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IntelliJ IDEAVisual Studio Code
Freemium

The Community Edition is free. IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate requires a paid subscription.

 Free

Free to download and use. GitHub Copilot and other AI features are separate paid…

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Refactorings and inspections that understand the whole project, not just the file
  • Community Edition is free and open source
  • Extensions for essentially every language and framework
  • Remote development over SSH, in containers and in WSL
  • Framework support, profiler and database tools are Ultimate features
  • Indexing a large project is slow and memory-hungry
  • The shipped build is not open source and collects telemetry by default
  • Its extension marketplace is licensed for Microsoft builds only
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: Apache-2.0 License: Microsoft product licence
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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