Top 15 Arduino IDE Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.

1. UECIDE

UECIDE UECIDE is aiming to be a generic IDE based on the Arduino IDE which can easily support ALL the available boards. It does this by not supporting any boards directly but providing a framework where a board developer or fanatical group can simply drop in the definitions for the boards......

2. embedXcode

embedXcode embedXcode is a template for Xcode. It eases development for the most popular embedded computing boards.After having played with embedded computing platforms for a while, I was looking for one single IDE and a better one.Because I'm a Mac user, I designed embedXcode, a template for Xcode, the free and......

3. PROGRAMINO

PROGRAMINO PROGRAMINO is a low budget pricing IDE for Arduino, Genuino or similar boards with code autocomplete, custom syntax highlighting, analog plotter, hardware viewer, HEX-file extraction, and HTML5 editor. The IDE for Arduino is easy and comfortable to use and fully compatible with the original Arduino IDE. Uses the original build......

4. Modkit

Modkit Modkit is an in-browser graphical programming environment for microcontrollers. Modkit allows you to program Arduino and Compatible hardware using simple graphical blocks and/or traditional text code.......

5. Stino

Stino Stino is a Sublime Text plugin, which provides an Arduino-like environment for editing, compiling and uploading sketches. The plugin was written by Robot Will in 2012-2014.Requirements1. Sublime Text2. Arduino......

6. MINIBLOQ

MINIBLOQ miniBloq is an open source graphical programming environment for Multiplo™, Arduino™, physical computing devices and robots.......

7. Zerynth

Zerynth The Zerynth Stack allows designing embedded applications and IoT connected devices using any 32 bit microcontrollers and connecting to any cloud infrastructure. All in Python & hybrid C/Python language.The Zerynth Stack is composed of:- ZERYNTH VIRTUAL MACHINE: a multi-threaded real-time OS that provides real hardware independence, allowing code reuse on......

8. EAGLE

EAGLE The EAGLE Layout Editor is an easy to use, yet powerful tool for designing printed circuit boards (PCBs). The program consists of three main modules: Layout Editor, Schematic Editor, and Autorouter.......

9. codebender

codebender Program your arduino online. codebender is a web platform for hackers, makers and artists. Code, store and manage your Arduino sketches on the cloud, and even compile and flash them to your Arduino. Right from your browser.......

10. Embitz

Embitz Embitz is a free C/C++ IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users working in the field of embedded software development It is designed to be very extensible and fully configurable.Embitz can use any debug probe and is not limited to one type or brand.The integrated STlink......

11. PlatformIO IDE

PlatformIO IDE PlatformIO IDE is the next generation integrated development environment for IoT:- Cross-platform build system without external dependencies to the OS software: 200+ embedded boards, 15+ development platforms, 10+ frameworks- C/C++ Intelligent Code Completion and Smart Code Linter for rapid professional development- Multi-projects workflow with multiple panes and Themes support with......

12. Arduino Eclipse plugin

Arduino Eclipse plugin Where Arduino meets EclipseYou like Arduino, your projects are getting bigger and you feel the Arduino IDE is not powerful enough?This is about a free, open source, Eclipse plugin to ease your development efforts!As you only need the Arduino IDE, Eclipse and this plugin this represents a completely free and......

13. Visual Micro

Visual Micro Arduino IDE for Visual Studio and Atmel StudioArduino developement plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio. A fully compatible alternative to Arduino IDE. The arduino plugin includes features such as:- arduino compiler, arduino upload to any board, full arduino library support, tutorials and examples......

14. MicroCode Studio

MicroCode Studio MicroCode Studio is a powerful, visual Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with In Circuit Debugging (ICD) capability designed specifically for microEngineering Labs PICBASIC™ and PICBASIC PRO™ compiler.......

15. Tinn-R

Tinn-R Tinn-R, the R code editorTinn stands for the recursive acronym 'Tinn is not Notepad'. It is initially written as a small ASCII file editor primarily intended as a better replacement for the default Notepad.exe program distributed with Windows. With versions, it grew to a fairly complete, yet simple and compact......