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IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate alternatives
Full-featured IDE for Java, Kotlin, and enterprise development.
Free alternatives
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Neovim
Ranking score 89.2/100
Modal terminal editor with modern plugins and language support.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release October 9, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 103,177
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Neovim Factor Points Weight Licence opennessApache-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity103177 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
VSCodium
Ranking score 88.5/100
Code editor built from open source without Microsoft telemetry.
- Licence
- MIT
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release October 26, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 33,810
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for VSCodium Factor Points Weight Licence opennessMIT licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity33810 GitHub stars 19.3 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Eclipse
Ranking score 78.7/100
Extensible IDE for Java and other languages with a plugin ecosystem.
- Licence
- EPL-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last commit October 26, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 171
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Eclipse Factor Points Weight Licence opennessEPL-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity171 GitHub stars 9.5 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.