Convergence vs Visual Studio Live Share

Overview

Visual Studio Live Share

Stacks192

Followers272

Votes17

Convergence

Stacks2

Followers7

Votes0

Visual Studio Live Share vs Convergence: What are the differences?

Visual Studio Live Share: Real-time collaborative development. When you start a live share session in Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio Code, your teammates get instant and secure access to your code in their own tool – no need to clone, copy, or configure anything; Convergence: The real-time collaboration engine. It is an engine for real-time collaboration. Out of the box, it includes everything a developer would need to add real-time co-editing functionality to any web application.

Visual Studio Live Share and Convergence can be primarily classified as "Realtime Code Collaboration" tools.

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Detailed Comparison

Visual Studio Live Share	Convergence
When you start a live share session in Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio Code, your teammates get instant and secure access to your code in their own tool – no need to clone, copy, or configure anything.	It is an engine for real-time collaboration. Out of the box, it includes everything a developer would need to add real-time co-editing functionality to any web application.
-	Javascript/Typescript API; Real-time data synchronization; Automatic conflict resolution; Mouse / cursor sharing API; Built-in database; Document playback; On-premise; Built-in authentication; Access control (authorization) support
Statistics
Stacks 192	Stacks 2
Followers 272	Followers 7
Votes 17	Votes 0
Pros & Cons
Pros 4 Terminal sharing 3 Server sharing 3 Port sharing 2 IntelliSense Completion 2 Real-time Cons 1 No Read Only sharing	No community feedback yet
Integrations
Visual Studio Code Visual Studio	No integrations available

What are some alternatives to Visual Studio Live Share, Convergence?

GitDuck

GitDuck enables you to talk and collaborate in real-time by sharing your code and terminal on a video call.

Teletype for Atom

Teletype introduces the concept of real-time "portals" for sharing workspaces. When a host opens a portal, their active tab becomes a shared workspace. There, invited collaborators can join in and make edits in real time. As the host moves between files, collaborators follow along with the active tab automatically.

AtomPair

Remote pairing within the Atom.IO text editor, powered by Pusher.

Pop.com

Work together like you’re in the same room. Blazing-fast screen sharing, multiplayer control, crystal-clear voice and high-quality video. It is perfect for pair programming. Supports Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and mobile browsers.

Promyze

It is a collaborative solution to define and share best coding practices for developers' teams. It helps teams of developers, communities of practices, or any technical teams to decide together the most appropriate practices in their context. The IDE and Web browsers plugins are useful to identify best practices (followed or not in their code), and to get suggestions while developers are coding.