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Notepad++

Open Source by Don HO |
Windows

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and...

Development portable From http://portableapps.com: multilingual, development, multi-language, programming
+5 more text-editor, developer-tools, notepad, code-editor, tabbed-interface
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gedit

Open Source by The GNOME Project |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with plugins. Currently it features: ...

Development text-editor, gnome
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Geany

Open Source by Enrico Tröger, Frank Lanitz, Nick Trelea... |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. Another goal was to be as...

Development php, text-editor, javascript, html, python, css, ide
+16 more java, sql, xml, ruby, latex, perl, c-plus-plus, xml-editor, pascal, abc, assembler, haskell, vala, ada, docbook, caml
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Notepad2

Open Source by Florian Balmer |
Windows

Notepad2 is a fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting. Simple as possible, but yet powerful. Has full Unicode support. Can be run out of the box without installation, and does...

Development portable, text-editor, notepad, syntax-highlighting
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Notepad

Free by Microsoft |
Windows

Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Not available for download; bundled with all versions of Windows.

Development text-editor, notepad, windows-bundled, bundled
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UltraEdit

Commercial by IDM Computer Solutions |
Mac, Windows, Linux

UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard)...

Development programming, text-editor, notepad, code-editor
+1 more hex-editor
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TextPad

Commercial by Helios Software Solutions |
Windows

TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. It can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, and it will work with the 32-bit and...

Development programming, text-editor, ide, notepad, code-editor
+2 more spell-checker, macros
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Enki

Open Source by Andrei Kopats |
Linux

Enki is a text editor for programmers. It is: –User friendly. Intuitive interface. Works out of the box. You don’t have to read a lot of docs -Hacker friendly. Code as quickly as possible. Without mouse. ...

Development programming, text-editor, code-editor
+2 more syntax-highlighting, programmers-editor
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SynWrite

Open Source by UVViewSoft |
Windows

SynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. SynWrite features: syntax highlighting for lots of languages; fully customizable highlighting; code...

Development portable Can be used portable, plugin / add-on Can be used as plugin for Total Commander, text-editor, html, css, ide, code-editor
+6 more syntax-highlighting, spell-check, notepad-replacement, tree-structure, code-folding, source-code-editor
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NoteTab

Freemium by Fookes Software Ltd |
Windows

NoteTab is a leading text editor, popular Notepad replacement, and powerful code-based HTML editor for Windows. NoteTab is a winner in the PC-Magazine Shareware Awards, Peoples Choice Awards, and Shareware...

Development text-editor, notepad, html-editor, tabs
+2 more search-and-replace, regexp
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xPad

This application has been discontinued. More info: xPad is no longer developed or maintained, but it can be still downloaded from its webpage.
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Crimson Editor

Open Source by Ingyu Kang |
Windows

Crimson Editor is a professional source editor for Windows

Development php, html, python, css, java, notepad, latex, perl, tex
+6 more asp, syntax, c-plus-plus, matlab, highlight, color-coding
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Notepad2-mod

Open Source by XhmikosR, Kai Liu, RL Vision, Aleksandar... |
Windows

A modified version (fork) of Notepad2 based on Kai Liu's and other people's patches. Changes compared to the official Notepad2: Code folding; Support for bookmarks; Option to...

Development portable, text-editor, notepad, code-editor
+3 more syntax-highlighting, notepad-replacement, notepad2
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Elementary Studio

Open Source by Chris Timberlake |
Linux

Elementary Studio (eStudio) is a Integrated Development Environment with a focus based upon the Vala Language and Web Technologies. However, eStudio is designed and developed with the main focus being...

Development development, web-development, developer-tools
+3 more development-tool, development-environment, development-suite
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Scratch

Open Source by elementary project |
Linux

Scratch is the text editor that works for you. It auto-saves your files, meaning they're always up-to-date. Plus it remembers your tabs so you never lose your spot, even in between sessions. Make it...

Development text-editor, lightweight, code-editor
+4 more tabbed-interface, scripting, syntax-highlighting, extensible
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DocPad

Free by Gammadyne |
Windows

DocPad is a free alternative to Notepad. Although it fills the same role, plain text editing, it offers an arsenal of time-saving tools: block indent/unindent, bookmarking, case conversion, customizable...

Development text-editor, notepad, notepad-replacement
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FoldingText

Free |
Mac

FoldingText makes you productive in easily formatted plain text. Turn your ideas into plans. Your to-dos into results. Your writing into clear, focused documents.

Development, Office & Productivity text-editor, todo, code-editor, timer, coding