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Best Pharo Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from integrated development environments ranked against Pharo on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Omnis Studio Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb $62.50/mo6.8
    Pharo vs Omnis Studio
  2. 2
    Qt Creator Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb Free6.7
    Pharo vs Qt Creator
  3. 3
    KDevelop Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.6
    Pharo vs KDevelop
  4. 4
    Apache NetBeans Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    Pharo vs Apache NetBeans
  5. 5
    Arduino Eclipse Plugin Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    Pharo vs Arduino Eclipse Plugin
  6. 6
    BlueJ Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    Pharo vs BlueJ
  7. 7
    CLion Free plan LinuxMacWin $10.90/mo6.5
    Pharo vs CLion
  8. 8
    Code::Blocks Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    Pharo vs Code::Blocks
  9. 9
    CodeLite Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    Pharo vs CodeLite
  10. 10
    Eclipse IDE Free plan extensionLinuxMacWin Free6.5
    Pharo vs Eclipse IDE
  11. 11
    Eric Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    Pharo vs Eric
  12. 12
    GeneXus Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    Pharo vs GeneXus
  13. 13
    Greenfoot Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    Pharo vs Greenfoot
  14. 14
    IntelliJ IDEA Free plan LinuxMacWin $8.33/mo6.5
    Pharo vs IntelliJ IDEA
  15. 15
    PyCharm Free plan LinuxMacWin $16.67/mo6.5
    Pharo vs PyCharm
  16. 16
    Rider Free plan LinuxMacWin $14.08/mo6.5
    Pharo vs Rider
  17. 17
    RKWard Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    Pharo vs RKWard
  18. 18
    RubyMine Free plan LinuxMacWin $10.90/mo6.5
    Pharo vs RubyMine
  19. 19
    RustRover Free plan LinuxMacWin $6.90/mo6.5
    Pharo vs RustRover
  20. 20
    WebStorm Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    Pharo vs WebStorm

Pharo alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Omnis Studio6.8Free plan$62.50/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Qt Creator6.7Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
3KDevelop6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
4Apache NetBeans6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
5Arduino Eclipse Plugin6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
6BlueJ6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
7CLion6.5Free plan$10.90/moLinux, Mac, Windows
8Code::Blocks6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
9CodeLite6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
10Eclipse IDE6.5Free planFreeBrowser, Linux, Mac, Windows
11Eric6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
12GeneXus6.5Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
13Greenfoot6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
14IntelliJ IDEA6.5Free plan$8.33/moLinux, Mac, Windows
15PyCharm6.5Free plan$16.67/moLinux, Mac, Windows
16Rider6.5Free plan$14.08/moLinux, Mac, Windows
17RKWard6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
18RubyMine6.5Free plan$10.90/moLinux, Mac, Windows
19RustRover6.5Free plan$6.90/moLinux, Mac, Windows
20WebStorm6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
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Questions about Pharo alternatives

What is the best alternative to Pharo?

Omnis Studio, number 1 in integrated development environments with a score of 6.8 out of 10. The others here: Qt Creator, KDevelop, Apache NetBeans and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Pharo?

Omnis Studio is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 20 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.