Compare 42 free ide & code editors tools, free tiers, and developer deals. 1 requires an application or qualification. We could not confirm today's terms for 33 of them: on 30 the page we cite did not answer, and on 3 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.
What this name holds: Editors, IDEs and cloud development environments — the surface the code is typed into.
One other name here answers “what do I write code in”, and each holds a different list: AI Coding (15).
We track 42 ide & code editors services with a free tier we hold as current and 2 without. This category has seen some movement — 9 pricing changes recorded across vendors.
| Vendor | Tier | Description | Read / catalogue date |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBrains | OSS License | Free 1-year All Products Pack subscription (IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, WebStorm, PyCharm, CLion, Rider, GoLand, RubyMine, etc.) for active open source project contributors. Renewable annuallyRestricted to oss (JetBrains Open Source Licenses) applicants — not generally available.Eligibility: Core contributor to a non-commercial open source project; Project meets Open Source DefinitionThe page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-13, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-13 / 2026-07-26 |
| GitHub Codespaces | Free | Cloud development environments — 120 core hours/month (60 hours on 2-core machine) + 15 GB storage free for all GitHub users. Pre-configured dev containers with VS Code in browser | 2026-09-21 |
| 3Cols | Free | A free cloud-based code snippet manager for personal and collaborative code. | 2026-09-14 |
| OnlineInterview.io | Free | Free code interview platform with embedded video chat, drawing board, and online code editor where you can compile and run your code on the browser. You can create a remote interview room with just one click.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-04 |
| DhiWise | Free | Superseded: As of 2026-08-28, dhiwise.com reads: The page describes Rocket as a no-code AI builder that generates full-stack apps from prompts, including backend and database setup. It offers features like one-shot app generation, UI/UX design, SEO-optimized copy, and deployment to platforms like Netlify and Github. The page asks 'Do you offer free plans?' but does not provide details. We are not publishing our stored DhiWise terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ | 2026-08-04 · tried 2026-09-17, no read |
| Karbon Sites | Free | An AI-powered site builder and editor that generates production-ready frontend code from text prompts, sketches, or resumes. Features include native Android (APK) export and a free tier with 5 generations per month (unlimited via custom Gemini API key).We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-09-26, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-08-04 · tried 2026-09-26, no read |
| Metalama | Free | A C#-specific tool that generates boilerplate code on the fly during compilation to keep source code clean. It is free for open-source projects; its commercial-friendly free tier includes up to three aspects.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-03 |
| Supermaven | Free | A high-speed AI code completion plugin for VS Code, JetBrains, and Neovim — The free tier is $0/month and includes fast, high-quality code suggestions, works with large codebases, and has a 7-day data retention limit.Our read on 2026-09-10 found the page different from the terms we hold, and we hold no confirmation of the terms we publish. | 2026-09-10 / 2026-08-05 |
| v0.dev | Free | Created by Vercel, v0 generates copy-and-paste friendly React code using shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS. Free plan: $5 of included monthly credits, 7 messages/day limit. Visual editing with Design Mode, GitHub sync, and deploy to Vercel included. (v0.dev now redirects to v0.app.)The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-07-05 |
| Android Studio | Free | Android Studio provides the fastest tools for building apps on every type of Android device. Open Source IDE is free for everyone and the best Android app development. Available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and even ChromeOS!The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-09 |
| AndroidIDE | Free | An Open Source IDE to develop real, Gradle-based Android applications on Android devices.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-09 |
| Apache Netbeans | Free | Development Environment, Tooling Platform and Application Framework.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-11 |
| BBEdit | Free | BBEdit is a popular and extensible editor for macOS. Free Mode provides a [powerful core feature set](https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/comparison.html) and an upgrade path to advanced features.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-10 |
| BlueJ | Free | A free Java Development Environment designed for beginners, used by millions worldwide. Powered by Oracle & simple GUI to help beginners.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-12 |
| Brackets | Free | Brackets is an open-source text editor specifically designed for web development. It is lightweight, easy to use, and highly customizable. | 2026-09-20 / 2026-08-10 |
| cacher.io | Free | Code snippet organizer with labels and support for 100+ programming languages.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-08 |
| code.cs50.io | Free | Visual Studio Code for CS50 is a web app at code.cs50.io that adapts GitHub Codespaces for students and teachers.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-08 |
| Code::Blocks | Free | Free Fortran & C/C++ IDE. Open Source and runs on Windows,macOS & Linux.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-10 |
| codepen.io | Free | Front-end code playground — unlimited public pens (HTML/CSS/JS), 1 project with 10 files, asset hosting, embedded previews, console, live collaboration. Supports preprocessors (Sass, LESS, TypeScript)The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-16, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-16 / 2026-08-18 |
| codesandbox.io | Free | Cloud IDE — unlimited Browser & VM Sandboxes, 5 members, 40 hrs/month VM credits (up to 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM, 20 GB storage per VM). SDK lite capped at 10 concurrent VM Sandboxes, 20 new Sandboxes/hour, 1,000 hourly API requests. Real-time collaboration, GitHub integration, instant previewsWe could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-09-24, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-04-20 · tried 2026-09-24, no read |
| Eclipse Che | Free | Web-based and Kubernetes-Native IDE for Developer Teams with multi-language support. Open Source and community-driven. An online instance hosted by Red Hat is available at [workspaces.openshift.com](https://workspaces.openshift.com/).The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-10 |
| ForgeCode | Free | AI-enabled pair programmer for Claude, GPT4 Series, Grok, Deepseek, Gemini and all frontier models. Works natively with your CLI and integrates seamlessly with any IDE. Free tier includes basic AI model access with local processing. | 2026-08-09 · tried 2026-09-20, no read |
| GetVM | Free | Instant free Linux and IDEs chrome sidebar. The free tier includes 5 VMs per day.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-08 |
| JDoodle | Free | The free tier includes the full IDE, saved projects, and all 114 languages, frameworks and databases. It allows 1,000 code executions per day and 100 saved projects. | 2026-09-16 / 2026-08-12 |
| MarsCode | Free | Cloud IDE with AI coding assistant — code completion, debugging, code explanation, unit test generation. 2 GB workspace storage, supports 100+ languages and frameworksThe page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-16 |
| OneCompiler | Free | Free online compiler supporting 70+ languages including Java, Python, C++, JavaScript.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-09 |
| Paiza | Free | Develop Web apps in Browser without needing to set up anything. Free Plan offers one server with 24 24-hour lifetime and 4 hours of running time per day with 2 CPU cores, 2 GB RAM, and 1 GB storage. | 2026-09-18 |
| PHPSandbox | Free | Online development environment for PHPThe page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-09 |
| Replit | Free | Cloud IDE with AI code assistant — The Starter (Free) plan includes daily agent credits, the ability to create anything from slides to apps, a built-in database, and the ability to publish 1 live project.Our read on 2026-09-13 found the page different from the terms we hold, and we hold no confirmation of the terms we publish. | 2026-09-13 / 2026-08-08 |
| SoloLearn | Free | A cloud programming playground well-suited for running code snippets. Supports various programming languages. No registration is required for running code, but it is necessary when saving code on their platform. Also offers free courses for beginners and intermediate-level coders.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-11 |
| stackblitz.com | Free | Browser-based IDE with WebContainers — unlimited public projects and GitHub repos. Runs Node.js natively in the browser with no remote server. Instant environment setup, offline supportThe page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-14 |
| Sublime Text | Free | Sublime Text is a popular, versatile, and highly customizable text editor used for coding and text editing tasks.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-12 |
| Visual Studio Code | Free | Code editor redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. Developed by Microsoft. | 2026-09-20 |
| Visual Studio Community | Free | Fully-featured IDE with thousands of extensions, cross-platform app development (Microsoft extensions available for download for iOS and Android), desktop, web and cloud development, multi-language support (C#, C++, JavaScript, Python, PHP and more).When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-13, we found no earlier figure of ours for the page to have narrowed, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-13 / 2026-08-07 |
| VSCodium | Free | Community-driven, without telemetry/tracking, and freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VSCodeThe page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-13 |
| wakatime.com | Free | Coding activity tracker via editor plugins — 1-week dashboard history, 1 programming goal, weekly email reports, public leaderboard. Supports 60+ IDEs including VS Code, JetBrains, VimThe page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-16 |
| Wave Terminal | Free | Wave is an open-source, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows. Render anything inline. Save sessions and history. Powered by open web standards. MacOS and Linux.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-11 |
| WebComponents.dev | Free | In-browser IDE to code web components in isolation with 58 templates available, supporting stories, and tests.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-10 |
| Zed | Free | Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. | 2026-09-15 |
| FlutLab | Free | FlutLab is a modern Flutter online IDE and the best place to create, debug, and build cross-platform projects. Build iOS (Without a Mac) and Android apps with Flutter.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-11 |
| Code Time | Free | Now published only on the Visual Studio Marketplace — Free for you, forever: We provide 90 days of data history for free, forever. We provide premium plans for advanced features and historical data access.The page we cite for Code Time names a plan but states no amount, so the limits stated here come from our read of the vendor's page on 2026-09-25. | 2026-09-25 / 2026-04-13 |
| Google Gemini Code Assist | Retired | Gemini Code Assist for individuals, Google's free tier of its IDE coding assistant, stopped serving requests on 2026-06-18, according to Google's deprecation notice. Login with Google no longer works in the IDE extensions or in Gemini CLI for the individuals, Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra tiers. Google's product page, codeassist.google, still advertises the tier at no cost with 6,000 code-related requests and 240 chat requests a day. Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise subscriptions are unchanged. | 2026-08-27 · tried 2026-09-26, no read |
| Coder | Free OSS | Community edition is free and open source, self-hosted: unlimited workspaces provisioned on infrastructure you already own, environments defined as code, desktop or web IDEs including VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor and Jupyter, and up to 5 concurrent Coder Agents — the same agent limit the paid Premium plan carries. Premium is billed annually per user and AI Premium is custom; coder.com/pricing states no figure for either. Read 2026-09-19.The page we cite for Coder names a plan but states no amount, so these limits come from our own record rather than from that page. | 2026-09-19 |
| Ona | Retired | There is no free tier: formerly Gitpod, and gitpod.io/pricing now 308-redirects to ona.com/pricing, which on a read of 2026-09-19 does not contain the word "free" anywhere. Core starts at $20/month for up to 100 team members with 80 to 2,200 included Ona Compute Units a month; add-on OCUs are $10 per 40 OCUs; Enterprise is custom. Self-hosted cloud development environments and agents. | 2026-09-19 |
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