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Theia IDEIntelliJ IDEA
Free

Free and open source.

 Freemium

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

Windows, macOS, Linux, Web Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Runs VS Code extensions from Open VSX
  • Available on desktop and online
  • Refactorings and inspections that understand the whole project, not just the file
  • Community Edition is free and open source
  • Uses Open VSX rather than the Microsoft extension marketplace
  • Smaller user community than VS Code
  • Framework support, profiler and database tools are Ultimate features
  • Indexing a large project is slow and memory-hungry
Downloadable app, Web application Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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