Are there any actual alternatives to Visual Studio Code?

I am trying to avoid MS products as much as necessary, moving to Gitlab instead of Github, Collabora over MS office and so on.

One i’m struggling with is a good Editor. Is there really anything else out their that is as programme and platform agnostic, feature rich and extensieve as VSC? Or is everyone doomed to a life using Vim or Emacs as the only other viable alternative lol

Wut you don't like about vim

Why you avoid ms products?

I thought Jet Brains Suite did everything that Visual studio does? I use phpstorm and pycharm.

I would go with Jet Brains to be honest. But have you tried to use Sublime Text?

umbreno said:

I am trying to avoid MS products as much as necessary, moving to Gitlab instead of Github, Collabora over MS office and so on.

One i’m struggling with is a good Editor. Is there really anything else out their that is as programme and platform agnostic, feature rich and extensieve as VSC? Or is everyone doomed to a life using Vim or Emacs as the only other viable alternative lol

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VSCodium is a great alternative to VSCode. It's essentially the same codebase but without the Microsoft telemetry and branding. It's fully open-source and has the same extensive features and extensions as VSCode.

If you're looking for something different, other options include: Sublime text, Atom, JetBrains IDEs(e.g., PyCharm, IntelliJ IDEA), Vim or Emacs. While Vim and Emacs are powerful, they're not the only viable alternatives to VSCode. Explore the options above and see which one best suits your needs and workflow.

We found alternatives like Atom, Sublime Text, and JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA to be strong competitors.
Each has its strengths: Atom is extensibility, Sublime is speed, and IntelliJ is robust Java support. It depends on your specific needs and workflow preferences.

SilverClouds said:

Wut you don't like about vim

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Absolutely nothing is wrong with Emacs or Vim lol I was just being a bit facetious due to their ‘legacy’ standing

DozeX said:

Why you avoid ms products?

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Vendor-lockin and data harvesting. There is nothing wrong with their stuff, technically. It’s the ethical side of things esp now with them obsessively scraping data for their training models.

Panther28 said:

I thought Jet Brains Suite did everything that Visual studio does? I use phpstorm and pycharm.

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I actually did use it up until about a year ago when they became a total resource hog among other problems, bug related mostly. Support wasn’t helpful at all, often suggesting essentialy kitchen-sink approaches to solve the dilemas rather than work on a proper patch. Very unprofessional and caused me a number of problems leading up to my decision to switch.

ShadowScavenger said:

VSCodium is a great alternative to VSCode. It's essentially the same codebase but without the Microsoft telemetry and branding. It's fully open-source and has the same extensive features and extensions as VSCode..

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That sounds perfect

Neovim

Otherwise, vscodium like others have suggested.

Pycharm and Sublime Text