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Download NADA

The native-language IDE — free. Get the full editor for your machine, or open it on the web. No account, no card, no English required.

macOS Windows Linux Web

Pick your platform

Four ways to start coding in your language.

Every download is the complete, free IDE — same editor, same 130+ languages, same real output. The web editor is the same app with nothing to install.

macOS

Universal — Apple silicon & Intel

Download for macOS

Universal disk image (.dmg)

Use it on the web

Nothing to install — runs in your browser

Open the web editor

No install · works on Chromebooks

Free forever · no account, no card · paid AI tiers are optional.

What's included

Everything in the free download.

No paywalled core, no locked editor. The download below is the whole product — you only ever pay for the optional AI tiers.

  • The full IDE

    A complete, fast code editor where the whole interface — and the code itself — is in your language. Real projects, real files, runs everywhere.

  • 130+ languages

    Read and write code in the language you think in, across more than 130 of them. The file on disk stays plain English, so your project runs anywhere.

  • Real code that compiles & runs

    Not a toy and not a translation layer you fight with — write it, run it, ship it. The output is ordinary code your tools already understand.

  • The free editor plugins

    Already love VS Code, Cursor, or Zed? Keep them. Add your language for free — no account, no trial, no card.

System requirements

Light on your machine.

NADA is built to run well on the hardware students and teams already have — including older and shared machines. If it's modern enough for a browser, it's modern enough for NADA.

  • macOS macOS 12 Monterey or later · Apple silicon or Intel [TO CONFIRM: exact minimum]
  • Windows Windows 10 (64-bit) or Windows 11 [TO CONFIRM: exact minimum]
  • Linux A modern 64-bit distribution with glibc 2.28+ [TO CONFIRM: exact minimum]
  • Web Any current Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari
  • All platforms [TO CONFIRM: RAM & disk minimums] — roughly a few hundred MB of disk and 4 GB of RAM is plenty for everyday work.

Prefer your own editor?

Keep VS Code, Cursor, or Zed.
Add your language for free.

Don't want a new app? The free NADA plugin brings your language into the editor you already use — no account, no trial. Same idea, your setup.

Get the editor plugins

VS Code · Cursor · Zed — free

Free to download.
No account to start.

Download it, open it, write code in your language — that's the whole onboarding. The plugins, every language, and the editor are free forever and never cost credits. You only pay if and when you want the optional AI tiers.

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No card · no trial timer · cancel any paid tier anytime · fair pricing for every country.