Alternatives to ESP-IDF Extension for VS Code

Arduino IDE

It suits students, makers, and professional developers creating projects with electronic devices.

IAR Embedded Workbench

It suits embedded development and embedded security teams working with its supported architectures and operating systems.

It suits developers building for supported ARM and Cortex microcontrollers who want an IDE, toolchains and debugging in one system.

CS+ suits developers building software for the Renesas MCU families supported by its two variants.

Eclipse IDE

It suits developers seeking a free desktop development platform, especially those working with Java or other areas covered by Eclipse packages.

e² studio suits developers building and debugging projects for supported Renesas MCU families.

AURIX Development Studio

It suits developers, engineers and enthusiasts building or evaluating applications on AURIX microcontrollers.

This extension suits developers building and debugging nRF Connect SDK applications for the listed Nordic device series.

B4R

It suits Windows developers building native programs for Arduino-compatible, ESP8266, or ESP32 hardware.

It suits developers building and debugging embedded designs for supported Microchip microcontrollers and digital signal controllers.

It suits Windows developers building and debugging projects for supported GD32 Arm Cortex-M or GD32VW5 RISC-V microcontrollers.

STM32CubeIDE suits developers working on STM32 microcontrollers or microprocessors in C or C++.

NuEclipse suits developers building NuMicro 8-bit, Cortex-M, or Cortex-A bare-metal projects on Windows or Linux.