Comparison of integrated development environments

Main article: Integrated development environment

The following tables list notable software packages that are nominal IDEs; standalone tools such as source-code editors and GUI builders are not included. These IDEs are listed in alphabetic order of the supported language.

ActionScript

See also: ActionScript

IDE	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	Debugger	GUI builder	Profiler	Static code analysis	MXML	Export to Mobile
Adobe Animate	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes	JVM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Flash Builder	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes	JVM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
FlashDevelop	MIT License	Yes	No	No		Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
IntelliJ IDEA	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Powerflasher FDT	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	JVM	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Ada

See also: Ada (programming language)

IDE	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	Debugger	GUI builder	Toolchain	Profiler	Code coverage	Autocomplete	Static code analysis	GUI-based design	Class browser	Latest stable release
Eclipse w/ AonixADT[1]	EPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	Yes	Yes[2]	No	Un­known	Un­known	Yes	Un­known	No	Yes	December 2009
GNAT Programming Studio	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	Yes	Yes[3]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	June 2014
SlickEdit	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris, Solaris SPARC, AIX, HP-UX	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	2018
Understand	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	December 2015

Assembly

See also: Assembly language

IDE	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	Debugger	Assemblers	Auto-complete	Macros/templates	Latest stable release
Fresh	EUPL and 2-clause BSD	Yes	Yes	No	Un­known	No	FASM	Un­known	Un­known	1.73.04 / April 30, 2018
SASM	GPL	Yes	Yes	No	Un­known	Yes	NASM, MASM, GAS and FASM	Yes	Yes	3.10.1 / 8 October 2018
SlickEdit	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris, Solaris SPARC, AIX, HP-UX	No	MASM, High Level Assembly, Linux Assembly, OS/390 Assembly	Yes	Yes	2018

BASIC

See also: BASIC

IDE	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Developer	Other platforms	Latest stable release
Basic4android	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Anywhere Software	cross-compile from Windows to Android	2018-03-20
Gambas	GPL	No	Yes	No	Benoît Minisini	FreeBSD, Cygwin	2019-11-19
Microsoft Small Basic	MIT License	Yes	No	No	Microsoft		2015-10-01
MonoDevelop	LGPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Xamarin and the Mono community	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	2016-01-28
PBASIC Stamp Editor	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes	Parallax Inc		2014-07-02[4]
PureBasic	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Fantaisie Software	AmigaOS	2024-03-27[5]
SharpDevelop	MIT[6]	Yes	No	No	ICSharpCode Team		2015-07-14
SlickEdit	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	SlickEdit	Solaris, Solaris SPARC, AIX, HP-UX	2018
Xojo	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Xojo, Inc.	Web	2015-12-17

C/C++

See also: C (programming language) and C++

IDE	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	Written in	Debugger	GUI builder	Integrated toolchain	Profiler	Code coverage	Autocomplete	Static code analysis	GUI-based design	Class browser	Latest stable release	C compiler	C++ compiler	Refactoring
Anjuta (abandoned)	GPL	No	Yes	No	FreeBSD	C	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	2016-03	Yes	Yes	No
AppCode (IntelliJ IDEA)	Proprietary	No	No	Yes		Java	Yes	Yes	No	Yes (Xcode profiler)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2012-12	Yes (Xcode toolchain)	Yes (Xcode toolchain)	Yes
C++Builder	Proprietary, Freeware (Starter edition only)	Yes	No (Cross compiler planned)	Yes (Cross compiler)	cross-compiles for Android and iOS	C++ and Object Pascal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (AQTime Standard in package manager)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2017-03 Tokyo 10.2	Yes	Yes	Yes
Code::Blocks	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	C++	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[7]	Yes	2020-05[8]	Yes (MinGW + custom)	Yes (MinGW + custom)	Yes
CodeLite	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD	C++	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (As of CodeLite 6.1, integration with Valgrind)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes[9]	Yes	2025-01-09	Yes (GCC, Clang, VC + custom)	Yes (GCC, Clang, VC + custom)	Yes
Dev-C++	GPL	Yes	No[10]	No	FreeBSD	Object Pascal	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	2021-01-30	Yes	Yes	No
Eclipse CDT	EPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	C++, Java	Yes	Yes[2]	Yes[11]	Yes[12]	Yes[13]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2020-06[14][15][16]	External	External	Yes
Geany	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, AIX, OpenBSD, Solaris, other Unix	C	Yes (via a plug-in)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	2019-04[17]	External	External	No
GNAT Programming Studio	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	Ada	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	2016-06	Yes	Yes	Yes
JetBrains CLion	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes		Java	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	2019-07[18]	Yes (customizable)	Yes (customizable)	Yes
KDevelop	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, Solaris	C/C++	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2022-12-08	External	External	Yes
LabWindows/CVI	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	cross-compile to Linux, Phar Lap ETS	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	—	2016-12	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Visual Studio	Proprietary, Freeware (Community edition only)	Yes	Yes (Cross compiler)[19]	No	Mac OS 7 (v2.x-v4.x only)	C++ and C#	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2019-04	Yes	Yes	Yes (also plugin)[20]
Visual Studio Code	MIT	Yes	Yes	Yes		TypeScript JavaScript CSS	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	2025-05-15	External	External	Requires language server support[21][22]
MonoDevelop	LGPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	C#	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	2016-11	Yes (GCC + custom)	Yes (GCC + custom)	Yes
NetBeans C/C++ pack	Apache License	Yes	Yes	Yes	OpenBSD, Solaris	Java	Yes[23]	Yes[23]	Yes[24]	No[23]	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	25[25]  (20 February 2025) [±]	External	External	Yes
OpenWatcom	OSI Approved	Yes (32-bit only)	Partial	No	FreeBSD, DOS, OS/2	C/C++	Yes (GUI remote)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2010-06	Yes	Yes	No
Oracle Solaris Studio	Proprietary, Freeware	No	Yes	No	Solaris	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2008-11	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pelles C IDE	Proprietary, Freeware	Yes	No	No		C	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	May 19, 2023	Yes	Yes	?
Qt Creator	GPL / LGPL / Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, Maemo, OpenBSD, Symbian	C++	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (clang)	Yes	Yes	2024-02	External	External	Yes[26]
Rational Software Architect (Eclipse IBM)	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	Java	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2015-09	External	External	Yes
SlickEdit	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris, Solaris SPARC, AIX, HP-UX	C++	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	2018-12	External	External	Yes
U++ TheIDE	BSD	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, Solaris	C++	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	2022-12	External	External	No
Understand	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris	?	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	2015-12	No	No	Yes
Xcode (Apple)	Proprietary	No	No	Yes	cross compiles to iOS	C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2016-12	Yes, llvm (llvm-gcc and gcc deprecated)	Yes, llvm (llvm-gcc and gcc deprecated)	Yes

C#

See also: C Sharp (programming language)

IDE	License	Developer	Latest stable release	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms
Microsoft Visual Studio	Proprietary Community Edition: Freeware	Microsoft	16.9.4  / April 13, 2021	Yes	No	Yes
MonoDevelop	LGPL	Xamarin and the Mono community	7.6.9.22 / September 21, 2018	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris
SharpDevelop	MIT[27]	IC#Code Team	5.1 / April 14, 2016	Yes	No	No
SlickEdit	Proprietary	SlickEdit	October 2016	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris, Solaris SPARC, AIX, HP-UX
Understand	Proprietary	SciTools	814 / December 4, 2015	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris
Visual Studio Code	source code(MIT License) - binary(Proprietary)	Microsoft	1.100.2 / 15 May 2025	Yes	Yes	Yes
Xamarin Studio	source code(MIT License) - binary(Proprietary)	Microsoft	December 2016	Yes	Yes	Yes
Eclipse	EPL	Eclipse Foundation	4.7  / June 28, 2017	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rider	Proprietary	JetBrains	2024.3  / November 13, 2024	Yes	Yes	Yes

COBOL

See also: COBOL

IDE	License	Developer	Written in	First Release	Latest Stable Release	Windows	macOS	Linux
OpenCobolIDE[28]	GPL v3[29][30]	Colin Duquesnoy[31]	Python[32]	1.0.0 / 21 March 2013[33]	4.7.6 / 30 December 2016[34][35][36]	Yes[35]	Yes[35]	Yes[35]

Common Lisp

See also: Common Lisp

IDE	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	Editor	Debugger	GUI builder	Profiler	Browsers
Allegro Common Lisp	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, Tru64 UNIX	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Class browser, Systems, Definitions
LispWorks	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, HP-UX, Solaris	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Class browser, Functions, Errors, Processes, Symbols, Systems
SLIME (Emacs)	portions in GPL v2, LGPL, BSD and public domain	Yes	Yes	Yes	DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX, AIX, IRIX, DOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenVMS, OS/2, Solaris, other Unix	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Class browser, Errors, Symbols

Component Pascal

See also: Component Pascal

IDE	License	Developer	Platform
BlackBox Component Builder	Proprietary similar to Sleepycat	Oberon microsystems	Windows

D

See also: D (programming language)

IDE	Widget toolkit	Platform	Compilers	Open source	Made in D	Notes
Visual Studio	Microsoft	Windows	DMD, LDC (LLVM), GDC (GCC)	No	No	Visual Studio extension. VisualD, wrote in D.
NetBeans	Java Swing	Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenIndiana, Java	DMD, LDC (LLVM), GDC (GCC)	Yes	No	NetBeans module. NetBeans-D, under MIT License.
SlickEdit	Qt	Windows, Linux, macOS, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Solaris SPARC	DMD	No	No
CodeLite	wxWidget	Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenIndiana	DMD, LDC (LLVM), GDC (GCC)	Yes	No
Xcode	Cocoa	macOS	DMD, GDC (GCC)	No	No	Xcode plugin. D for Xcode, under GPL v2.
MonoDevelop	GTK#	Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenIndiana	DMD, LDC (LLVM), GDC (GCC)	Yes	No	MonoDevelop extension. Mono-D, support VisualD projects and DUB, Can be installed on Xamarin Studio too, under Apache License.
KDevelop	Qt	Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenIndiana	DMD, LDC (LLVM), GDC (GCC)	Yes	No
Geany	GTK+	Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenIndiana	DMD, LDC (LLVM), GDC (GCC)	Yes	No	Native support.
Code::Blocks	wxWidget	Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenIndiana	DMD, LDC (LLVM), GDC (GCC)	Yes	No	Includes partial support.
Eclipse	SWT	Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenIndiana, Java	DMD	Yes	No	Eclipse Plugin. DDT. Dropped.

Eiffel

See also: Eiffel (programming language)

IDE	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	Debugger	GUI builder	Toolchain	Profiler	Code coverage	Autocomplete	Static code analysis	GUI-based design	Class browser	Latest stable release
EiffelStudio	GPL and commercial	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenVMS, Solaris, VxWorks, other Unix	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Automatic testing framework	Yes	Type checking, Void-safety, Metrics tool	BON / UML class diagramming	Multi-view	20.05, 2020

Erlang

See also: Erlang (programming language)

Go to this page: Source code editors for Erlang

Fortran

See also: Fortran

IDE	License	Platform	Developer	Latest stable release
Code::Blocks	GPL	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	Code::Blocks Team	17.12 / 2017-12-30
Geany	GPL	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, AIX, OpenBSD, Solaris, other Unix	Team	1.37.1 / November 8, 2020
GNAT Programming Studio	GPL	Windows, Linux, macOS, DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	AdaCore	4.3.1 / June 2009
KDevelop	GPL	Linux	KDevelop Team	5.5.1 (May 5, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-05-05)) [±]
NetBeans	Apache License	Windows, Linux, macOS	NetBeans Community	25[25]  (20 February 2025) [±]
OpenWatcom	OSI Approved	Windows, Linux, DOS, OS/2	OpenWatcom Community	1.9 / June 2, 2010
Photran[37]	EPL	Windows, Linux, macOS	Eclipse (software) w/Parallel Tools Platform (PTP)	9.1.0 / 2015
Plato	Proprietary	Windows	Silverfrost FTN95	8.80 / 2021
Understand	Proprietary	Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris, other Unix	SciTools	December 4, 2015
Simply Fortran	Proprietary	Windows, Linux, macOS	Approximatrix, LLC	3.38 / December 20, 2024
SlickEdit	Proprietary	Windows, Linux, macOS, AIX, Solaris, Solaris SPARC, HP-UX	SlickEdit	October 2016
IntelliJ IDEA	ASLv2	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	JetBrains	September 2017

F#

Main article: F Sharp (programming language)

IDE	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Developer
Microsoft Visual Studio	Proprietary (standard) Freeware (community edition)	Yes	No	Yes	Microsoft
Visual Studio Code[38]	Proprietary (binary code) MIT License (source code)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Microsoft
Rider[39]	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	JetBrains

Groovy

See also: Groovy (programming language)

IDE	License	Written in Java only	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	GUI builder
Eclipse GDT	EPL	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	No
IntelliJ IDEA	ASLv2, proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	No
NetBeans	Apache License	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	Yes
SlickEdit	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris, Solaris SPARC, AIX, HP-UX	No

Haskell

See also: Haskell

IDE	License	Platforms	Latest stable release	Developer
EclipseFP plugin	EPL?	JVM	2.6.4 / January 19, 2015	eclipsefp.github.io
SlickEdit	Proprietary	Windows, Linux, macOS, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Solaris SPARC	October 2016	SlickEdit

Haxe

See also: Haxe

Go to this page: Comparison of IDE choices for Haxe programmers

Java

See also: Java (programming language)

Java has strong IDE support, due not only to its historical and economic importance, but also due to a combination of reflection and static-typing making it well-suited for IDE support.^{[fact or opinion?]} Some of the leading Java IDEs (such as IntelliJ and Eclipse) are also the basis for leading IDEs in other programming languages (e.g. for Python, IntelliJ is rebranded as PyCharm, and Eclipse has the PyDev plugin.)

Open

IDE	License	LSP	Written in Java only	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	GUI builder	Profiling	RDBMS	EE	Limitations
BlueJ	GPL2+GNU linking exception	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris	No				Not a General IDE; a small scale UML editor
DrJava	Permissive	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris	No				Java 8 only (2014)
Eclipse JDT	EPL	Yes	No[40]	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Geany	GPL	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, AIX, OpenBSD, Solaris, other Unix	No
Greenfoot	GPL	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris	No				Not a General IDE; a 2D Game builder
NetBeans	Apache License	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Multi folder Maven not supported
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition	Apache License v2.0	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	Yes	No	No	No
Visual Studio Code	MIT License	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes				No stack trace console.
LunarVim (based on NeoVim)	Apache License	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes		No	No			Some plugins do not yet auto install

Closed

IDE	License	Written in Java only	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	GUI builder	Limitations
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	Yes
JBuilder	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris	Yes
JCreator	Proprietary	No	Yes	No	No		No
JDeveloper	Proprietary (freeware)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	generic JVM	Yes
jGRASP	Proprietary (freeware)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No
MyEclipse	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	Yes
Rational Application Developer	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	AIX, Solaris	Yes
Servoy	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris	Yes
SlickEdit	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris, Solaris SPARC, AIX, HP-UX	No
Understand	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris	Yes
Xcode (Apple)	Proprietary	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	No code formating

JavaScript

See also: JavaScript

IDE	Developer	Latest stable release	Platform	License	Written in
Anjuta (abandoned)	Anjuta Team	3.28.0 / March 11, 2018	Unix-like	GPL	C
Atom	GitHub (subsidiary of Microsoft)	1.63.1 / 23 November 2022	Cross-platform	MIT License	JavaScript
Brackets	Adobe	September 2017	Cross-platform	MIT License	JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Aptana Studio	Aptana, Inc.	December 2013	Cross-platform	GPL, proprietary	Java, JavaScript
Codeanywhere	Codeanywhere, Inc.	August 2015	Cloud IDE	Proprietary	JavaScript
CodeLite	CodeLite	17.0.0 January 2023	Cross-platform	GPL	C++
Eclipse Web Tools	Eclipse Foundation		Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	EPL	C, Java
Komodo IDE / Edit	ActiveState	November 19, 2013	Cross-platform	IDE:Proprietary, Edit:MPL 1.1	C, C++, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Tcl, XUL
NetBeans	Apache	25[25]  (20 February 2025) [±]	Cross-platform	Apache License	Java
Nodeclipse NTS	Nodeclipse	March 31, 2014	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	EPL	Java
NuSphere PhpED	NuSphere	June 2011	Windows	Proprietary	N/A
Oracle JDeveloper	Oracle Corporation	July 2013	Windows, Linux, macOS	Proprietary – free[41]	Java
Servoy	Servoy Developer Team	June 2011	Cross-platform	Servoy License	Java
SlickEdit	SlickEdit	October 2016	Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX	Proprietary	C++
Visual Studio	Microsoft	March 31, 2016[42]	Windows	Proprietary	C++, C#
Visual Studio Code	Microsoft	1.100.2 / 15 May 2025	Cross-platform	MIT License	JavaScript
WebStorm	JetBrains	2019.1/ 25 March 2019[43]	Cross-platform	Proprietary	Java

Julia

See also: Julia (programming language)

IDE	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	Debugger	Profiler	Notes
Atom (with Juno extension)	MIT License[44]	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes[45]	Yes[46]	Has a plotting pane. Juno team merged with VS Code extension team (see below); Juno now in maintenance mode.
Emacs / spacemacs	portions in GPL v2, LGPL, BSD and public domain	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD	Yes	Yes	ESS extension support for emacs. vi support also available, e.g. in spacemacs (useful for pair programming).
Visual Studio Code (using the Julia extension)	MIT License	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD[47]	Yes	Yes (i.e. flame graph viewing support)	Has a plotting pane. License is for the extension; and Microsoft's source code (only).

Lua

See also: Lua (programming language)

IDE	Developer	Latest stable release	Platform	License
Decoda	Unknown Worlds Entertainment	1.16 / October 25, 2011	Windows	GPL[48]
SlickEdit	SlickEdit	October 2016	Windows, Linux, macOS, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Solaris SPARC	Proprietary
ZeroBrane Studio	Paul Kulchenko, ZeroBrane LLC	1.80 / October 7, 2018	Windows, macOS/Mac, Linux	MIT License

Pascal, Object Pascal

See also: Pascal (programming language) and Object Pascal

IDE	Developer	Latest stable release	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	Mobiles	Debugger	GUI builder	License	Autocomplete
Delphi	Embarcadero Technologies	Delphi 10.4.2 (Sydney) / February 24 2021	Yes	No	No	cross-compile to macOS, Android, iOS Linux[49]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes
Free Pascal IDE	Volunteers	3.2.2 / May 20, 2021	Yes	Yes	Yes	AmigaOS, Android, FreeBSD, Game Boy Advance, Haiku, AIX, iOS, MorphOS, DOS, NetBSD, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, OpenBSD, OS/2, Solaris, Windows CE, JVM, LLVM (experimental), JavaScript transpiler, Embedded systems.	Yes	Yes	No	GPL; LGPL with static linking exception	No
KDevelop	KDevelop Team	5.5.1 (May 5, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-05-05)) [±] (only 3.x supports Pascal)	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, other Unix	No	No	No	GPL
Lazarus	Volunteers	3.0.0 / December 21, 2023	Yes	Yes	Yes	See Free Pascal	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL; LGPL with static linking exception	Yes
MIDletPascal	Code Research Laboratories	3.5 / February 2, 2013	Yes	No	No	cross-compile from Windows to Java ME	Yes	No	No	GPL
Morfik	Morfik Technology Pty Ltd.	2.0.5.27	Yes	Yes	Yes	compiles to HTML+CSS+XML+JavaScript (web apps)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary
MSEide	Martin Schreiber	4.6 / 2017-11-24	Yes	Yes	No	FreeBSD	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL; LGPL with static linking exception for the library MSEgui
Understand	SciTools	4.0 / April 2015	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris	Yes	No	Yes	Proprietary
Visual Studio via Oxygene	RemObjects Software	10.0 / August 2018	Yes and additional Water IDE	No	Yes via Fire IDE	JVM, .NET, Mono, Cocoa, Cocoa Touch, Android, iOS, WebAssembly, cross compile to Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary; free compiler	Yes
PocketStudio	winsoft	3.0	No	No	No	Palm OS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary
Dev-Pascal	Bloodshed Software	1.9.2 (using FPC 1.9.2 from 2005)	Yes	No	No		No	Yes	No	GPL
PascalABC.NET	PascalABC.NET Compiler Team	3.9 / July 10, 2023	Yes	Yes	Yes	compiles to CLR	No	Yes	Yes	LGPL	Yes

Perl

See also: Perl

IDE	Developer	Latest stable release	Platform	License
Eclipse EPIC	EPIC Project Team	0.6.44 / April 18, 2012	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	CPL
Geany	Team	1.37.1 / November 8, 2020	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, AIX, OpenBSD, Solaris, other Unix	GPL
Komodo IDE / Edit	ActiveState	9.0.1 / April 19, 2015	Cross-platform	Proprietary
NetBeans	Sun Microsystems / Oracle	25[25]  (20 February 2025) [±]	Cross-platform	Apache License
Padre	Padre Team	1.0 / November 8, 2013	Cross-platform	Perl
JetBrains IDEs (via plugin)[50]	Alexandr Evstigneev	2019.1.3 / May 25, 2019	Cross-platform	Apache 2.0
SlickEdit	SlickEdit	October 2016	Windows, Linux, macOS, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX	Proprietary

PHP

See also: PHP

IDE	Developer	Latest stable release	Platform	License	Autocomplete	Debugger	Refactoring support	VCS Support
Adobe Dreamweaver	Adobe Systems	-	Cross-platform	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	No
Aptana Studio	Aptana, Inc.	December 2013, 3.5.0	Cross-platform	GPL, proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	via plugins
CodeLite	CodeLite	January 2023, 17.0	Cross-platform	GPL	Yes	Yes	No	Git, SVN
Codelobster	Codelobster	2.4 / September 11, 2023	Cross-platform	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	via plugins
Eclipse Che	Eclipse Foundation / Zend	4.7 / September 2, 2016	Cross-platform	EPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Un­known
Eclipse PDT	Eclipse Foundation / Zend	7.0 / December 18, 2019	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	EPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	CVS, Git, Mercurial, SVN (via plugins)
Geany	Geany Team	1.37.1 / November 8, 2020	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, AIX, OpenBSD, Solaris, other Unix	GPL	Yes	No	No	via plugins
HyperEdit	Jonathan Deutsch / Tumult	1.6 / April 30, 2008	macOS	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	No
KDevelop	KDE KDevelop Team	5.5.1 (May 5, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-05-05)) [±]	Cross-platform	GPL	Yes	No	Un­known	CVS, Git, SVN
Komodo IDE / Edit	ActiveState	10.0.1 (June 2016)	Cross-platform	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Bazaar, CVS, Git, Mercurial, Perforce, SVN
NetBeans	Sun Microsystems / Oracle	25[25]  (20 February 2025) [±]	Cross-platform on Netbeans	Apache License	Yes	Yes	Yes	CVS, Git, Mercurial, SVN
PHPEclipse (Eclipse)	PHPEclipse project team	1.2.2 / September 2009	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	CPL	Yes	Yes	Un­known	Un­known
PHPEdit	WaterProof SARL	3.6.4 (April 9, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-04-09)) [±]	Windows	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	CVS, SVN
PhpStorm (IntelliJ IDEA)	JetBrains	2019.1 / 28 March 2019	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	CVS, Git, Mercurial, Perforce, SVN
SlickEdit	SlickEdit	October 2016	Windows, Linux, macOS, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Zend Studio	Zend	10.6 / February 2014	Cross-platform	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	CVS, Git, SVN, others (via plugins)

Python

See also: Python (programming language)

IDE	Developer	Latest stable release version	Latest stable release date	Platform	Written in	Widget toolkit	License	Python2x support	Python3x support	Debugger	GUI builder	Integrated toolchain	Profiler	Code coverage	Autocomplete	Static program analysis	GUI based design	Class browser	Code refactoring	Version control system support	Web framework support
eric	Detlev Offenbach	21.3	2021-03-06	Windows, Linux, macOS	Python	PyQt	GPLv3 "or later"	Yes, until version 4.5.25 and since version 5.5.0[51]	Yes, since version 5.0.0[52]	Yes, for Python 2 & 3	Yes: Qt Creator	Un­known	Yes	Yes	Yes	Multiple integrated checkers and Pylint via plug-in	Yes	Yes	Yes	Subversion and Mercurial (core plug-ins), git (optional plug-in)	Django as optional plug-in
Geany	Team	1.37.1	2020-11-08	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, AIX, OpenBSD, Solaris, other Unix	C	GTK+	GPL	Un­known	Yes	No	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Yes	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
IDLE	Guido van Rossum et al.	3.7	2019-03-25	Cross-platform	Python	Tkinter	PSFL	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Un­known	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Un­known	No	No
Komodo IDE	ActiveState	10.2	2017-02-21	Cross-platform	Un­known	Mozilla platform	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Bazaar, CVS, Git, Mercurial, Perforce, SVN	Un­known
KDevelop	KDE KDevelop Team	5.6.1	2020-12-11	Cross-platform	C, C++	Qt	GPL	Un­known	Yes	Yes	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Yes	Un­known	Un­known	Yes	Yes[citation needed]	Bazaar, CVS, Git, Mercurial, Perforce, SVN	Un­known
Microsoft Visual Studio[53])	Microsoft	16.9	2021-03-02	Windows	C++ and C#	Windows Forms and WPF, through IronPython	Python tools under Apache License 2.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Yes[54]	Un­known	Un­known	Yes	Basic refactoring	Yes	Yes
MonoDevelop	Novell and the Mono community	6.1.2.44	2016-11-11	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	C#	Gtk#	LGPL	Un­known	Un­known	Yes	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
Ninja-IDE	Team	2.4	2019-06-23[55]	Cross-platform	Python	PyQt	GPL	Yes (Python 2.7)	Yes	Yes (with wdebugger plugin)	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
PIDA	Team	0.6.2	2010-08-04	Cross-platform	Python	PyGTK	GPL	Un­known	Un­known	Yes (integrates with external debuggers)	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known
PyCharm	JetBrains	2024.3.2	2025-01-28	Windows, Linux, macOS	Java, Python	Swing	Open core: Full version under Apache License 2.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Un­known	Yes	Yes (full version only)	Yes (full version only)	Yes	Yes PEP 8 and others	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PyDev / LiClipse (plug-in for Eclipse and Aptana)	Appcelerator	7.5.0	2020-01-10	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	Python	SWT	EPL	Yes	Yes	Yes (also remote, container, cluster, multi-threaded, and multi-process debugging)	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Yes	Yes	Un­known	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PyScripter	Kiriakos Vlahos	4.2.5	2022-12-22	Windows	Delphi, Python	Un­known	MIT	Un­known	Yes	Yes	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Yes	Yes	Un­known	Un­known	Un­known	Yes	Yes
Spyder	Team	6.0.6	2025-05-14	Windows, Linux, macOS, Qt	Python	Qt5/Qt6 with PyQt or PySide	MIT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Un­known	Yes	Yes	Un­known	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Un­known
Thonny	Aivar Annamaa	4.1.4	2023-11-9	Windows, Linux, macOS	Python	Un­known	MIT	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Wing	Wingware	10.0.9	2025-03-24	Windows, Linux, macOS	Python	Qt5 with PyQt	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (also remote, container, cluster, multi-threaded, and multi-process debugging)	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

R

Main article: R (programming language)

IDE	Developer	Latest stable release	Platform	License
R Tools for Visual Studio	Microsoft	March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10), v1.0 RC3	Microsoft Windows	Apache License 2.0
RStudio	RStudio, Inc.	October 29, 2018 (2018-10-29), v1.1.463	Cross-platform	AGPL

Racket

See also: Racket (programming language)

IDE	Developer	Latest stable release	Platform	License
DrRacket	PLT Design, Inc.	26 October 2018, v7.1	Cross-platform	LGPL

Ruby

See also: Ruby (programming language)

IDE	Developer	Latest stable release	Platform	License
Aptana Studio with integrated RadRails plugin (Eclipse)	Aptana, Inc.	3.5.0 / December 27, 2013	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	GPL, proprietary
Eclipse DLTK Ruby Plugin	Eclipse Foundation	5.0.0 / June 6, 2013	x86	EPL
eric	Detlev Offenbach	6.1.4 / April 9, 2016	Cross-platform	GPLv3 "or later"
Komodo IDE / Edit	ActiveState	9.0.1 / April 19, 2015	Cross-platform	Proprietary
RubyMine (IntelliJ IDEA)	JetBrains	2018.3.5 (build 183.5912.16) / Feb 27, 2019[56]	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris	Proprietary
SlickEdit	SlickEdit	October 2016	Windows, Linux, macOS, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX	Proprietary

Rust

See also: Rust (programming language)

IDE	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Debugger	Snippets	Code completion	Code Formatting
Atom	MIT License	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
BBEdit	Proprietary	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
CLion	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Eclipse	Eclipse Public License	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kate	GNU General Public License	Yes	Yes	poor quality	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
RustRover	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sublime Text	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Textadept	MIT License	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Visual Studio Code	MIT License	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Scala

See also: Scala (programming language)

IDE	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms
Eclipse JDT	EPL	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris
IntelliJ IDEA	ASLv2, proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris
NetBeans	Apache License	Yes	Yes	Yes	Solaris

Smalltalk

See also: Smalltalk

IDE	Developer	License	Windows	Linux	macOS	Other platforms	Debugger	GUI builder
Dolphin Smalltalk	Object Arts	MIT License	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Pharo	INRIA	MIT License	Yes	Yes	Yes	various	Yes	Yes
Squeak	squeak.org	MIT License	Yes	Yes	Yes	various	Yes	Yes
VisualAge	IBM	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	various	Yes	Yes
VisualWorks	Cincom	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	various	Yes	Yes

Tcl

See also: Tcl

IDE	Developer	Latest stable release	Platform	License
Eclipse DLTK		5.0	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, JVM, Solaris	EPL
Komodo IDE / Edit	ActiveState	9.0.1	Cross-platform	IDE:Proprietary, Edit:GPL, LGPL, MPL
SlickEdit	SlickEdit	October 2016 v.21	Windows, Linux, macOS, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX	Proprietary

Unclassified

• IBM Rational Business Developer
• Mule (software)

Visual Basic .NET

See also: Visual Basic .NET

IDE	Developer	License	Written in	First Release	Latest Stable Release	Windows	macOS	Linux
Microsoft Visual Studio	Microsoft	Proprietary	C++	2001	16.9.15 / 14 December 2021	Yes	Yes	No
Visual Studio Code[57]	Microsoft[58]	MIT[58]	TypeScript[58]	0.10.1 / 13 November 2015[59]	1.70.2 / 15 August 2022[60]	Yes[61]	Yes[61]	Yes[61]

See also

• Comparison of assemblers
• Graphical user interface builder
• List of compilers
• Source-code editor
• Game integrated development environment