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Code editors

Editors for writing code.

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ToolStarsLicenceTermsSelf-hostedLanguageLatestLast push
Visual Studio Code195kMITOpen sourceNoTypeScript1.146.02026-11-12
Neovim104kOtherOpen sourceNoVim Scriptv0.12.62026-11-12
Zed95kOtherOpen sourceNoRustv1.28.12026-11-12
Atom61kMITOpen sourceNoJavaScriptv1.60.02023-01-03
Helix47kMPL-2.0Open sourceNoRust25.07.12026-11-12
Vim41kVimOpen sourceNoVim Scriptv9.2.13322026-11-11
Lapce39kApache-2.0Open sourceNoRustv0.4.62026-10-09
VSCodium34kMITOpen sourceNoShell1.143.172322026-10-31
micro30kMITOpen sourceNoGov2.0.152026-11-12
Notepad++30kOtherOpen sourceNoC++v8.9.9.12026-11-12
NvChad29kGPL-3.0Open sourceNoLuav2.52026-10-24
LazyVim28kApache-2.0Open sourceNoLuav16.0.22026-11-08
Spacemacs25kGPL-3.0Open sourceNoEmacs Lispv0.200.132026-11-09
Doom Emacs23kMITOpen sourceNoEmacs Lispv2.2.42026-11-06
Eclipse Theia22kEPL-2.0Not checkedNoTypeScriptv1.77.02026-11-12
IntelliJ IDEA open-source build21kOtherOpen sourceNoJavapycharm/2026.32026-11-12
NotepadNext15kGPL-3.0Open sourceNoC++v0.152026-11-08
AstroNvim14kGPL-3.0Open sourceNoLuav6.1.12026-10-30
Kakoune11kUnlicenseOpen sourceNoC++v2026.05.212026-10-30
Spyder9.4kMITOpen sourceNoPythonv6.1.82026-11-11
CotEditor8.7kOtherOpen sourceNoSwift7.1.32026-11-10
GNU Emacs5.2kGPL-3.0Open sourceNoEmacs Lispemacs-31.1.902026-11-11
RStudio5.1kOtherOpen sourceNoJavav2026.10.1+2392026-11-11
Pulsar4.2kOtherOpen sourceNoJavaScriptv1.133.12026-11-12
Geany3.8kGPL-2.0Open sourceNoC2.1.02026-11-01
Arduino IDE3.3kAGPL-3.0Open sourceNoTypeScript2.3.102026-11-11
CudaText3.2kMPL-2.0Open sourceNoPython1.239.1.02026-11-10
Apache NetBeans3.2kApache-2.0Open sourceNoJava312026-11-10

28 tools

Zed

Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

Language
Rust
Licence
Other
Stars
95k
Latest
v1.28.1
Last push
2026-11-12
Lapce

Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust

Language
Rust
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
39k
Latest
v0.4.6
Last push
2026-10-09
VSCodium

binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing

Language
Shell
Licence
MIT
Stars
34k
Latest
1.143.17232
Last push
2026-10-31
micro

A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

Language
Go
Licence
MIT
Stars
30k
Latest
v2.0.15
Last push
2026-11-12
NvChad

Blazing fast Neovim framework providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.

Language
Lua
Licence
GPL-3.0
Stars
29k
Latest
v2.5
Last push
2026-10-24
Spacemacs

A community-driven Emacs distribution - The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs *and* Vim!

Language
Emacs Lisp
Licence
GPL-3.0
Stars
25k
Latest
v0.200.13
Last push
2026-11-09
AstroNvim

AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins

Language
Lua
Licence
GPL-3.0
Stars
14k
Latest
v6.1.1
Last push
2026-10-30
Spyder

Official repository for Spyder - The Scientific Python Development Environment

Language
Python
Licence
MIT
Stars
9.4k
Latest
v6.1.8
Last push
2026-11-11
Geany

A fast and lightweight IDE

Language
C
Licence
GPL-2.0
Stars
3.8k
Latest
2.1.0
Last push
2026-11-01

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