ZedWrite and navigate code in a desktop editor with collaborative editing.
Source published on GitHub under a custom/non-standard licence (GitHub shows no standard SPDX id); check terms for commercial use.
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VSCodiumWrite, navigate and debug code in a desktop editor based on VS Code.
Free and open source (MIT licence per GitHub).