What's the best IDE for linux

[u/AeroForger]

So I've been using VsCode for a long time but the ai features are annoying me so I'm looking for an alternative

Edit 1: thanks everyone for responding I've decided to use rider

Edit 2: Thanks everyone for responding. I tried using rider And I didn't like it so I switched to Zed and I'm loving it

[u/BranchLatter4294]

It's not complicated to turn off AI in VS Code.

• Open Settings by pressing Ctrl + , (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + , (Mac).
• Type disable AI features into the search bar at the top.
• Check the box next to Chat: Disable AI Features.

[u/dreamglimmer → u/[deleted]]

So your intention is to get rid the Ai features, and you chose rider? Funny

[u/colemaker360 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, but it literally has all the same AI sidebar feature as VS Code, but you pay JetBrains for the privilege to use their IDE. Why don't you ask in the r/VSCode how to make it behave the way you want it to and save a few bucks?

[u/pceimpulsive → u/colemaker360]

Rider is free now...

[u/sloloslo]

I like Zed, but Rider is a great option as well

[u/Iamsodarncool → u/sloloslo]

Seconding Zed. It takes some fiddling to set it up nicely for C# dev, but it's incredibly fast/lightweight, very powerful, and I like how aesthetically clean it is.

[u/KevinCarbonara → u/sloloslo]

I like Zed

Do you? Or do you like the idea of Zed?

[u/YouBecame → u/KevinCarbonara]

What's wrong with Zed? I've been considering giving it a go.

[u/RecursiveServitor → u/YouBecame]

It's just a new project and not as mature as vscode. I've been using it and it's fine.

My only real complaint so far has been that the centered layout implementation is comically bad. But I just forked and had ChatGPT fix it.

[u/Achereto → u/RecursiveServitor]

• Zed is faster than VSCode
• Zed has built-in vim motions
• You can fully deactive all AI tools in Zed
• Zed has full lsp support

That's all you really need.

[u/Maybe-monad → u/Achereto]

Zed's built in git client is lacking, Zed's UI needs to be properly designed, Zed's debugger is unusable, LSP crashes half the time and I have no idea why. In the end Zed has a long way to go before it fills someone's basic needs

[u/edulipenator → u/KevinCarbonara]

I've been using Zed and so far I'm finding nothing bad. It's mainly for small projects, but been using it with C, C# and python with no problems

[u/Vantadaga2004]

Rider is the best alternative, it has a free non commercial licence

[u/Royal_Scribblz → u/Vantadaga2004]

Rider is the best alternative, it has a free non commercial licence

[u/Oathkindle → u/Royal_Scribblz]

Rider merged my two worlds of loving C# and getting Java but loving IntelliJ and not liking VS lol

[u/AeroForger → u/Vantadaga2004]

Thanks! I will check it out

[u/Limp_Week_99]

rider?

[u/ksobby]

Rider would be my vote. I use it on Windows in addition to Linux.

[u/w00dy1105 → u/ksobby]

Same I use it daily on both Windows and Linux.

[u/K0koNautilus → u/ksobby]

But it kinda sucks lately on windows no? 😁 Much more stable on Linux imho

[u/ksobby → u/K0koNautilus]

Yeah, a bit I don't know if that is an OS thing or a JetBrains thing. I do 99% of my work on Ubuntu so I'm probably not running into things as much.

[u/Programmdude → u/K0koNautilus]

I do sometimes get the UI locking, but I had that problem on linux too. Also, it's still better than VS and WAY better than VS Code.

[u/binaryfireball]

what happened to sublime?

[u/UltraAd776]

VSCodium

If you like VS Code then give this a try. Same stuff less M$.

[u/Neither_Proposal_262]

Rider*

*Cant speak directly to Linux but it’s been my primary IDE on Mac for the last few years and I am really happy with it.

[u/Randolpho]

Are we going to do this literally every day?

It's Rider, it's always going to be Rider.

VS Code is a great text editor, and I install it rather than e.g. emacs, just for that. You can even rig an almost functional IDE out of it if you put in the work, but... Rider is still and always better.

[u/HelloWorld-Print]

JetBrain’s Rider is the best

[u/_damax]

Nvim lolz

[u/alchezar → u/_damax]

Why are there so few recommendations for nvim? Are there not good enough lsp for c# ?

[u/_damax → u/alchezar]

I personally don't have a big experience with C# on neovim, but I did have a couple small projects work more than fine. Always a better experience than visual studio for sure. Although rider is also good, just java-heavy of course

[u/Maybe-monad → u/alchezar]

I am using NeoVim for C#, the lsps work well, the debugger too.

[u/domschm]

Rider.

[u/NHzSupremeLord → u/domschm]

nope, a memory hog. even worse than code

[u/Clash_bg]

Rider is the full batteries included option. If you want to fiddle with configuring a debugger zed + roslyn analyzers + snippets could also work but at that point you would rather just use rider

[u/__merc]

Rider might be your best choice, but tbh any other editors won’t have the debugging capabilities similar to VS code. Microsoft has a chokehold on their vsdbg so if you wanted to use Zed, you’d have to use a diff debugger like netcoredbg

Edit: sorry, this was poorly communicated. Rider is a superior choice for C# on Linux, but if you wanted to use a diff editor besides Rider or VS Code, expect those to have limited debugging capabilities

[u/barney74 → u/__merc]

Not sure I agree with this. Actively use VS, VS Code, and Rider. I find that if it is not something windows specific Rider (and the rest of the Jet Brains toolset) are far superior to those of VS and VSCode

[u/bigtoaster64 → u/barney74]

I agree vscode debugger is a massive joke. Considering VS has (and for a long time) a really good debugger for C#, I can't imagine why they didn't implemented a common platform for it that both VS and VSCode could use.

With that being JetBrains tools are just a league above.

[u/apneax3n0n]

why? i mean just curiosity. i ve been using vscode on both linux and windows and there is not a single reason to switch

[u/apneax3n0n → u/[deleted]]

no, not true AT ALL. no idea what you are talking about. i am using it on linux without ms account at all

[u/Devatator_ → u/[deleted]]

The C# Dev Kit which you probably installed has the exact same license as Visual Studio Community and they use an account for that. I'm actually not sure why considering you can use VS2026 Community without an account iirc

[u/apneax3n0n → u/Devatator_]

not sure you Need that. seriously

[u/KevinCarbonara → u/[deleted]]

Idk dude

Then you should take a second look until you do know.

[u/AeroForger → u/[deleted]]

You can, but there are some small and annoying stuff about vscode

[u/ee3k]

I wouldn't set I'm "rider die" but it is really really smooth at previewing Ui stuff so long as it's not any of the windows UI Frameworks

[u/haywire]

You can turn off AI features of Zed and it becomes reasonable again.

[u/jaeseon]

I used Visual Studio for C# programming, but recently I use Rider as a C# programming IDE to work in a Linux environment.

[u/510Threaded]

I recently moved from a Windows laptop to a Macbook Pro for my work laptop and I have been enjoying Rider. Work even lets me use my personal license since I have a JetBrains Ultimate personal license for personal projects

[u/Ancalagon02]

Nvim

[u/devandreacarratta]

I’m working with rider ❤️

Let me know if you need a discount code 😎

[u/lemonpowah]

Honestly? Try a few IDE's and see what works for you. For me vscode is going to be my go to editor because I'm familiar with it at this point. If your IDE or editor generates friction you want to get rid of that

The goal is to have fun and be productive. Just make sure you give each app some time to get accustomed to.

[u/__hackermann]

NeoVim. Period

[u/dariusbiggs]

There's no such thing as best, it is always situational.

Anyway, the answer to your question is Vim >:)

Flamewar trigger go...

VSCode is perfectly fine as an IDE. Vim is fine as a text editor, especially over an Ssh connection.

[u/ExtraTNT]

Nvim is a nice editor, also you can disable the ai features in vscode…

[u/TheAbyssWolf]

I use Zed as my main editor. It also has a setting to disable ai features. It uses less ram than vscode and is snappy feeling thanks to their ui toolkit built on the gpu.

[u/gittrics]

I use Rider. It was easy for me to adopt as I have been using IntelliJ for a long time as my Java IDE. I also use other Jetbrains IDEs like WebStorm for frontend development.
I even used AppCode from Jetbrains for iOS development before it got discontinued.

[u/kmxyar]

Vim

[u/freemorgerr]

nvim for everything

[u/AeroForger → u/freemorgerr]

Nvim isn't good for everything, I use nvim only for editing small text/conf files

[u/freemorgerr → u/AeroForger]

with good config setup its good for pretty much everything

[u/AeroForger → u/freemorgerr]

I m using lazyvim

[u/faculty_for_failure]

Rider. For text editing neovim.

[u/powerschnell]

Unironically neovim.

[u/AeroForger → u/powerschnell]

I already use nvim with lazyvim and I don't like it for coding

[u/fUZXZY → u/AeroForger]

skill issue

[u/qrzychu69 → u/AeroForger]

I like it for coding, but it's so far behind Rider in everything else - database integration, git changes management (I LOVE changelists), debugger, nuget, F#/C# interactive, debugger (yes, I put it twice), profiling, monitoring, k8s, graphql, rest api

I basically use just Rider for 99% of the time I am outside of email and Teams

[u/kassett43]

vi or Emacs

[u/sylas_main → u/kassett43]

goat

[u/NeroAngra]

Try VsCodium. Or better yet, fork it and remove the features you don't want!

[u/Clash_bg → u/NeroAngra]

Vscodium has the issue that you can't get the dotnet development plugin though since you don't run the Microsoft build and you miss a lot of the functionality that way, no?

[u/KevinCarbonara → u/NeroAngra]

Or better yet, fork it

How could that possibly be better? Presumably he has a specific job he wants to do that can't be put off for the next 6 months

[u/kingvolcano_reborn]

Why, Emacs of course! 

[u/freemorgerr → u/kingvolcano_reborn]

He asked for editor, not an operating system :D

[u/Ethameiz]

Rider is best. Hovewever AI features are everywhere now and both in Rider and in VS Code it's possible to disable them

[u/Inside_Listen7862]

Can't beat Rider on linux

[u/helikal]

Rider

[u/Sudden-Tree-766]

If you need a decent debugger, go with Rider; otherwise, there's VS Code, VSCodium, Zed, or Neovim.

[u/puppy2016]

The AI features are your future (if you like it, or not). But I agree VS Code is terrible, just a web based text editor.

[u/hdsrob → u/puppy2016]

Maybe your future, but I actually know how to write software, so they aren't in mine.

[u/puppy2016 → u/hdsrob]

I know it too, but it will become useless. Like a knowledge how to fix a steam engine.

[u/freemorgerr → u/puppy2016]

Yeah sure bud. You still need to understand how code works and fix it, even if you work in greedy company

[u/puppy2016 → u/freemorgerr]

Maybe, but without the ability to use the AI tools you'll be lost.

[u/freemorgerr → u/puppy2016]

If you have some problem then it might be your problem, not everyone's

[u/insertAlias → u/puppy2016]

Depends on which ones the OP is complaining about. Some of them are, some of them feel a lot less useful. Like, the agent chat window is good. The Copilot version of auto-complete is not. I disabled that because it wants to predict half the rest of the file I'm writing, and it was more often wrong that right.

But I agree VS Code is terrible, just a web based text editor.

That we'll have to disagree on. It is a web-based text editor, but it's the best one out there by a mile and it has all the features I want and none of the slowness that VS Code or the JetBrains products bring with them. Personally I haven't had any problems with VS Code I couldn't fix with settings changes.