Alternatives to Atom for all platforms with any license

Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Lightweight Autocompletion Block edit Code formatting ... Color coding Configurable Custom Language Definitions Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for FTP Live Preview Multiple languages Plugin manager Portable Support for regular expressions Side-by-Side comparison Tabbed interface Add a feature

4147 Like
- All needed features included, light weight and to the point. Good support for RtL scripts and customization. The only possible problem found is that the official builds are compiled for MS-Windows only, but it is open source, so that's no big deal breaker! vazirified • May 2017 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Notepad++ has built-in support for many languages and a great plugin system for more. crlamke • Jul 2017 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees
- notepad++ has very les plugins and isn't very customizable Guest • Nov 2017 • 5 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Notepad++ is not cross platform and not as performant as Atom MorganGeek • Jun 2017 • 6 agrees and 11 disagrees
Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. ...

Freemium $ $ $ Mac OS X Windows Linux
Lightweight Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Multiple cursors Package Control ... Customizable Auto-saving Autocompletion Automatic packaging Code completion Optimized for fast boot Memory footprint Minimap Distraction-free UI Plugin API Portable Scriptwriting Assistant Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

1681 Like
- SublimeText is by far my most favorite editor in my 32 years of computing as it has multitude of features found no where else and is extendable with packages. Vertical Selection and Multi-caret editing is two of my most used features. Guest • Apr 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Sublime text is powerful such as adding "anaconda" package makes it a full functional IDE, also it supports lots of important languages like java, javascript, C#, ruby, perl to name a few. The only draw back about it is it's not free but work to buy. Guest • Dec 2017
- Because Sublime it's almost the same but paid. It only have minor differences on the packages you can install (some are better in Sublime, some are better in Atom). Guest • Nov 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Visual Studio Code

Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.

Free Open Source Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell Mac OS X
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Built-in Terminal Customizable ... Intellisense Syntax Highlighting Autocompletion Code completion Dark theme GIT support Support for Javascript Multiple cursors Bugs C# Scripting Embedded debugger Git integration MarkDown support Mercurial support Minimap Plugin support Version and Source control Add a feature

438 Like
- Seems faster than Atom, less resource-hungry. Also using it as the default text editor on macOS. Guest • Jun 2017 • 6 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Much faster, highly active development phase, more and more add-ons are added to the marketplace, open source, and cross-platform. Guest • Dec 2017
- Faster, still customizable, more basic things such as terminal built in hum4n01d • Jun 2017 • 4 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Much much faster, much better IntelliSense/context-aware suggestions. Even supports debugging. dantex47 • Sep 2017 • 3 agrees and 4 disagrees
- It has a great user interface and it is also built with Electron. archmaster • Apr 2017 • 3 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Telementry, key bindings, resources usage. Guest • Dec 2016 • 6 agrees and 13 disagrees
Vim

Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku ... OpenSolaris
Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting Configurability ... Dedication to home row Keyboard focused Lightweight Mnemonic key bindings Modal editor Plugin manager Spell checking Terminal-based Visual Mode Word completion Works on all OSs Add a feature

1036 Like
- Vim offers unlimited customization and consumes very less memory, it supports execution of commands from vim itself and with the right plugins works almost like an ide Guest • May 2017 • 7 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Vim is a command-line tool, which differs a lot from a GUI app like Atom, Notepad++ or Sublime Text. Guest • Mar 2017 • 7 agrees and 24 disagrees
Brackets

Brackets is an open-source editor for web design and development built on top of web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The project was created and is...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell
Autocompletion Live Preview Built-in Level Editor Extensible by Plugins/Extensions ... Multiple languages Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

373 Like
- It's fine for a dedicated code editor, but it's not very functional as a text editor. Guest • Nov 2016 • 10 agrees and 6 disagrees
Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs for Microsoft Windows, as well as web...

Free Personal Windows Web .NET Framework
Code completion Embedded debugger Intellisense Autocompletion ... Automatic content formatting Azure integration C# Scripting Color coding Development API Functions Support for Multiple programming languages Nuget Add a feature

737 Like
- MS Visual Studio is an IDE, Atom is a programmer's editor. Guest • Dec 2017 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
gedit

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...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD GNOME ... OpenSolaris
Lightweight Autocompletion Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Spell checking ... Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

624 Like
Geany

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...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce
Lightweight Code navigation Customizable Support for Large File ... Minimalistic Portable Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

454 Like
GNU nano

GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku
Command line interface Automatic Indentation Search and replace Terminal-based Add a feature

196 Like
- nano is a great editor when you are in CLI, however, of course, it does not use GUI or has GUI. Guest • May 2017
- Easiest CLI-based text editor for newbies sondrak • Mar 2018
GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD
Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Package Control Scripting ... Self-documenting Syntax Highlighting Terminal-based Add a feature

285 Like
- Its more than just a text editor, its an list interpreter and an shell. Good for computer setups without mouse cycroenerugi • May 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
PyCharm

Python and Django IDE with refactorings, code completion, on-the-fly code analysis and other features, including version control integration, deployment, integration...

Freemium Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Code completion Code formatting Refactoring Embedded debugger ... Git integration GitHub integration Compare Source Code Add a feature

174 Like
Kate

Text editor for the KDE desktop environment with support for multiple languages and syntax highlighting. It is extensible with plugins. Features a MDI interface. ...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD KDE
Code formatting Support for regular expressions Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Add a feature

177 Like
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Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit is a fast, smart, free and open-source code editor. Switching your trusty code editor is hard, but give Komodo Edit (or its big brother...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

208 Like
Qt Creator

Qt Creator is a cross-platform C++, JavaScript and QML integrated development environment which is part of the SDK for the Qt...

Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD
Autocompletion Refactoring Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

65 Like
Notepad2

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...

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Lightweight Portable Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

282 Like
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 4.2.25, released on October 28, 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.