75 Essential Text Editors, IDEs, and Code Tools for Developers
Introduction
The right editor or IDE can significantly boost productivity. Here are 75 essential text editors, IDEs, and code tools for developers.
📑 Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Terminal-Based Editors
- 1. Vim
- 2. Neovim
- 3. Emacs
- 4. nano
- 5. micro
- 6. Helix
- 7. Kakoune
- 8. Joe
- Modern Code Editors
- 9. Visual Studio Code
- 10. VSCodium
- 11. Sublime Text
- 12. Atom
- 13. Zed
- 14. Lapce
- 15. Pulsar
- JetBrains IDEs
- 16. IntelliJ IDEA
- 17. PyCharm
- 18. WebStorm
- 19. GoLand
- 20. PhpStorm
- 21. CLion
- 22. RubyMine
- 23. Rider
- 24. DataGrip
- 25. Fleet
- Language-Specific IDEs
- 26. Eclipse
- 27. NetBeans
- 28. Android Studio
- 29. Xcode
- 30. RStudio
- 31. Spyder
- 32. MATLAB
- 33. Octave
- GTK/Qt Editors
- 34. gedit
- 35. Kate
- 36. Geany
- 37. Mousepad
- 38. Pluma
- 39. GNOME Builder
- 40. KDevelop
- Web Development
- 41. Brackets
- 42. BlueGriffon
- 43. Bluefish
- Notebook Tools
- 44. Jupyter Notebook
- 45. JupyterLab
- 46. Zeppelin
- 47. Quarto
- 48. Observable
- Code Formatting
- 49. Prettier
- 50. Black
- 51. gofmt
- 52. rustfmt
- 53. clang-format
- Linting Tools
- 54. ESLint
- 55. Pylint
- 56. RuboCop
- 57. golangci-lint
- 58. ShellCheck
- 59. hadolint
- 60. yamllint
- Diff and Merge
- 61. Meld
- 62. KDiff3
- 63. Beyond Compare
- 64. vimdiff
- 65. delta
- Documentation
- 66. Doxygen
- 67. Sphinx
- 68. MkDocs
- 69. Docusaurus
- 70. GitBook
- AI-Powered Tools
- 71. GitHub Copilot
- 72. Cursor
- 73. Tabnine
- 74. Codeium
- 75. Continue
- Conclusion
Terminal-Based Editors
1. Vim
Highly configurable modal text editor.
2. Neovim
Hyperextensible Vim-based editor.
3. Emacs
Extensible, customizable text editor.
4. nano
Simple, user-friendly terminal editor.
5. micro
Modern terminal-based text editor.
6. Helix
Post-modern modal text editor.
7. Kakoune
Modal editor with multiple selections.
8. Joe
Joe Own Editor.
Modern Code Editors
9. Visual Studio Code
Microsoft open-source code editor.
10. VSCodium
VS Code without Microsoft telemetry.
11. Sublime Text
Sophisticated text editor.
12. Atom
Hackable text editor (archived).
13. Zed
High-performance multiplayer code editor.
14. Lapce
Lightning-fast code editor in Rust.
15. Pulsar
Community-led Atom fork.
JetBrains IDEs
16. IntelliJ IDEA
Java IDE with advanced coding assistance.
17. PyCharm
Python IDE for professional developers.
18. WebStorm
JavaScript and TypeScript IDE.
19. GoLand
IDE for Go development.
20. PhpStorm
PHP IDE with debugging and testing.
21. CLion
C/C++ IDE with CMake support.
22. RubyMine
Ruby and Rails IDE.
23. Rider
.NET IDE based on ReSharper.
24. DataGrip
Database IDE.
25. Fleet
Next-generation IDE by JetBrains.
Language-Specific IDEs
26. Eclipse
Java IDE and platform.
27. NetBeans
Apache IDE for Java and more.
28. Android Studio
Official Android development IDE.
29. Xcode
Apple development tools.
30. RStudio
IDE for R programming.
31. Spyder
Scientific Python IDE.
32. MATLAB
Numerical computing environment.
33. Octave
Open-source MATLAB alternative.
GTK/Qt Editors
34. gedit
GNOME text editor.
35. Kate
KDE advanced text editor.
36. Geany
Lightweight IDE with basic features.
37. Mousepad
Simple Xfce text editor.
38. Pluma
MATE desktop text editor.
39. GNOME Builder
IDE for GNOME development.
40. KDevelop
Cross-platform IDE by KDE.
Web Development
41. Brackets
Modern open-source code editor for web.
42. BlueGriffon
WYSIWYG web editor.
43. Bluefish
Powerful editor for web developers.
Notebook Tools
44. Jupyter Notebook
Interactive computing environment.
45. JupyterLab
Next-gen Jupyter interface.
46. Zeppelin
Web-based notebook for data analysis.
47. Quarto
Scientific publishing system.
48. Observable
JavaScript notebook for data visualization.
Code Formatting
49. Prettier
Opinionated code formatter.
50. Black
Python code formatter.
51. gofmt
Go code formatter.
52. rustfmt
Rust code formatter.
53. clang-format
C/C++ code formatter.
Linting Tools
54. ESLint
JavaScript linter.
55. Pylint
Python static code analyzer.
56. RuboCop
Ruby static code analyzer.
57. golangci-lint
Go linters aggregator.
58. ShellCheck
Shell script static analysis.
59. hadolint
Dockerfile linter.
60. yamllint
YAML linter.
Diff and Merge
61. Meld
Visual diff and merge tool.
62. KDiff3
Diff and merge program.
63. Beyond Compare
File and folder comparison.
64. vimdiff
Vim-based diff tool.
65. delta
Syntax-highlighting pager for git diffs.
Documentation
66. Doxygen
Documentation generator.
67. Sphinx
Python documentation generator.
68. MkDocs
Static site generator for documentation.
69. Docusaurus
Documentation website generator.
70. GitBook
Modern documentation platform.
AI-Powered Tools
71. GitHub Copilot
AI pair programmer.
72. Cursor
AI-first code editor.
73. Tabnine
AI code completion.
74. Codeium
Free AI code completion.
75. Continue
Open-source AI code assistant.
Conclusion
These 75 editors and code tools cover every development scenario from terminal-based editing to full-featured IDEs with AI assistance.
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About Ramesh Sundararamaiah
Red Hat Certified Architect
Expert in Linux system administration, DevOps automation, and cloud infrastructure. Specializing in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Docker, Ansible, and enterprise IT solutions.
