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VS Code, Cursor, IntelliJ, Zed, Neovim, Xcode, JupyterLab, and 30+ more — scored on 6 weighted criteria across 8 editor families.

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Rank	IDE	Maker	Languages / niche	Overall ▼	Plugins	AI	Origin
🥇	Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code	Microsoft	All languages · open-source	89	100	80	🇺🇸
🥈	Cursor Cursor	Anysphere	AI-native fork of VS Code	88	90	100	🇺🇸
🥉	IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate	JetBrains	JVM · polyglot · enterprise	85	95	75	🇨🇿
4	Windsurf Windsurf	Codeium	Cursor-style IDE · Cascade agent	84	85	95	🇺🇸
5	PyCharm Professional PyCharm Professional	JetBrains	Python · data · web	83	90	75	🇨🇿
6	Zed Zed	Zed Industries	Rust-native · multi-model AI	82	65	90	🇺🇸
7	WebStorm WebStorm	JetBrains	JS · TS · React · Vue · Angular	81	90	75	🇨🇿
8	Rider Rider	JetBrains	.NET · C# · Unity	81	85	75	🇨🇿
9	Neovim Neovim	Open source	Terminal · Lua · LSP	81	90	70	🌍
10	GoLand GoLand	JetBrains	Go	80	85	75	🇨🇿
11	GitHub Codespaces GitHub Codespaces	GitHub	VS Code in the cloud · devcontainers	80	90	75	🇺🇸
12	Google Colab Google Colab	Google	Hosted Jupyter · free GPU · Gemini	80	80	80	🇺🇸
13	Visual Studio 2026 Visual Studio 2026	Microsoft	.NET · C++ · Windows	79	90	55	🇺🇸
14	IntelliJ IDEA Community IntelliJ IDEA Community	JetBrains	JVM · free · OSS	78	85	70	🇨🇿
15	PhpStorm PhpStorm	JetBrains	PHP · Laravel · Symfony	78	85	75	🇨🇿
16	CLion CLion	JetBrains	C · C++ · CMake · Bazel	78	85	70	🇨🇿
17	Replit Replit	Replit	Cloud IDE · Ghost agent · publish to web	78	80	90	🇺🇸
18	Bolt.new Bolt.new	StackBlitz	Prompt-to-fullstack · in browser	78	65	100	🇺🇸
19	JupyterLab JupyterLab	Project Jupyter	Notebooks · Python · R · Julia	78	90	60	🌍
20	DataGrip DataGrip	JetBrains	SQL · 30+ databases	77	80	60	🇨🇿
21	Android Studio Android Studio	Google	Android · Kotlin · Java · Compose	77	85	50	🇺🇸
22	RStudio (Posit) RStudio (Posit)	Posit	R · Python · statistics	76	75	65	🇺🇸
23	Vim Vim	Bram Moolenaar / community	The original modal editor	75	80	90	🇳🇱
24	Hex Hex	Hex	Collaborative notebooks · Magic AI	75	70	90	🇺🇸
25	VSCodium VSCodium	Open-source community	Telemetry-free VS Code build	74	90	50	🌍
26	RubyMine RubyMine	JetBrains	Ruby · Rails	74	80	65	🇨🇿
27	Sublime Text 4 Sublime Text 4	Sublime HQ	Cross-platform · Python plugins	74	75	50	🇦🇺
28	Helix Helix	Open source	Modal terminal · Rust	74	55	75	🌍
29	Xcode Xcode	Apple	Swift · Objective-C · iOS · macOS	74	75	55	🇺🇸
30	Gitpod Gitpod	Gitpod	Cloud dev env · self-host option	74	75	80	🇩🇪
31	StackBlitz StackBlitz	StackBlitz	WebContainers · Node in the browser	74	75	85	🇺🇸
32	Fleet Fleet	JetBrains	Polyglot · collaborative · IntelliJ engine	73	60	75	🇨🇿
33	Doom Emacs Doom Emacs	Open source	Emacs distro · Vim keybindings	73	80	65	🌍
34	CodeSandbox CodeSandbox	CodeSandbox	Browser sandbox · npm · CDEs	73	75	80	🇳🇱
35	Deepnote Deepnote	Deepnote	Cloud notebooks · AI Copilot · DBs	73	70	85	🇨🇿
36	Nova Nova	Panic	macOS-only · web dev	70	60	80	🇺🇸
37	Eclipse IDE Eclipse IDE	Eclipse Foundation	Java · enterprise · embedded	62	80	55	🇨🇦
38	Spyder Spyder	Open source	Scientific Python · MATLAB-like	60	60	50	🌍
39	NetBeans NetBeans	Apache	Java · Maven · PHP	58	70	55	🇨🇿