# icsharpcode/SharpDevelop

develop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free IDE for .NET programming languages.

Repository: https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sharpdevelop
Language: C#
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-07-19T07:50:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5849, "days_push": 2236, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2161, forks 808 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:20.958140+00:00)

## What it is
SharpDevelop (#develop) is a free, open-source integrated development environment for .NET languages such as C#, VB.NET, F#, Boo, IronPython, and IronRuby. It is written almost entirely in C# and runs on Windows, offering typical IDE features like code editing, debugging, and NuGet integration.

## Use cases
- free ide for c# development on windows
- edit and build vb.net projects without visual studio
- lightweight .net ide alternative
- develop f# or ironpython projects in an ide
- offline ide with nuget and nunit integration

## When to avoid
- you need support for modern .NET versions (.NET 5+/.NET Core)
- you want an actively maintained IDE with current tooling
- you develop on Linux or macOS

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: ide, dotnet, csharp, vbnet, open-source-ide

## Member repositories
- icsharpcode/SharpDevelop (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:20.958140+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:50:15.527594+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:20.958140+00:00, sha 57d1f32e2f23)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.