Visual Studio Alternatives in 2026

Anaconda

Anaconda is the birthplace of Python data science, supporting data scientists and enterprises with trusted package management, secure environment management, and optimized AI model deployment, all while ensuring compliance and governance.

Anthropic Console

Anthropic Console is a developer platform for API access and application building using Claude models.

dbt (data build tool)

dbt Labs empowers data teams to build reliable, governed data pipelines, accelerating analytics and AI initiatives with 30x faster performance.

Microsoft Copilot

AI assistant integrated across Microsoft products.

Pipedream

Pipedream is the fastest way to build powerful applications that connect services in your stack, offering code-level control and no code options.

Codeium

Windsurf is the world's most advanced AI coding assistant for developers and enterprises.

LangChain

LangChain provides the engineering platform and open source frameworks developers use to build, test, and deploy reliable AI agents.

OpenRefine

OpenRefine is a powerful free, open source tool for cleaning and transforming messy data, as well as extending it with web services and external data.

Tabnine

Tabnine is the AI code assistant that accelerates and simplifies software development while keeping your code private, secure, and compliant.

GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is your AI pair programmer that works directly in your editor, suggesting code lines or functions to enhance workflows across various platforms.

Leap AI

Leap AI automates content creation and workflows, enhancing marketing, sales, and operations for businesses of all sizes.

Kilo

Build, ship, and iterate faster with the most popular open source coding agent.

kiro

Kiro helps you do your best work by bringing structure to AI coding with spec-driven development.

Google Colab

Google Colab is a powerful cloud-based platform for Python coding and data science, enabling collaboration and easy access to AI models.

Jupyter Notebook

The Jupyter Notebook is a web-based interactive computing platform that combines live code, equations, narrative text, visualizations, and more.

PyCharm

Built for web, data, and AI/ML professionals. Supercharged with an AI-enhanced IDE experience.

DataRobot

DataRobot delivers the industry-leading AI applications and platform that maximize impact and minimize risk for your business.

Replit Ghostwriter

Automate the repetitive parts of coding, so you can stay focused on taking your idea to software.

Kite

Kite was an AI startup helping developers code faster from 2014 to 2021. It is no longer supported.

Lovable

Build apps, websites, and digital products faster using Lovable’s no-code and AI-powered platform, no deep coding skills required.

Rocket

Turn ideas into production-ready apps with backend, integrations in minutes and deploy instantly. Rocket builds full-stack web and mobile apps from natural language.

Bolt

Build and scale high-performing websites & apps using your words. Join millions and start building today.

base44

From idea to live app in minutes. Base44 gives you the tools to launch fully-functional apps - no code, no setup, no hassle.

v0

Your collaborative AI assistant to design, iterate, and scale full-stack applications for the web.

Emergent

AI-powered app development platform.

Blink

Build websites, SaaS, and mobile apps in minutes by chatting with AI. Includes database, hosting, authentication, and AI models. No coding skills required.

Softgen

Turn your ideas into reality by describing your vision, providing instructions, and building full-stack web apps—no coding required.

Replit

Build and deploy software collaboratively with the power of AI without spending a second on setup.

Cursor

Cursor is built to make you extraordinarily productive, enhancing your coding experience with AI.