--- title: "#develop Reviews" meta_title: "#develop Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2" meta_description: 'Filter reviews by the users'' company size, role or industry to find out how #develop works for a business like yours.' aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.3 review_count: 3 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-12' parent_category: name: Integrated Development Environments (IDE) url: https://www.g2.com/categories/integrated-development-environments-ide --- # #develop Reviews **Vendor:** IC#Code **Category:** [Other Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-integrated-development-environments-ide) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 3 ## About #develop #develop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free IDE for C#, VB.NET and Boo projects on Microsoft's .NET platform. It is open-source, and you can download both sourcecode and executables from this site. ## #develop Reviews ### 1. Very fast C# ide and compiler. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) This reviewer's identity has been verified by our review moderation team. They have asked not to show their name, job title, or picture. **Current User:** The reviewer uploaded a screenshot or submitted the review in-app verifying them as current user. **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** January 28, 2019 At G2, we prefer fresh reviews and we like to follow up with reviewers. They may not have updated their review text, but have updated their review. **What do you like best about #develop?** This is a great C# IDE and compiler for when you are writing small applications and don't want to open up the other more bloated IDEs **What do you dislike about #develop?** No complaints. It works great when you want to write a quick small application in C#. **Recommendations to others considering #develop:** It's a great tool when you need to write a small C# application quickly and without importing a lot of libraries. **What problems is #develop solving and how is that benefiting you?** It compiles C# code fast. ### 2. THE BEST C# IDE for software developing **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Parth M. | .NET Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** March 02, 2021 **What do you like best about #develop?** Very nice IDE for C#,F#,VB,ASP.NET. Great ease and design. Its the fastest lightweight developing tool for small applications. **What do you dislike about #develop?** Nothing to dislike. I have one suggestion need to add .net core so if anyone wants to develop a small application in .net core they do not need to switch ide. **Recommendations to others considering #develop:** If you want to make the simplest small application in C# then #develop is a great tool for you to develop and compile your application. it's a very fast and lightweight tool. **What problems is #develop solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can compile my c# code much faster and develop my application using #Develop. we do not need to import lots of libraries in the small applications so it's a great tool for developing small applications in c#. ### 3. coding partner **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sofiene M. | Full Stack Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Source: Seller invite:** Invitation from a seller or affiliate. This reviewer was not provided any incentive by G2 for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** May 15, 2018 At G2, we prefer fresh reviews and we like to follow up with reviewers. They may not have updated their review text, but have updated their review. **What do you like best about #develop?** I like really debugging and shortcuts that helps me everyday to make my work easier **What do you dislike about #develop?** I dislike user interface which is not really cool we need many other themes to make developper more happy with his work and to feel confortable **Recommendations to others considering #develop:** UI need to be more better **What problems is #develop solving and how is that benefiting you?** sometimes while compiling i need to restart or that doesnt work ## #develop Discussions - [What is #develop used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-develop-used-for) - [View #develop pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/develop/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-24+19%3A35%3A56+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=036f29f6-85a4-4c17-8a8a-c0b435db8644&secure%5Btoken%5D=9574a2bb6d6e29942c89510be161de161b3128855007debbc170cd29eae316bb&format=llm_user) ## Top #develop Alternatives - [WebStorm](https://www.g2.com/products/webstorm/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (495 reviews) - [Coder](https://www.g2.com/products/coder/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (211 reviews) - [Studio 3T](https://www.g2.com/products/studio-3t/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (192 reviews)