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terminal-code

VS Code inside your terminal

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terminal-code is an open source tool that runs VS Code inside the terminal. It is available for macOS, Linux and Windows, and can be installed with a curl command. It can open the current folder, a specific folder or file, run on an SSH server, open files at a line and column, compare two files, open in a terminal split pane, open the source control panel, import settings and extensions from VS Code compatible editors, resolve shortcut conflicts with the current terminal, and upgrade to the latest version.

12 alternatives to terminal-code

Ranked by how well each tool replaces terminal-code: shared features, audience, price and popularity.

  1. Visual Studio Code

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    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
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  2. Visual Studio Code for the Web (vscode.dev)

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    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

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  3. OpenCode

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    Covers 2 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

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    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

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  5. .NET

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    Covers 2 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    60 out of 100 matchFree

  6. Hex-Rays

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    Covers 1 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free plan
    59 out of 100 match$30.42/mo

  7. iTerm2

    A replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm for macOS

    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    59 out of 100 matchFree

  8. CodeLite

    A free, open source, cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Rust, PHP and Node.js

    Covers 1 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
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  9. Brackets

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    Covers 3 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

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  10. Code::Blocks

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    Covers 0 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
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  11. Hyper

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    Covers 4 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    59 out of 100 matchContact sales

  12. cmux

    The terminal built for multitasking, organization, and programmability.

    Covers 1 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    58 out of 100 match$50/mo