engine with C# scripting.	Website	Windows	Free (Royalties)	C#
Rogue Engine	Unity-like environment for Three.js (Web).	Website	Web	Free, Open-Source	Three.js Web
Amethyst	Data-driven game engine written in Rust (Maintenance Mode).	Github	Windows Mac Linux	Free, Open-Source	Rust Legacy
Leadwerks	Easy-to-learn game engine for C++ and Lua.	Website	Windows Linux	Paid	C++ Lua
Range Engine	Game engine based on Blender.	Website	Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	Blender
Wonderland Engine	Development platform for WebXR and 3D web.	Website	Web	Freemium	WebXR Web
Verus Engine	High-performance C++ game engine.	Website Github	Windows	Free, Open-Source	C++
Nau Engine	Open-source engine for creating games on all platforms.	Website Github	Windows Mac Linux	Free, Open-Source	C++
Cave Engine	Python-powered 3D game engine.	Website	Windows	Free	Python

Embedded Systems

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
PlatformIO	Professional collaborative platform for embedded development.	Website	Plugin (VSCode, etc)	Free, Open-Source	IoT Embedded
AvalonStudio	Cross platform IDE for Embedded C/C++ and .NET Core.	Github	Mac Windows Linux	Free, Open-Source	.NET Embedded
ElectronIDE	Web based Arduino IDE.	Github	Mac Windows Linux Web	Free, Open-Source	Arduino

Version Control & Tools

Name	Description	Links	System Support	Fees	Tags
Git	Distributed version control system.	Website	Mac Windows Linux BSD	Free, Open-Source	VCS
GitHub	Hosting service for software development and version control using Git.	Website	Web	Freemium	Hosting Collaboration
Judge0	Robust, scalable, and open-source online code execution system.	Website Github	Web API	Free, Open-Source	Compiler-API

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read the contribution guidelines first.

License

Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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