Apps with 'Simple text editor' feature

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  1. Sublime Text icon
     2046 likes

    Sophisticated text editor for code with sleek interface, multi-select tabs, side-by-side definitions, and swift variable renaming using multiple selections.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
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    193 alternatives
    4.0
    Very Good66 reviews
  2. Standard Notes icon
     687 likes

    An end-to-end encrypted note-taking by Proton. Offline access, unlimited sync across devices, tagging, passcode and biometric security, plus advanced premium privacy features.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    Standard Notes homepage.
    Plain text note on free version.
    A note using the Super note editor.
    +3
    Cross-platform sync and end-to-end privacy
    126 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good148 reviews
  3. Typora icon
     326 likes

    A cross-platform Markdown editor providing real-time preview, Focus & Typewriter modes, and support for multiple export formats.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
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    +4
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    178 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent35 reviews
  4. Edit icon
     19 likes

    Edit is a new command-line text editor in Windows. Edit is open source, so you can build the code or install the latest version from GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    62 alternatives
  5. ghostwriter icon
     109 likes

    ghostwriter is a feature-rich text editor using Markdown syntax which makes it suitable for note-taking, document redaction, simple HTML website creation and much more.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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    4.4
    Very Good10 reviews
  6. Write.as icon
     121 likes

    Write.as lets you write and publish text instantly. Write a note for yourself to read later. Create a standalone article you can quickly broadcast on social media — or publish a full blog.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Kindle Fire
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    +8
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    100 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent7 reviews
  7. Windows Notepad icon
     182 likes

    Fast, lightweight editor bundled with Windows since 1985. Supports plain text, UTF-8, Linux newline, over 100 languages, with improved features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    +2
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    144 alternatives
  8. Slite icon
     109 likes

    Ideal for remote teams, it streamlines documentation, discussion, and decision-making with a robust editor, video tools, numerous integrations, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    +11
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    91 alternatives
  9. Leafpad icon
     68 likes

    Leafpad is a lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
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    104 alternatives
  10. Mousepad icon
     35 likes

    A simple text editor for the Xfce desktop environment. Mousepad aims to be an easy-to-use and fast editor for quickly editing text files, not a development environment or an editor with a huge bunch of plugins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Xfce
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    78 alternatives
  11. Norka icon
     4 likes

    Imagine a hassle-free text-writing experience. Don't worry about saving files, complex markup, or accidentally deleted notes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • elementary OS
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    66 alternatives
  12. metapad icon
     43 likes

    Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepads features and much...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window and Settings
    Plugins for 32 languages
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    +2
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    107 alternatives
  13. FeatherPad icon
     4 likes

    FeatherPad (by Pedram Pourang, a.k.a. Tsu Jan tsujan2000@gmail.com) is a lightweight Qt plain-text editor for Linux. It is independent of any desktop environment and has:

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    The active Qt widget style determines the look and feel of every Qt application.
    The following screenshots are taken with a Kvantum theme and the dark color scheme of FeatherPad:
    6 alternatives
  14. NFOPad icon
     21 likes

    NFOPad is a small, fast and flexible combined text editor and nfo viewer. It is a clone of Microsoft's Notepad but much more customizable and with some additional features. NFOPad fully supports Unicode as well as nfo files with ASCII art.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    20 alternatives
  15. Dolphin Text Editor Menu expands the functionality of any text editor. It doesn't replace your current text editors - it makes them better.

    Dolphin Text Editor Menu works with any software where you can type sentences or paragraphs. This includes: Visual Studio; OpenOffice.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    5 alternatives
  16. Moped icon
     2 likes

    If you come from the Windows world, you may be missing a small utility: Notepad, a simple but essential tool for editing plain text files. While macOS counts on its own built-in text editor: TextEdit, it is actually more like a Rich Text Editor with full images, fonts and layout...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  17. Simple distraction-free text editor without any rich text nonsense. The simplicity is a feature.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Plain Text Editor screenshot 1
    Plain Text Editor screenshot 1
    58 alternatives
  18. Art Text icon
     10 likes

    Art Text is graphic design software for Mac tuned for creating text effect and text style-based graphics. The app contains a multitude of text design presets and effects to help you create photo captions, logos, flyer headings, presentations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    +3
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    46 alternatives
  19.  2 likes

    Anotepad.com is your online notepad on the web. It allows you to store notes on the GO without having to Login. You can use a rich text editor, sort notes by date or title and make notes private. Best of all - anotepad is a fast, clean, simple to use and FREE online web notepad.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    5 alternatives