757 Like Atom Good alternative? YES NO A hackable text editor for the 21st Century. At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Electron / Atom Shell Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable GIT support Package Control Support for Themes Community based ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions GitHub integration Gitlab integration Integrated Development Environment Interior Design Minimap Modular System Support for Multiple programming languages Distraction-free UI Plugin API Separated workspaces Support for NodeJS Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
317 Like Simplenote Good alternative? YES NO Made by the company behind WordPress , Simplenote is an easy way to keep notes, lists, ideas, and more. Your notes stay updated across all your devices. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad ... Kindle Fire Electron based File Versioning MarkDown support Sync between devices Tag based Add a feature
107 Like Markdown Good alternative? YES NO Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Text formatting 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 Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Syntax Highlighting Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated.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.
150 Like Notepad Good alternative? YES NO Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Not available for download; bundled with all versions of Windows. Free Windows Support for Unicode Bundled with Windows Add a feature
59 Like Leafpad Good alternative? YES NO Leafpad is a lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are... Free Open Source Linux Xfce Drag n drop Lightweight Add a feature
105 Like jEdit Good alternative? YES NO jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with a large collection of plugins. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
19 Like Mousepad Good alternative? YES NO A simple text editor for the Xfce desktop environment. Mousepad aims to be an easy-to-use and fast editor for quickly editing text files, not a development environment... Free Open Source Linux BSD Xfce Drag n drop Lightweight Tabbed interface Add a feature
15 Like Jota Text Editor Good alternative? YES NO Jota, pronouced as "i-o-ta", is a text editor designed for a long text file. Functions - Support until 1 million characters. - Auto-Detect multiple... Free Open Source Android Capture Screen / Take screenshots Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
7 Like Turbo Editor Alternative? YES NO Simple, powerful and Open Source text editor for Android licensed under the GPLv3 license. Free Open Source Android Syntax Highlighting Tablet support Add a feature Discontinued Last updated in 2015. See https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maskyn.fileeditor
13 Like JotterPad Good alternative? YES NO Designed for creative writers, JotterPad is a plain text editor without the fuss and distraction of a word processor. It is perfect for writing books, novels, lyrics... Freemium Android Chrome OS Android Tablet Ad-free Distraction free writing Dropbox integration Google Drive integration Distraction-free UI Onedrive integration Add a feature
10 Like DroidEdit Good alternative? YES NO DroidEdit is a text and code editor for android tablets and phones with the following features: Syntax Highlighting for several languages (C, C++, C#, Java, HTML... Freemium Android Support for SFTP Add a feature
4 Like NoteAway Good alternative? YES NO NoteAway is the simplest, most convenient way to take quick notes on OS X. NoteAway has lots of powerful features for free, like iCloud syncing, rich text... Free Mac No features added Add a feature
9 Like Text Good alternative? YES NO Text.app is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It's fast, lets you open multiple files at once, has syntax highlighting, and saves to Google Drive on... Free Windows Web Chrome OS Chrome Google Drive integration Works offline too Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
4 Like MarkMyWords Good alternative? YES NO A minimal markdown editor in the eOS design. Free Open Source Linux Vala WYSIWYG Support Add a feature
