Caxton AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like Caxton

Caxton is described as 'A native macOS text editor built for very large files. Opens, searches, and edits multi-gigabyte logs and CSVs in seconds by indexing files instead of loading them into memory' and is a Text Editor in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Caxton for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Caxton alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Caxton are Sublime Text, VSCodium, Vim and Zed Editor.

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  1. Visual Studio Code icon
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    Free and extensible code editor with built-in Git support, smart IntelliSense, integrated debugger, 30,000+ extensions, works offline, supports markdown and syntax highlighting for numerous languages.

    232 Visual Studio Code alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Online
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    • Snapcraft
     
  2. Sublime Text icon
     2068 likes

    Powerful editor blending code, markup, and prose editing with enhanced features like multi-tab selection, side-by-side definition viewing, and multiple selection tools for swift code navigation.

    218 Sublime Text alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
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  3. VSCodium icon
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    This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.

    219 VSCodium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Flathub
    • Electron
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    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
     
  4. Vim icon
     1364 likes

    Advanced text editor with syntax highlighting, word completion, multiple editing modes for efficiency, plugin and script extensibility, GUI and command-line operation, a thorough help system, and cross-platform support across various operating systems.

    232 Vim alternatives

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    • Snapcraft
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  5. Zed Editor icon
     140 likes

    Blazing fast code editor offering real-time multi-user collaboration, language-aware syntax highlighting, integrated terminal, multi-buffers for tab-free editing, built-in Vim mode, searchable outline, AI coding assistance, advanced keyboard commands, and cross-platform support.

    115 Zed Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. gedit icon
     699 likes

    Extensible text editor with UTF-8 support, syntax highlighting for several programming and markup languages, remote editing, file reverting, print preview, clipboard operations, powerful search, customizable fonts and colors, line numbering, and plugin support.

    208 gedit alternatives

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    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  7. GNU nano icon
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    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 number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.

    165 GNU nano alternatives

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  8. Edit icon
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    Open-source command-line text editor for Windows with a modern interface inspired by MS-DOS Editor, featuring key bindings, lightweight build under 250KB, multi-file handling with ctrl + P, keyboard-optimized navigation, and direct file editing for developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  9. Pulsar Editor icon
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    A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, built on Electron. and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  10. Notepad3 icon
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    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    224 Notepad3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  11. Athas icon
     19 likes

    Lightweight, open-source code editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux featuring Vim keybindings, built-in Git support, agentic AI editing with multiple models, syntax highlighting, LSP for intelligent completion, fast performance, and efficient workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  12. Gram icon
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    Gram is a powerful and modern source code editor. It features solid performance and is highly configurable, yet comes with batteries included out of the box. Gram supports many popular programming languages and file formats, and can use Zed extensions to support additional...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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