# GNOME Builder

5 Hacker News commenters recommended GNOME Builder and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a nice-looking Linux IDE that makes it easy to package apps for distribution and ships with GNOME editions.

## Why people recommend it

- Clean, nice-looking interface (2 comments): "The FOSS GNOME Builder app has a nicer UI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336300)) "Builder looks pretty nice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336499))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [JetBrains IDEs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-ides.md): 233 recommend
- [IntelliJ IDEA](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intellij-idea.md): 206 recommend
- [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/visual-studio.md): 165 recommend
- [Delphi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/delphi.md): 126 recommend
- [Xcode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xcode.md): 100 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GNOME Builder", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gnome-builder/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).