Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
BBEdit Alternatives
One of the most popular alternatives to BBEdit is Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, Zed Editor and Eclipse. There's no shortage of Text Editors like BBEdit, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and Chrome OS.
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93 iText alternativesiText is an intuitive and refined text editor with word processing completely rewritten in Cocoa (so works with Afloat), and is suitable for both Power PC and Intel Macs. iText provides the simplest way to make gorgeous manuscripts on your Mac!
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- iPhone
- iPad
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Batch-Notepad that can replace, insert, delete, copy, and move text in multiple files in bulk! Perform advanced search and replace operations using RegEx substitutions. Supports multi-line replace, wildcards, match selection, case matching, Unicode!.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
United States
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55 Notepad alternativesNotepad is a fast and distraction-free online writing space. Capture thoughts, take notes, and share instantly. Perfect for quick ideas, to-do lists, etc.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
PolyEdit Lite is a multipurpose word processor and text editor for Microsoft Windows. It is fast, small, and easy-to-use.
Platforms
- Windows
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
MetroTextual is a Windows text editor inspired by Microsoft’s Metro Design Language. It’s designed to be a visually appealing replacement for Notepad; with significant improvements to performance and aesthetics.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Australia
+3
122 Simple Code Editor alternativesFeatures of Simple Code Editor include: Theming, Emmet support, a minimalist interface, syntax highlighting, and more.
Platforms
- Windows
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126 Tilde alternativesTilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
Netherlands
EU
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Online
109 Thunderpad alternativesThunderpad (formerly Textpad) is a simple, general-purpose and cross-platform text editor written in C++ using the Qt libraries. Thunderpad aims to be faster and more lightweight than most text editors, but as useful as them.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Mexico
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