--- title: CodeLite Reviews meta\_title: 'CodeLite Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 19 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how CodeLite works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.0 review\_count: 19 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Integrated Development Environments (IDE) url: https://www.g2.com/categories/integrated-development-environments-ide --- # CodeLite Reviews & Product Details CodeLite is an open source, free, cross platform IDE for the C/C++ and PHP programming languages which runs best on all major Platforms (OSX, Windows and Linux) * * * Seller [CodeLite](https://www.g2.com/sellers/codelite) Discussions [CodeLite Community](https://www.g2.com/products/codelite/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/codelite/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Eclipse](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Eclipse") Eclipse 4.3/5(3,220) ](https://www.g2.com/products/eclipse/reviews) [ ![Visual Studio](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Visual Studio") Visual Studio 4.5/5(4,004) ](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-studio/reviews) [ ![Code::Blocks](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Code::Blocks") Code::Blocks 4.3/5(97) ](https://www.g2.com/products/code-blocks/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/codelite/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 19 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) AR Ana R. Information System Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/13/2019 "Codelite ideal for php programming" 4.5/5 What do you like best about CodeLite? What fascinates Codelite are its complements that provide a set of functions, such as autocomplete the code according to the language being edited, the color command underline and the online help, especially to work with the C language, that facilitates programming. Another of the tastes of the programming in this editor is that its interface is very simple and easy to use, you can configure it to use any language and its available tools in the work environment it presents. I love its portability, since I can install it in my house in Windows and in the office of work in Linux without any kind of problem Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CodeLite? One of the things I do not like about Codelite is that every time I run the editor to work with it, I have to change the language from English to Spanish, because when the application is closed it does not save the last language I work with, and When I start it again, it comes with the default English language. In my case, I also work with Python and I had to install another development editor since codelite is ideal for working with C language and its derivatives, but it is not advisable to work with another language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CodeLite: I would recommend it for a web development company, whose main development language is C or its derivatives such as javascript or php and its frameworks. As it will facilitate coding of said site to its programmers. I would also recommend it because it is free to use and offers a large number of functions that increase the productivity of workers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CodeLite solving and how is that benefiting you? Among the many benefits of working with Codelite is that it is a light program to run, and can be used in several languages, which facilitates the work of the program, unlike the previous text editor Sublime Text, which is heavy and consumes a large amount of hardware and its interface is presented only in English. Another benefit is that it strengthens cooperative work, because although the programmer does not use git, Codelite, through its help, facilitates this integration work that only focuses the programmer on the development of the code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite MD Manuel D. Graphic Designer and Software Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/9/2019 "Develop web applications with this light IDE" 4.5/5 What do you like best about CodeLite? With CodeLite I write my code comfortably, since it is compatible with the most used web programming languages, I have created excellent applications in Node.Js, I like it because its interface is very simple and easy to use, I also get excellent results with its debugger and that helps me find errors easily, another advantage is that it is very light and I can install it in any operating system because it is multiplatform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CodeLite? I have had problems of compatibility in the Windows operating system, since sometimes I have unexpected closures and in other computers it can not even be executed, nevertheless in linux I have not had problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CodeLite: It is a good tool for web development, however, it lacks some important features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CodeLite solving and how is that benefiting you? In the development department we use this tool for the development of web applications, since this IDE helps us to work more efficiently thanks to its debugger. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite OA Oran A. Software Architect Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/8/2019 "Great IDE for editing, compiling and debugging C/C++ code." 5/5 What do you like best about CodeLite? As someone that used to work with Visual Studio in the past, CodeLite on Linux feels very intuitive to me. Editor is great, and does everything i expect it to do. Setting build to run 'make' lets you easily get to build errors and solve them. Debugger (uses gdb), works great, including watch, stack, threads, steps, and everything i expect it to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CodeLite? Double clicking on a watch expression should be triggering the edit dialog. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CodeLite: Try it, i think you'll like it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CodeLite solving and how is that benefiting you? i use it to write code and debug it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Marnim G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Marnim G.") MG Marnim G. Graduate Teaching Assistant Computer Networking Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/12/2019 "A great cross platform IDE for software engineers" 5/5 What do you like best about CodeLite? CodeLite is an open source, free, cross platform IDE specialized in C, C++, PHP and JavaScript, which runs best on all major Platforms such as Windows, MacOS or Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CodeLite? I have not found any major issues while using it, but the documentation can certaily be improved a lot and the GUI can be better too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CodeLite solving and how is that benefiting you? I use CodeLite for sloving any implementation related tasks in C, C++ or Java. I usually work with these 3 languages and CodeLite does a great job for running all these languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") UH Verified User in Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/12/2019 "Lightweight but powerful " 4.5/5 What do you like best about CodeLite? This is easy to use, and runs well. The design is clean and nice to use and can easily be customized Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CodeLite? Sometimes my compiler gives a strange error, and I have to restart the software. This is quite rare though Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CodeLite: I like to use this a lot, it is clean and nice visually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CodeLite solving and how is that benefiting you? We used this to work on PHP, and it does a good job of this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sazzad Hossain S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sazzad Hossain S.") SS Sazzad Hossain S. Chief Operating Officer (C.O.O.) Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/5/2016 "Free open source cross platform IDE for programmers and developers" 4.5/5 What do you like best about CodeLite? CodeLite is the widely know cross platform open source IDE for C, C++, PHP and Node.js programs development. CodeLite is widely uses for C++ and PHP coding. Mostly uses as because they are open source and cross platform based. It has pre-installed major plugins such as Git, Sub Version, SFTP, UnitTesting, Database explorer etc. Which makes CodeLite more extendable to use. Also their PHP and PHP debugging facilities are very much lightweight to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CodeLite? As a open source software, it has many of features that should have in paid version applications. I did not find any major buggy features to dislike the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CodeLite: If you are looking for open sources based IDE software for your devices, CodeLite would be the best solution for you. CodeLite supports, Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Debian / Ubuntu Fedora / OpenSUSE ArchLinux Mac OSX 10.8 and later FreeBSD What else you are looking for? Within the application/ software, you will get C, C++, PHP and node.js editor within 1 software. It also has wide range of plugins availability and friendly customization features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CodeLite solving and how is that benefiting you? We are development company and open source software's are best suites for our company usage. CodeLite is one software that has Programming and Coding functionality with version control system and compile and run the codes. It has C, C++, PHP and node.js enabled features that are multi usability and don't have to download another application for several projects. It's support multiple project facilities and debugging and identifying problems within codes. CodeLite has wxCrafter that provide rapid development of wxWidgets based applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing") GE Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/24/2016 "Great editor for doing GCC C++ code" 4.5/5 What do you like best about CodeLite? easy to use code highlighting auto completion context jumping cppcheck built in Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CodeLite? crashes/hangs sometimes code completion sometimes does not work context jumping also sometimes does not work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CodeLite: Easy to learn and very similar to visual studio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CodeLite solving and how is that benefiting you? Needed a good editor for GCC based code but close enough to Visual studio Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Daniel S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Daniel S.") DS Daniel S. Sr. Software Developer Military Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/14/2015 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "CodeLite! Awesome and I love it." 5/5 What do you like best about CodeLite? I like that are versions for Linux and Windows. I also like that it is super light weight. I can do all my C++ development in it, and don't need a heavy duty IDE. It has all the tools I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about CodeLite? There is nothing that I dislike, the IDE is excellent. It is one of my favorites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering CodeLite: If you need a light weight but complete IDE to write C++ application, CodeLite is the answer. It has everything needed to write small applications to enterprise level. It is the best IDE in my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is CodeLite solving and how is that benefiting you? I started off using CodeLite as an IDE for a C++ college class. Then I ended up using for home projects. I haven't used it at my work because they only allow Visual Studio .NET framework, but I have told my management about it and it is another option than VS2013. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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