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ConTEXT is a small, fast and powerful freeware text editor, developed to serve as a secondary tool for software developers.

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  1. Visual Studio Code icon
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    Visual Studio Code

     1281 likes
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    Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.

    209 Visual Studio Code alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  IDE
    3.  Built-in terminal emulation
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  Code Completion
    6.  Multiple languages
    7.  Git Support
    8.  GitHub Integration
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Supports Python
    11.  C++
    12.  Source code debugging
    13.  Multiple Cursors
    14.  Graphical User Interface
    15.  Support for MarkDown
    16.  Auto Update
    17.  Plug-ins
    18.  Support for Node.js
    19.  Support for Javascript
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    Visual Studio Code VS ConTEXT

    Is Visual Studio Code a good alternative to ConTEXT?
     

    • Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Linux alternative to ConTEXT.

    • Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryConTEXT is Free and Open Source
    • Visual Studio Code is CustomizableConTEXT is not according to our users
  2. VSCodium icon
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    VSCodium

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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.

    198 VSCodium alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Prevent telemetry
    3.  IDE
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  No registration required
    6.  MIT License
    7.  Autocompletion
    8.  Git integration
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Syntax Highlighting
    11.  Ad-free
    12.  Minimap
    13.  Color coding
    14.  Built-in terminal emulation
    15.  Support for MarkDown
    16.  Code navigation
    VSCodium iconConTEXT Icon

    VSCodium VS ConTEXT

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  4. Sublime Text icon
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    Sublime Text

     1999 likes
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    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.

    197 Sublime Text alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    +1
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Package Control
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  IDE
    4.  Multiple Cursors
    5.  Text editing
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Simple text editor
    9.  Tabbed interface
    10.  Plugin manager
    11.  Support for MarkDown
    12.  Distraction-free
    13.  Works Offline
    14.  Git Support
    15.  Git integration
    16.  Plugin API
    17.  Configuration Management
    18.  Fullscreen support
    Sublime Text iconConTEXT Icon

    Sublime Text VS ConTEXT

    Is Sublime Text a good alternative to ConTEXT?
     

    • Sublime Text is the most popular commercial alternative to ConTEXT.

    • Sublime Text is Paid and ProprietaryConTEXT is Free and Open Source
    • Sublime Text is Lightweight and CustomizableConTEXT is not according to our users
  5. Vim icon
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    Vim

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    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 GUI version called GVim.

    209 Vim alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    GVim with netrw+airlines+ctrlspace+xkb-switch+monokai theme+Source Pro font
    Plugin Gitgutter shows added lines as '+' and altere as '~'.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Keyboard focused
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Hackable
    4.  Well documented
    5.  Modal editor
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Support for MarkDown
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Portable
    11.  Batch Editing
    12.  Terminal-based
    13.  Macro Recording
    14.  Built-in terminal emulation
    15.  Support for Large File
    16.  Dedication to home row
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  6. Notepad3 icon
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    Notepad3

     52 likes
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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.

    208 Notepad3 alternatives
    Supports RTL languages out of the box.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Select Syntax Scheme
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
    2.  Small-footprint
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  Search and Replace
    6.  Portable
    7.  Support for regular expressions
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  No Tracking
    13.  Support for Right-to-Left
    14.  Support for MarkDown
    15.  Autocompletion
    16.  Full-Text Search
    Notepad3 iconConTEXT Icon

    Notepad3 VS ConTEXT

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  7. Lapce icon
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    Lapce

     25 likes
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    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    194 Lapce alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Built-in terminal emulation
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Git Support
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Full-Text Search
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Modal editor
    Lapce iconConTEXT Icon

    Lapce VS ConTEXT

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  9. Bluefish Editor icon
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    Bluefish Editor

     160 likes
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    Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

    216 Bluefish Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Bluefish Editor Features

    1.  Arduino
    2.  PHP IDE
    3.  Support for SFTP
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    Bluefish Editor iconConTEXT Icon

    Bluefish Editor VS ConTEXT

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  10. JetBrains Fleet icon
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    JetBrains Fleet

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    Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI.

    193 JetBrains Fleet alternatives
    JetBrains Fleet screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4.  Autocompletion
    5.  Code Formatting
    JetBrains Fleet iconConTEXT Icon

    JetBrains Fleet VS ConTEXT

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  11. SynWrite icon
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    SynWrite

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    SynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.

    168 SynWrite alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Total Commander

    SynWrite Features

    1.  Spell Checking
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Portable
    4.  Tree structure
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    Discontinued

    Last update was on 29-08-2017. Synwrite is continued on CudaText.Only there is no Total Commander plug-in with CudaText.

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    SynWrite VS ConTEXT

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  12. Devpad icon
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    Devpad

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    Notepad-like VB.Net multi-tab source code editor for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 that supports ASM, ASP.Net, Boo, C#, C++, CSS, HTML, INI, Java, JavaScript, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, VB.Net, XML and plain text files.

    171 Devpad alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Devpad Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
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    Notepas

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    Notepas is a fast portable native multiplatform text editor written in Lazarus and can be compiled for multiple platforms and widget sets using the advanced native Free Pascal Compiler.

    115 Notepas alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Notepas screenshot 1
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    +6
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    Notepas Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Support for Unicode
    5.  GPLv3
    Discontinued

    Cannot run on macOS Monterey and the last update is from 2016.

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    Notepas VS ConTEXT

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