TurboKod
Shares rank 29 of 33 IDEs by recommenders
Recommended as a polished, nostalgic retro-style IDE that people use as a daily driver; the quotes raise no criticisms.
Recommended as a polished, nostalgic retro-style IDE that people use as a daily driver; the quotes raise no criticisms.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Retro look and feel
“I do like the pastiche software advertisement page, the coupon cutout is a nice touch.”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Turbokod – A Retro IDE” “Looks very polished and true to the experience.”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Show HN: Trust – Coding Rust like it's 1989” “I love retro UIs, and this one even more”
Comment from 11 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Turbokod – A Retro IDE” Polished, good-looking interface
“Looks very polished and true to the experience.”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Show HN: Trust – Coding Rust like it's 1989” “Actually looks really good”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Fine, I'll build my own text editor”
Other IDEs people recommend
The four most recommended other IDEs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetBrains IDEs | 233 | 143 | 62% | 13 | 10 yrs39 owners | — |
| IntelliJ IDEA | 206 | 105 | 66% | 13 | 10 yrs18 owners | — |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | 165 | 165 | 50% | 12 | 10 yrs10 owners | — |
| Delphi | 126 | 44 | 74% | 13 | 23 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| TurboKodThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Actually looks really good”
“if you fork that repo and prompt your favorite model to make it look and feel like you want, you can get something extremely useful very fast”
“I do like the pastiche software advertisement page, the coupon cutout is a nice touch.”
“I love retro UIs, and this one even more”
“Nice job! As someone who is also working on a TUI-inspired editor, this is very cool.”
“I'm now on ~4 days of using this as my daily driver, so it's going well.”
“Looks very polished and true to the experience.”
“I started this just for the lulz, but now I've got”
“Well now I have all this implemented”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.