Fork vs Visual Studio Code

Overview

Visual Studio Code

Stacks186.5K

Followers169.1K

Votes2.3K

GitHub Stars178.2K

Forks35.9K

Fork

Stacks197

Followers258

Votes126

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Detailed Comparison

Visual Studio Code	Fork
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.	Manage your repositories without leaving the application. Organize the repositores into categories. Fork's Diff Viewer provides a clear view to spot the changes in your source code quickly.
Combines UI of a modern editor with code assistance and navigation; Integrated debugging experience	-
Statistics
GitHub Stars 178.2K	GitHub Stars -
GitHub Forks 35.9K	GitHub Forks -
Stacks 186.5K	Stacks 197
Followers 169.1K	Followers 258
Votes 2.3K	Votes 126
Pros & Cons
Pros 341 Powerful multilanguage IDE 310 Fast 194 Front-end develop out of the box 158 Support TypeScript IntelliSense 142 Very basic but free Cons 46 Slow startup 29 Resource hog at times 20 Poor refactoring 14 Poor UI Designer 11 Weak Ui design tools	Pros 19 One of the easiest and fastest git GUIs 14 Nice UX 13 Fast, Great support, Does-it-all, blazing fast 13 Does the job way better than others 11 Dark theme Cons 2 Poorly written license 1 Merges that require interactive user decision 1 Stability is fragile when looking deeply into history
Integrations
No integrations available	Git

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