Visual Studio is Microsoft's developer tool suite launched in 2015, with VS Code reaching 30M+ monthly active users, built-in IntelliSense, a debugger, and 40,000+ extensions spanning lightweight editing to enterprise .NET development.
Foam is a free, open-source personal knowledge management tool built on VS Code, using local Markdown files and bidirectional links to build a knowledge graph, completely free under the MIT license, suited to technical users familiar with VS Code and Git.
Dendron is an open-source hierarchical note-taking tool built on VS Code, with local-first Markdown storage and 100+ commands for managing knowledge bases of tens of thousands of notes. Free and suited to developers and heavy knowledge users.
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kiel, Germany, Gitpod is a Kubernetes-based cloud development environment platform. Environment as Code and Prebuilds deliver near-instant workspaces with deep GitHub and GitLab integration.