What is CodeMirror and what are its top alternatives?
Top Alternatives to CodeMirror
Ace
Ace is a standalone code editor written in JavaScript. Our goal is to create a browser based editor that matches and extends the features, usability and performance of existing native editors such as TextMate, Vim or Eclipse. It can be easily embedded in any web page or JavaScript application. ...
TinyMCE
It is the most advanced WYSWIYG HTML editor designed to simplify website content creation. The rich text editing platform that helped launch Atlassian, Medium, Evernote, and more. ...
Prism
It is a lightweight, beautiful and extensible syntax highlighter, built with modern web standards in mind. It鈥檚 used in thousands of websites, including some of those you visit daily. ...
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows. ...
Sublime Text
Sublime Text is available for OS X, Windows and Linux. One license is all you need to use Sublime Text on every computer you own, no matter what operating system it uses. Sublime Text uses a custom UI toolkit, optimized for speed and beauty, while taking advantage of native functionality on each platform. ...
Vim
Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is distributed free as charityware. ...
Atom
At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also use productively on the first day without ever touching a config file. Atom is modern, approachable, and hackable to the core. We can't wait to see what you build with it. ...
Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License. ...
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- Javascript based1
- Faster to load and edit big files1
- Non-microsoft1
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Visual Studio Code
- Powerful multilanguage IDE303
- Fast264
- Front-end develop out of the box168
- Support TypeScript IntelliSense145
- Very basic but free121
- Git integration99
- Intellisense85
- Faster than Atom69
- Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration41
- Great Refactoring Tools36
- Superb markdown support34
- Good Plugins33
- Terminal28
- Large & up-to-date extension community22
- Open Source19
- Extensions18
- Portable17
- Powerful and fast16
- Awesome UI16
- Built on Electron14
- Best code editor13
- Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates12
- Easy to get started with11
- Crossplatform11
- Best editor10
- Extensible10
- Lots of extensions10
- All Languages Support10
- Ui design is great9
- Good for begginers9
- Extensions for everything9
- Easy to use and learn9
- "fast, stable & easy to use"8
- Great community8
- Totally customizable8
- Faster edit for slow computer8
- Git out of the box8
- Useful for begginer8
- It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it8
- Great language support7
- SSH support7
- Fast Startup6
- Powerful Debugger6
- Works With Almost EveryThing You Need6
- She is not Rachel6
- Great document formater6
- He is not Michael6
- Extension Echosystem5
- Easy azure5
- Language server client5
- Can compile and run .py files5
- Awesome multi cursor support5
- SFTP Workspace5
- Python extension is fast5
- Features rich5
- VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn4
- Has better support and more extentions for debugging3
- Excellent as git difftool and mergetool3
- 'batteries included'3
- Has more than enough languages for any developer3
- Fast and ruby is built right in2
- Better autocompletes than Atom2
- CMake support with autocomplete2
- Virtualenv integration2
- More tools to integrate with vs2
- Emmet preinstalled2
- VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code2
- Very proffesional1
- Light1
- Slow startup29
- Resource hog at times18
- Poor refactoring15
- Poor UI Designer9
- Weak Ui design tools8
- Poor autocomplete5
- Poor in PHP4
- Microsoft3
- Poor intellisense. poor java2
- Poor at Python2
- Poor in Python1
- Dilshad1
- Microsoft sends telemetry data1
- Very basic for java development and buggy at times1
- Super Slow1
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Our whole DevOps stack consists of the following tools:
- GitHub (incl. GitHub Pages/Markdown for Documentation, GettingStarted and HowTo's) for collaborative review and code management tool
- Respectively Git as revision control system
- SourceTree as Git GUI
- Visual Studio Code as IDE
- CircleCI for continuous integration (automatize development process)
- Prettier / TSLint / ESLint as code linter
- SonarQube as quality gate
- Docker as container management (incl. Docker Compose for multi-container application management)
- VirtualBox for operating system simulation tests
- Kubernetes as cluster management for docker containers
- Heroku for deploying in test environments
- nginx as web server (preferably used as facade server in production environment)
- SSLMate (using OpenSSL) for certificate management
- Amazon EC2 (incl. Amazon S3) for deploying in stage (production-like) and production environments
- PostgreSQL as preferred database system
- Redis as preferred in-memory database/store (great for caching)
The main reason we have chosen Kubernetes over Docker Swarm is related to the following artifacts:
- Key features: Easy and flexible installation, Clear dashboard, Great scaling operations, Monitoring is an integral part, Great load balancing concepts, Monitors the condition and ensures compensation in the event of failure.
- Applications: An application can be deployed using a combination of pods, deployments, and services (or micro-services).
- Functionality: Kubernetes as a complex installation and setup process, but it not as limited as Docker Swarm.
- Monitoring: It supports multiple versions of logging and monitoring when the services are deployed within the cluster (Elasticsearch/Kibana (ELK), Heapster/Grafana, Sysdig cloud integration).
- Scalability: All-in-one framework for distributed systems.
- Other Benefits: Kubernetes is backed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), huge community among container orchestration tools, it is an open source and modular tool that works with any OS.
I've been in the #frontend game for about 7 years now. I started coding in Sublime Text because all of the tutorials I was doing back then everyone was using it. I found the speed amazing compared to some other tools at the time. I kept using Sublime Text for about 4-5 years.
I find Sublime Text lacks some functionality, after all it is just a text editor rather than a full fledged IDE. I finally converted over to PhpStorm as I was working with Magento and Magento as you know is mainly #PHP based.
This was amazing all the features in PhpStorm I loved, the debugging features, and the control click feature when you click on a dependency or linked file it will take you to that file. It was great.
PhpStorm is kind of slow, I found that Prettier was taking a long time to format my code, and it just was lagging a lot so I was looking for alternatives. After watching some more tutorial videos I noticed that everyone was using Visual Studio Code. So I gave it a go, and its amazing.
It has support for everything I need with the plugins and the integration with Git is amazing. The speed of this IDE is blazing fast, and I wouldn't go back to using PhpStorm anymore. I highly recommend giving Visual Studio Code a try!
- Lightweight718
- Plugins653
- Super fast641
- Great code editor468
- Cross platform442
- Nice UI279
- Unlimited trial257
- Cmd + d is the best command ever154
- Great community92
- Package control, modules46
- Mac OS X support26
- Monokai22
- Easy to get started with22
- Built in Python21
- Everything you need without the bloat21
- Easy17
- Speed13
- Session & edit resuming11
- Package Control9
- Multiple selections8
- Well Designed8
- ALT + CMD + DOWN is the best command ever6
- Fast, simple and lightweight6
- Nice6
- Great4
- It's easy to use, beautiful, simple, and plugins rule4
- ALT + F3 the best command ever4
- So futuristic and convenient4
- Hackable3
- Free3
- Simple and clean design3
- Find anything fast within entire project3
- Pretty2
- Color schemes and cmd+d2
- Easy to use2
- UI + plugins2
- Totally customizable2
- Material theme best theme forever2
- Sublime Merge (Git Integration)2
- Steep learning curve7
- Everything4
- Number of plugins doing the same thing3
- Doesn't act like a Mac app3
- Flexibility to move file3
- Don't have flutter integration2
- Forces you to buy license1
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I've been in the #frontend game for about 7 years now. I started coding in Sublime Text because all of the tutorials I was doing back then everyone was using it. I found the speed amazing compared to some other tools at the time. I kept using Sublime Text for about 4-5 years.
I find Sublime Text lacks some functionality, after all it is just a text editor rather than a full fledged IDE. I finally converted over to PhpStorm as I was working with Magento and Magento as you know is mainly #PHP based.
This was amazing all the features in PhpStorm I loved, the debugging features, and the control click feature when you click on a dependency or linked file it will take you to that file. It was great.
PhpStorm is kind of slow, I found that Prettier was taking a long time to format my code, and it just was lagging a lot so I was looking for alternatives. After watching some more tutorial videos I noticed that everyone was using Visual Studio Code. So I gave it a go, and its amazing.
It has support for everything I need with the plugins and the integration with Git is amazing. The speed of this IDE is blazing fast, and I wouldn't go back to using PhpStorm anymore. I highly recommend giving Visual Studio Code a try!










At labinator.com, we use HTML5, CSS 3, Sass, Vanilla.JS and PHP when building our premium WordPress themes and plugins. When writing our codes, we use Sublime Text and Visual Studio Code depending on the project. We run Manjaro and Debian operating systems in our office. Manjaro is a great desktop operating system for all range of tasks while Debian is a solid choice for servers.
WordPress became a very popular choice when it comes to content management systems and building websites. It is easy to learn and has a great community behind it. The high number of plugins as well that are available for WordPress allows any user to customize it depending on his/her needs.
For development, HTML5 with Sass is our go-to choice when building our themes.
Main Advantages Of Sass:
- It's CSS syntax friendly
- It offers variables
- It uses a nested syntax
- It includes mixins
- Great community and online support.
- Great documentation that is easy to read and follow.
As for PHP, we always thrive to use PHP 7.3+. After the introduction of PHP 7, the WordPress development process became more stable and reliable than before. If you a developer considering PHP 7.3+ for your project, it would be good to note the following benefits.
The Benefits Of Using PHP:
- Open Source.
- Highly Extendible.
- Easy to learn and read.
- Platform independent.
- Compatible with APACHE.
- Low development and maintenance cost.
- Great community and support.
- Detailed documentation that has everything you need!
Why PHP 7.3+?
- Flexible Heredoc & Nowdoc Syntaxes - Two key methods for defining strings within PHP. They also became easier to read and more reliable.
- A good boost in performance speed which is extremely important when it comes to WordPress development.
Vim
- Comes by default in most unix systems (remote editing)342
- Fast321
- Highly configurable307
- Less mouse dependence290
- Lightweight239
- Speed138
- Plugins97
- Hardcore94
- It's for pros80
- Vertically split windows64
- Open-source24
- Modal editing23
- No remembering shortcuts, instead "talks" to the editor21
- It stood the Test of Time19
- Unicode14
- Stick with terminal11
- Everything is on the keyboard11
- Dotfiles11
- VimPlugins10
- Flexible Indenting10
- Programmable9
- Hands stay on the keyboard8
- Efficient and powerful8
- Large number of Shortcuts8
- A chainsaw for text editing7
- Everywhere7
- Because its not Emacs6
- You cannot exit6
- Unmatched productivity6
- Modal editing changes everything6
- Developer speed5
- Super fast5
- Makes you a true bearded developer5
- Themes5
- Habit4
- EasyMotion4
- Intergrated into most editors4
- Plugin manager options. Vim-plug, Pathogen, etc4
- Most and most powerful plugins of any editor4
- Shortcuts3
- Shell escapes and shell imports :!<command> and !!cmd3
- Intuitive, once mastered3
- Great on large text files3
- Perfect command line editor2
- Ugly UI7
- Hard to learn3
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I liked Sublime Text for its speed, simplicity and keyboard shortcuts which synergize well when working on scripting languages like Ruby and JavaScript. I extended the editor with custom Python scripts that improved keyboard navigability such as autofocusing the sidebar when no files are open, or changing tab closing behavior.
But customization can only get you so far, and there were little things that I still had to use the mouse for, such as scrolling, repositioning lines on the screen, selecting the line number of a failing test stack trace from a separate plugin pane, etc. After 3 years of wearily moving my arm and hand to perform the same repetitive tasks, I decided to switch to Vim for 3 reasons:
- your fingers literally don鈥檛 ever need to leave the keyboard home row (I had to remap the escape key though)
- it is a reliable tool that has been around for more than 30 years and will still be around for the next 30 years
- I wanted to "look like a hacker" by doing everything inside my terminal and by becoming a better Unix citizen
The learning curve is very steep and it took me a year to master it, but investing time to be truly comfortable with my #TextEditor was more than worth it. To me, Vim comes close to being the perfect editor and I probably won鈥檛 need to switch ever again. It feels good to ignore new editors that come out every few years, like Atom and Visual Studio Code.
- Go because it's easy and simple, facilitates collaboration , and also it's fast, scalable, powerful.
- Visual Studio Code because it has one of the most sophisticated Go language support plugins.
- Vim because it's Vim
- Git because it's Git
- Docker and Docker Compose because it's quick and easy to have reproducible builds/tests with them
- @Archlinux (wtf it's not here?!) because Docker for Mac/Win is a disaster for the human's central nervous system, and Arch is the coolest Linux distro so far
- Free525
- Open source443
- Modular design342
- Hackable318
- Beautiful UI316
- Github integration170
- Backed by github147
- Built with node.js119
- Web native113
- Community107
- Packages34
- Cross platform18
- Nice UI5
- Multicursor support5
- TypeScript editor5
- Snippets3
- cli start3
- Chrome Inspector works IN EDITOR3
- Open source, lots of packages, and so configurable3
- Simple but powerful3
- Awesome2
- Code readability2
- It's powerful2
- Smart TypeScript code completion2
- Well documented2
- "Free", "Hackable", "Open Source", The Awesomness1
- full support1
- vim support1
- Split-Tab Layout1
- Made by github. YAY1
- Consistent UI on all platforms1
- User friendly1
- Hackable and Open Source1
- works with GitLab1
- Slow with large files19
- Heavy and slow7
- Slow startup6
- Most of the time packages are hard to find.1
- Can be easily Modified1
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I liked Sublime Text for its speed, simplicity and keyboard shortcuts which synergize well when working on scripting languages like Ruby and JavaScript. I extended the editor with custom Python scripts that improved keyboard navigability such as autofocusing the sidebar when no files are open, or changing tab closing behavior.
But customization can only get you so far, and there were little things that I still had to use the mouse for, such as scrolling, repositioning lines on the screen, selecting the line number of a failing test stack trace from a separate plugin pane, etc. After 3 years of wearily moving my arm and hand to perform the same repetitive tasks, I decided to switch to Vim for 3 reasons:
- your fingers literally don鈥檛 ever need to leave the keyboard home row (I had to remap the escape key though)
- it is a reliable tool that has been around for more than 30 years and will still be around for the next 30 years
- I wanted to "look like a hacker" by doing everything inside my terminal and by becoming a better Unix citizen
The learning curve is very steep and it took me a year to master it, but investing time to be truly comfortable with my #TextEditor was more than worth it. To me, Vim comes close to being the perfect editor and I probably won鈥檛 need to switch ever again. It feels good to ignore new editors that come out every few years, like Atom and Visual Studio Code.






We use Visual Studio Code because it allows us to easily and quickly integrate with Git, much like Sublime Merge ,but it is integrated into the IDE. Another cool part about VS Code is the ability collaborate with each other with Visual Studio Live Share which allows our whole team to get more done together. It brings the convenience of the Google Suite to programming, offering something that works more smoothly than anything found on Atom or Sublime Text
- Syntax for all languages that i use100
- Tabbed ui59
- Great code editor55
- Fast and lightweight51
- Plugins37
- Nice GUI27
- Regex & Special Character Search & Replace26
- Fast startup15
- Application is free, and plugins are too9
- Themes9
- Free5
- 100% Free3
- Very Lightweight3
- Column selection2
- Cos it's seck1
- Nice gui. are you kidding me?1
- Awesome autocomplete1
- Easy edit on FTP servers (NppFTP)1
- Can't open large files3
- Can't install more advanced packets1
- No default plugin manager0
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I have chosen Visual Studio Code after testing a lot of other editors like Atom, Sublime Text (with legal license), Vim or even Notepad++ because it is the sum of all their virtues and none of their defects. It's fast, it has all the tools and plugins I need to work, and it's pretty and very good optimized. It has what I need to work and nothing more. And the main plugins works like a charm. Developing for React or Flutter is amazing. Even the TypeScript plugin works great. I like how IntelliSense works, and all the extra tools to code remotely using #ssh, access #RESTfulAPI or event manage projects or collaborating remotely. Thanks #Microsoft for Visual Studio Code.
Hey there, I am using Visual Studio for C++ and Notepad++ for web development. Should I switch to Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code for web development?