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Open Source Alternatives to Visual Studio

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What is Visual Studio?

Visual Studio is A comprehensive integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft for building applications across multiple platforms, including Windows, web, mobile, and cloud.. There are currently 5 open-source alternatives to Visual Studio, with a combined total of 9.1k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C#.

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Qt Creator
Qt Creatorqt-creator/qt-creator

A cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) for building applications with Qt across desktop, embedded, and mobile platforms.

3.1k869C++
19 hours ago
Mono
Monomono/monodevelop

A cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) for .NET applications using Mono and Gtk#.

2.9k1.0kC#
4 years ago
SharpDevelop
SharpDevelopicsharpcode/SharpDevelop

A free, open-source IDE for .NET programming languages including C#, VB.NET, F#, IronPython, and IronRuby.

2.2k808C#
6 years ago
compiler.nvim
compiler.nvimZeioth/compiler.nvim

A Neovim plugin that compiles and runs code across 25+ languages with zero configuration, inspired by Visual Studio's one-click experience.

67049Lua
11 months ago
csharp.nvim
csharp.nvimiabdelkareem/csharp.nvim

A Neovim plugin that enhances .NET development with automatic LSP setup, debugging, and code analysis features.

27414Lua
1 year ago
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