3972 Like Notepad++ Good alternative? YES NO Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Lightweight Block edit Code formatting Color coding Configurable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions ... Live Preview Multiple languages Plugin manager Support for regular expressions Tabbed interface Add a feature
1568 Like Sublime Text Good alternative? YES NO 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 Windows Linux Lightweight Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Package Control Multiple cursors Autocompletion Automatic packaging ... Code completion Customizable Optimize for fast boot Memory footprint Minimap Distraction-free UI Scriptwriting Assistant Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
979 Like Vim Good alternative? YES NO 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 Keyboard focused Modal editor Spell checking ... Terminal-based Visual Mode Word completion Add a feature
279 Like Visual Studio Code Good alternative? YES NO 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 Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Built-in Terminal Customizable Intellisense Code completion Dark theme ... Lightweight Multiple cursors Bugs C# Scripting Embedded debugger Git integration GIT support MarkDown support Mercurial support Syntax Highlighting Version and Source control Add a feature
341 Like Brackets Good alternative? YES NO 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 Multiple languages Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
596 Like gedit Good alternative? YES NO 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 Windows Linux BSD GNOME OpenSolaris Autocompletion Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
275 Like IntelliJ IDEA Good alternative? YES NO IntelliJ IDEA is a free / commercial Java IDE by JetBrains. Its design is centered on programmer productivity. A number of its features are intended to accelerate... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Autocorrect Built-in Terminal Code completion Dark theme Java IDE Static analysis ... Version and Source control Add a feature
265 Like GNU Emacs Good alternative? YES NO 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 Windows Linux BSD Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Package Control Scripting Self-documenting Syntax Highlighting ... Terminal-based Add a feature
161 Like Kate Good alternative? YES NO 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
198 Like Komodo Edit Good alternative? YES NO 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 Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
275 Like Notepad2 Good alternative? YES NO 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 Syntax Highlighting Add a feature 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.
243 Like TextMate Good alternative? YES NO TextMate is not an IDE but by using its powerful snippets, macros, and unique scoping system, it can often provide features that even a language specific IDE lacks. It... Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting Support for Themes Add a feature
130 Like SciTE Good alternative? YES NO SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running... Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Xfce No features added Add a feature
138 Like UltraEdit Good alternative? YES NO 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... Commercial Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
47 Like Light Table Good alternative? YES NO Light Table is a new interactive IDE that lets you modify running programs and embed anything from websites to games. It provides the real time feedback we need to not... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell No features added Add a feature
