When comparing Leaps vs PaizaCloud IDE, the Slant community recommends PaizaCloud IDE for most people. In the question“What are the best tools for screen sharing for remote pair programming?” PaizaCloud IDE is ranked 7th while Leaps is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose PaizaCloud IDE is:
PaizaCloud launches new development environment server just in 3 seconds. So, you can casually create or destroy server.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Zero configuration required
Just run it in the directory you wish to share.
Pro Cross-platform
Supports macOS, Linux and Windows. Also includes Linux ARM support.
Pro No dependencies
A single binary, with no dependencies, very simple.
Pro Open-source
Pro Low latency and bandwidth
Because all it does is synchronise the text changes made, it is much lower in latency and bandwidth usage than some of the other alternatives
Pro 3 seconds instant launch
PaizaCloud launches new development environment server just in 3 seconds. So, you can casually create or destroy server.
Pro Floating window manager
PaizaCloud provides Floating window manager like Windows or Mac by default. It makes the environment more flexible. PaizaCloud also provides Tab window mode when you want to use the full screen for one purpose.
Pro HTTP/HTTPS access to any ports
PaizaCloud allow you to access almost all ports for HTTP/HTTPs access.
Pro No credit card required
No credit card is required for FREE plan.
Pro Internationalization
PaizaCloud's Editor or Terminal fully support non-ASCII languages like Japanese, Chinese, European languages.
Pro Extensible PaizaCloud app
PaizaCloud provides standard application like File manager, Editor, Terminal. But, PaizaCloud also provides the possibility to add or even create new App-for-PaizaCloud using HTML/CSS.
Pro Terminal with root
In PaizaCloud, you can sudo to root. So, you can install packages, or run service freely.
Pro Supports Jupyter notebook
PaizaCloud has Jupyter Notebook support with Python libraries like NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, or matplotlib built-in.
Pro Google Home / Google Assistant development in the browser
As PaizaCloud runs in the cloud, you can develop and run the Google Home / Google Assistant application, without deploying to another server.
Cons
Con No longer available
It is now commercial only through the SLACK application.
Con Not suitable or secure for over the internet
Designed for use on LANs.
