Visual Studio Code vs LinearB gitStream vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Theia IDE

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Visual Studio Code
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LinearB gitStream
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OpenAI Codex CLI
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TITheia IDE
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
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Competitor LinearB gitStream
linearb.io
LinearB gitStream is a pull request automation and AI code review product from LinearB.
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Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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Competitor TITheia IDE
theia-ide.org
An open-source IDE that puts AI at the center while giving you complete control over how it works
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
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35.3Kvisits/mo
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▼ 8.1%
6-month growth
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-40.2%
Global rank web
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#929,571
Avg. last 3 months
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41.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
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Pages / visit
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1.7
Visit duration
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27s
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Visual Studio CodeLinearB gitStreamOpenAI Codex CLITheia IDE
014.8K29.5K44.3K59.1KTheia IDE · 54.7KTheia IDE · 58.4KTheia IDE · 59.1KTheia IDE · 49.4KTheia IDE · 47.5KTheia IDE · 49.5KTheia IDE · 38.4KTheia IDE · 35.3K10K100KTheia IDE · 54.7KTheia IDE · 58.4KTheia IDE · 59.1KTheia IDE · 49.4KTheia IDE · 47.5KTheia IDE · 49.5KTheia IDE · 38.4KTheia IDE · 35.3KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
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Essentials $29/moEnterprise $59/mo
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
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CodeText
Code
CodeImagesText
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Code
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
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Developer tools
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.