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Visual Studio Code vs. Lime Text

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricVisual Studio Code

by Microsoft

Lime Text

by Bootstrap

Overall rating4.73.5
Review count2,74219
Ease of use9.38.0
Ease of setup9.42.1
Quality of support8.97.4
Meets requirements9.47.8
NPS84.690432-5.555556
Small Business44.7%68.4%
Mid-Market29.9%10.5%
Enterprise25.4%21.1%
Total page views4,64813
Total LLM citations18,9258

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a free, lightweight, and powerful source code editor developed by Microsoft, compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. It offers a rich set of features, including debugging support, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and built-in Git integration. Users can customize the editor by changing themes, keyboard shortcuts, and preferences, as well as by installing extensions to enhance functionality. VS Code supports a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, making it a versatile tool for developers.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Extensions
  • Git Integration
  • Productivity Improvement
  • Features
  • Lightweight

Lime Text

Lime Text is a powerful and elegant text editor primarily developed in Go that aims to be a Free and open-source software successor to Sublime Text.

Pros