Code Editors & IDEs in Git & Developer Tools


1	Visual Studio CodePopular Free, extensible editor from Microsoft; the most used dev environment for years and base of many AI forks.	195k	n/a	n/a	6d ago	97
2	Visual StudioPopular Microsoft's full IDE for .NET and C++ on Windows with deep debugging, profiling and designer tooling.	No public repository or package of its own to measure
3	Notepad++Popular Lightweight, free Windows text and source editor that remains a staple for quick edits.	29.8k	n/a	n/a	5d ago	82
3	CursorPopular AI-native code editor forked from VS Code, with fast tab completion, agents and background agents.	No public repository or package of its own to measure
4	VimPopular Ubiquitous modal terminal editor available on nearly every Unix system; its keybindings are everywhere.	41.2k	n/a	n/a	2d ago	84
5	IntelliJ IDEAPopular JetBrains' flagship IDE for Java and Kotlin; its platform also powers PyCharm, WebStorm and others.	20.7k	n/a	n/a	1d ago	79
7	NeovimPopular Modernized Vim fork with Lua config, built-in LSP and Tree-sitter; huge plugin and distro ecosystem.	103k	n/a	n/a	1w ago	92
8	ZedTrending GPU-accelerated Rust editor from Atom's creators with multiplayer editing and native AI agent support.	94.5k	n/a	n/a	2d ago	91
9	Sublime Text Fast, minimalist commercial editor known for multiple cursors and instant startup.	No public repository or package of its own to measure
10	Emacs Endlessly extensible Lisp-programmable editor with a devoted community and tools like Magit and Org.	5.2k	n/a	n/a	1w ago	68
11	Eclipse IDELegacy Long-standing open-source Java IDE still common in enterprises and embedded tooling, but steadily declining.	No public repository or package of its own to measure
12	HelixRising Post-modern modal terminal editor with selection-first editing, built-in LSP and Tree-sitter, zero config.	46.8k	n/a	n/a	1mo ago	85
13	Devin Desktop Cognition's agentic AI IDE, renamed from Windsurf in June 2026; a VS Code fork with a multi-agent command center.	No public repository or package of its own to measure
14	Lapce Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust	39k	n/a	n/a	4w ago	84

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Visual Studio CodePopular

Free, extensible editor from Microsoft; the most used dev environment for years and base of many AI forks.

195k

n/a

6d ago

97

2

Visual StudioPopular

Microsoft's full IDE for .NET and C++ on Windows with deep debugging, profiling and designer tooling.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

3

Notepad++Popular

Lightweight, free Windows text and source editor that remains a staple for quick edits.

29.8k

n/a

5d ago

82

3

CursorPopular

AI-native code editor forked from VS Code, with fast tab completion, agents and background agents.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

4

VimPopular

Ubiquitous modal terminal editor available on nearly every Unix system; its keybindings are everywhere.

41.2k

n/a

2d ago

84

5

IntelliJ IDEAPopular

JetBrains' flagship IDE for Java and Kotlin; its platform also powers PyCharm, WebStorm and others.

20.7k

n/a

1d ago

79

7

NeovimPopular

Modernized Vim fork with Lua config, built-in LSP and Tree-sitter; huge plugin and distro ecosystem.

103k

n/a

1w ago

92

8

ZedTrending

GPU-accelerated Rust editor from Atom's creators with multiplayer editing and native AI agent support.

94.5k

n/a

2d ago

91

9

Sublime Text

Fast, minimalist commercial editor known for multiple cursors and instant startup.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

10

Emacs

Endlessly extensible Lisp-programmable editor with a devoted community and tools like Magit and Org.

5.2k

n/a

1w ago

68

11

Eclipse IDELegacy

Long-standing open-source Java IDE still common in enterprises and embedded tooling, but steadily declining.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

12

HelixRising

Post-modern modal terminal editor with selection-first editing, built-in LSP and Tree-sitter, zero config.

46.8k

n/a

1mo ago

85

13

Devin Desktop

Cognition's agentic AI IDE, renamed from Windsurf in June 2026; a VS Code fork with a multi-agent command center.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

14

Lapce

Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust

39k

n/a

4w ago

84

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Visual Studio

Notepad++

Cursor

Vim

IntelliJ IDEA

Neovim

Zed

Sublime Text

Emacs

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Helix

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Lapce

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Visual Studio

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Vim

IntelliJ IDEA

Neovim

Zed

Sublime Text

Emacs

Eclipse IDE

Helix

Devin Desktop

Lapce

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