Emacs

Visual Studio Code

microsoft/vscode

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

Visual Studio

visualstudio.microsoft.com

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

Notepad++

notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus

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

Vim

vim/vim

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

IntelliJ IDEA

JetBrains/intellij-community

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

Cursor

cursor.com

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

Neovim

neovim/neovim

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

Zed

zed-industries/zed

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

Sublime Text

sublimetext.com

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