Alternatives to Skywriter 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 Code formatting Tabbed interface Custom Language Definitions ... Customer support Support for Javascript Portable Auto-saving Autocompletion Block edit Built-in editor Color coding Column edit mode Configurable Debugger Developer Tools Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for FTP Integrated Search Live Preview Macros Multiple languages Multiple Open Tabs Native GUI Plugin manager Support for regular expressions Side-by-Side comparison Add a feature

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Codeanywhere

Codeanywhere is a code editor in a browser with a powerful ftp client integrated, and all popular web formats are supported (HTML, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, and XML). The...

Commercial $ $ $ Web Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad
Cloud IDE Cloud coding Web-Based Browser based ... Cloud based Container virtualization IDE Web browser IDE Add a feature

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CotEditor

Syntax Highlighting: Colorize more than 50 pre-installed major languages like HTML, PHP, Python, Ruby or Markdown. You can also create your own settings. Scriptable:...

Free Open Source Mac
macOS-like Colored Text File Versioning Add a feature

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SynWrite

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

Free Open Source Windows Total Commander
IDE Portable Syntax Highlighting Tree structure Add a feature

28 Like
Editra

Editra is a multi-platform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy to use interface and features that aid in code development. Currently it...
- Discontinued
  The latest version available for download from the website is nearly 5 years old, from 2013. The last sign of activity on the blog ( a blog post ) is from 2015.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
IDE Add a feature

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FoldingText

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.

Commercial Mac
Coding No Subscription Outline folding Tags Support ... Timer To-Do management Todos Add a feature

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MadEdit

MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets. MadEdit can edit files in Text/Column/Hex modes, and supports many useful...
- Discontinued
  The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Xfce
Hex Editor Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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NoteTab

NoteTab is packed with time-saving productivity tools that no other text or HTML editor has.

Freemium Windows
Scripting support Search and replace Tabs Add a feature

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Text Editor Pro

Text Editor Pro (formerly EditBone) is a powerful text editing tool that comes with syntax highlighting, support for over 50 languages and scripts, 22 different styles...

Free Windows
Portable Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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HippoEDIT

HippoEDIT is a powerful, fast and easy to use Windows text editor, primarily targeted at power users and programmers. It has modern and lightweight user interface, which...

Commercial Windows
Php Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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