Ide For Linux reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 230 Reddit reviews across 14 subreddits and 23 posts to rank the best Ide For Linux brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/archlinux, r/linuxquestions, r/cpp, r/dotnet, r/cpp_questions. Top-rated brands include JetBrains (4.3/5), Microsoft (4.1/5), Neovim (4.5/5).
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Reviews230
Subreddits14
Posts23
Brands39
Products18
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#1
JetBrains
4.3
(65)
"Nothing comes close to Jetbrain's Clion."
"Those plug-ins are the equivalent of pycharm and web storm."
"PyCharm for Python is the best. Good refactoring ability, good debugging features, awesome linting and formatting, it makes your code look tidy, compared to VSCode."
"If you want a full fledged idę without putting in work - jet brains."
"If you’d want to have a most productive and supportive IDE then that would be JetBrains products."
"I second Jetbrains, my favorite IDE for c#"
"Jetbrains is very good, and seems to have a very active support community"
"IntelliJ for Java/Kotlin"
"If you want something out of the box you can use Pycharm for Python"
"PyCharm, Rider, WebStorm"
#2
Microsoft
4.1
(53)
"VS Code"
"Vscode"
"VS Code is probably the most popular secondary alternative."
"VSCode, JetBrains Rider, and neovim is what you're looking for."
"My preference is VSCode."
"Vs code and vim work for me"
"Vscode should work for you."
"VSCode"
"Use the vscode clangd extension for intellisense . Use the codelldb extension for debugging."
"Never had a issue with the language server, vscode is excellent."
#3
Neovim
4.5
(15)
"It took a while for my muscle memory to adapt, but once it did I was dramatically faster."
"For anything else: Helix/Neovim or Zed"
"If you have a lot of time for configuration and learning an editor, neovim ( maybe with space I'm packag)/emacs"
"Neovim"
"Neovim dude. It takes forever to learn and configure but then it's amazing"
"IDEs present on my distro by usage: 1- neovim (lazyvim)"
"You can't go wrong with neovim, really. And as most other comments say, CLion for IDE."
"For me, nvim is the best experience I've ever had."
"Neovim basically offers vim for the ability to code fast and stay in flow and plugins which allows all the integrations."
"Neovim"
#4
Qt
4.1
(13)
"I switched to Qt Creator when I started to work on a large code base some years ago. It's a native application, it's fast and it has lots and lots of features."
"I use Qt Creator and KDevelop, depending upon the type of project."
"Qt Creator is pretty great."
"Probably QtCreator"
"Qt Creator as IDE and debugger."
"If you want to use Linux I suggest you vscode, clion or qt creator."
"QtCreator , eclipse with cdt , CLion"
"Qtcreator"
"Qt Creator is pretty good for C these days."
"I would recommend QtCreator."
#5
Helix
4.6
(9)
"I second helix being amazing."
"I'm sold on Helix on that front."
"For anything else: Helix/Neovim or Zed"
"2- helix"
"Helix has integrated support for language servers and a fuzzy finder interface."
"Not necessarily an IDE, but I love helix."
"Helix It's like neovim, but faster, simpler and has everything out of the box"
"Helix"
"Helix or Neovim are fantastic for console based editing."
#6
Vim
4.6
(7)
"Difficult to learn / get used to, but extremely lightweight, and HIGHLY extensible."
"Wanna learn the most common editor on linux? Try vim / neovim, my personal favorite."
"Finally at some point I ditched VS Code, and just ended up using Vim and the terminal. Then some time later, I switched to Neovim."
"If you don't mind a learning curve and a bit of configuration, vim/neovim are great too."
"Vim with CoC"
"Use vim with ctags and you should be good."
"I’m using neovim. It works pretty well with big code base too."
#7
Emacs
4.0
(5)
"Emacs"
"Wanna learn a new OS while learning Linux? Give emacs a shot."
"Emacs."
"Yep, emacs. Pretty great just add gtags or ctags"
"I highly recommend Emacs."
#8
VSCodium
4.0
(5)
"VSCodium or Zed"
"For web: VSCodium"
"If you have some time to put into configuration, vscode/vscodium."
"VScodium is probably what we're looking for."
"There's vscode and vscodium on Linux."
#9
IntelliJ IDEA
4.8
(4)
"IntelliJ IDEA, by far."
"IntelliJ is cross-platform, it supports Linux too."
"If you give IntelliJ a try, the first thing you'll probably notice is the much faster and more useful autocomplete."
"IntelliJ IDEA is arguably a 'better' IDE for Java."
#10
Eclipse
3.4
(5)
"QtCreator , eclipse with cdt , CLion"
"My personal favourite is Eclipse (now I've got it set up properly) but Intellij gets recommended more and is better out of the box."
"I've used Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers, and it works pretty good."
"Eclipse + PyDev works really well."
"I used to use eclipse + pydev before I hated the bloat."
#11
Sublime Text
4.0
(3)
"4- sublime-text"
"I use it for all my Python, Lua and LÖVE stuff."
"Surprised to see that SublimeText hasn't been mentioned yet."
#12
NetBeans
4.0
(3)
"I use netbeans, it runs very well even on my 4gb ram laptop. It's open source too"
"Netbeans"
"NetBeans"
#13
KDevelop
4.0
(3)
"KDevelop is customisable to your liking."
"Seconding KDevelop."
"I've been having a great time with KDevelop."
#14
Zed
3.7
(3)
"For anything else: Helix/Neovim or Zed"
"You can also give zed a try it's pretty fast and looks much more bloat free than vvscode"
"Zed"
#15
micro
3.7
(3)
"I personally use micro, not too complicated not too simple."
"I like micro"
"I really like an editor called micro"
#16
Kate
3.3
(3)
"Kate or geany are both nice"
"Kate"
"I use vim but when I feel funky I use Kate"
#17
Code::Blocks
3.3
(3)
"Code::Blocks, criss-platform, open source, pretty lightweight but lots of features, active community, etc. My preferred IDE on Linux."
"I usually use codeblocks and it works pretty good."
"Code::Blocks it's worth."
#18
Wing IDE
5.0
(2)
"I absolutely love wingide."
"I swear by wingide."
#19
Code - OSS
4.0
(2)
"Code OSS, Maybe codium, but ultimately visual studio code without microsoft telemetry."
"5- code OSS"
#20
Qt Creator
4.0
(2)
"Qt Creator is great!"
"There is also QT Creator."
#21
PyCharm
4.0
(2)
"PyCharm is an excellent IDE."
"PyCharm has been good to me since I picked it up a year ago."
#22
Geany
4.0
(2)
"Kate or geany are both nice"
"I recommend Geany."
#23
Komodo Edit
4.0
(2)
"KomodoEdit (which i use), or KomodoIDE (also free and ok)."
"I like Komodo Edit."
#24
PhpStorm
5.0
(1)
"The absolute best PHP IDE you can get is PHPStorm."
#25
Zen
4.0
(1)
"3- Zen"
#26
Vim plugin in VSCode or JetBrains IDEs
4.0
(1)
"If you want to learn vim, just install the vim plugin in vscode or jetbrain IDEs."
#27
Cursor
4.0
(1)
"Check out Cursor. And Zed. Or if you prefer Open Source software, there's an alternative for Cursor."
#28
Lite XL
4.0
(1)
"A very promising text editor (greatly expandable) is Lite XL."
#29
Roslyn
4.0
(1)
"Now there is a new plugin that integrates with the new VSCode language-server: roslyn.nvim. I've been using it for a couple of weeks and it's been a great experience."
#30
PyDev
4.0
(1)
"PyDev is my favorite followed closely by PyCharm."
#31
Ninja IDE
4.0
(1)
"Is a very nice one."
#32
BeeKeeper Studio
4.0
(1)
"For light queries I use BeeKeeper Studio."
#33
Spyder
4.0
(1)
"I've been quite impressed with Spyder."
#34
Doom Emacs
4.0
(1)
"I am quite happy with Doom Emacs + LSP."
#35
OmniSharp
4.0
(1)
"I use Omnisharp, and it works great."
#36
Codelite
3.0
(1)
"Codelite or Qt Creator"
#37
Zile
3.0
(1)
"Zile or mg"
#38
nano
3.0
(1)
"Nano"
#39
nano, ed or joe editor
3.0
(1)
"Don't need fancy features and want something simple, try nano, ed or joe editor?"
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