IntelliJ IDEA vs Visual Studio Code
A side-by-side comparison of IntelliJ IDEA and Visual Studio Code.
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| Description | JetBrains IDE for Java, Kotlin and other JVM languages | Free, extensible code editor from Microsoft for most languages |
| Pricing | FreemiumProprietary | FreeOpen source(MIT) |
| Developer | JetBrains | Microsoft |
| Ratings | — | 193.6Kstars |
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