Dev IDEs — Technology data 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey

Developer Survey 2026

Question

Which development environments and code editors did you use regularly over the past year? Which do you want to use over the next year? Please check all that apply.

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Data

	Respondents	Percent
Visual Studio Code	9,350	70.9%
Notepad++	3,673	27.8%
Visual Studio	3,643	27.6%
Vim	3,586	27.2%
IntelliJ IDEA	3,201	24.3%
Cursor	1,971	14.9%
Neovim	1,939	14.7%
Android Studio	1,880	14.2%
PyCharm	1,783	13.5%
Nano	1,600	12.1%
Zed	1,504	11.4%
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab	1,498	11.4%
Xcode	1,322	10.0%
Sublime Text	1,290	9.8%
VSCodium	1,017	7.7%
Rider	924	7.0%
Eclipse	910	6.9%
WebStorm	879	6.7%
GitHub Codespaces	876	6.6%
PhpStorm	743	5.6%
Emacs	697	5.3%
CLion	630	4.8%
Other	551	4.2%
RustRover	460	3.5%
GoLand	452	3.4%
Windsurf	423	3.2%
Kiro	365	2.8%
Replit	283	2.1%
NetBeans	280	2.1%
Helix	182	1.4%
RubyMine	180	1.4%
Trae	90	0.7%
Antigravity	58	0.4%
R Studio	52	0.4%
Kate	44	0.3%
BBEdit	29	0.2%

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      "pct": 0.034
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      "count": 423,
      "pct": 0.032
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      "pct": 0.028
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      "count": 283,
      "pct": 0.021
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      "count": 280,
      "pct": 0.021
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      "count": 182,
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      "count": 180,
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|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Visual Studio Code | 9,350 | 70.9% |
| Notepad++ | 3,673 | 27.8% |
| Visual Studio | 3,643 | 27.6% |
| Vim | 3,586 | 27.2% |
| IntelliJ IDEA | 3,201 | 24.3% |
| Cursor | 1,971 | 14.9% |
| Neovim | 1,939 | 14.7% |
| Android Studio | 1,880 | 14.2% |
| PyCharm | 1,783 | 13.5% |
| Nano | 1,600 | 12.1% |
| Zed | 1,504 | 11.4% |
| Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | 1,498 | 11.4% |
| Xcode | 1,322 | 10.0% |
| Sublime Text | 1,290 | 9.8% |
| VSCodium | 1,017 | 7.7% |
| Rider | 924 | 7.0% |
| Eclipse | 910 | 6.9% |
| WebStorm | 879 | 6.7% |
| GitHub Codespaces | 876 | 6.6% |
| PhpStorm | 743 | 5.6% |
| Emacs | 697 | 5.3% |
| CLion | 630 | 4.8% |
| Other | 551 | 4.2% |
| RustRover | 460 | 3.5% |
| GoLand | 452 | 3.4% |
| Windsurf | 423 | 3.2% |
| Kiro | 365 | 2.8% |
| Replit | 283 | 2.1% |
| NetBeans | 280 | 2.1% |
| Helix | 182 | 1.4% |
| RubyMine | 180 | 1.4% |
| Trae | 90 | 0.7% |
| Antigravity | 58 | 0.4% |
| R Studio | 52 | 0.4% |
| Kate | 44 | 0.3% |
| BBEdit | 29 | 0.2% |

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