ConTEXT AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Text Editors

The best Text Editor alternative to ConTEXT is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to ConTEXT and loads of them are Text Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Text Editor alternatives to ConTEXT are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Sublime Text and Vim.

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ConTEXT

Text Editor
Free • Open Source

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

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ConTEXT alternatives page was last updated Dec 15, 2021

Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
228 Notepad++ alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
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Top Notepad++ Features
1. Lightweight
2. Code Formatting
3. Portable
4. Tabbed interface
5. Search and Replace
6. Text formatting
7. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
8. Multiple Open Tabs
9. Multiple languages
10. Color coding
11. Support for Javascript
12. Configurable
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Notepad++ VS ConTEXT
Is Notepad++ a good alternative to ConTEXT?
- Notepad++ is the most popular Windows alternative to ConTEXT.
- Notepad++ is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ConTEXT.
- Notepad++ is Free and Open SourceConTEXT is also Free and Open Source
- Notepad++ is LightweightConTEXT is not according to our users

Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.
206 Visual Studio Code alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Code Editor
- IDE
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Chrome OS
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Top Visual Studio Code Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
2. Customizable
3. Autocompletion
4. IDE
5. Built-in terminal emulation
6. Syntax Highlighting
7. Code Completion
8. Multiple languages
9. Git Support
10. GitHub Integration
11. Support for Themes
12. Dark Mode
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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

VSCodium
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.
195 VSCodium alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- IDE
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron
- Flathub
Top VSCodium Features
1. No Tracking
2. Prevent telemetry
3. IDE
4. Customizable
5. Privacy focused
6. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
7. Works Offline
8. No registration required
9. MIT License
10. Autocompletion
11. Git integration
12. Syntax Highlighting
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VSCodium VS ConTEXT
Is VSCodium a good alternative to ConTEXT?

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EmEditor
EmEditor is a versatile text, code, and CSV editor designed for Windows. It offers lightweight, user-friendly, and extendable platform, with both 32-bit and 64-bit builds. The software also features AI-assisted writing.

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Sublime Text
Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features.
194 Sublime Text alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top Sublime Text Features
1. Lightweight
2. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
3. Customizable
4. Package Control
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. IDE
7. Clean design
8. No Tracking
9. Dark Mode
10. Distraction-free
11. Support for MarkDown
12. Works Offline
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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

Vim
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.
207 Vim alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Top Vim Features
1. Lightweight
2. Keyboard focused
3. Customizable
4. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. Hackable
7. Command line interface
8. Works Offline
9. Support for MarkDown
10. No registration required
11. Portable
12. Batch Editing
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Vim VS ConTEXT
Is Vim a good alternative to ConTEXT?

gedit
Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with plugins.
183 gedit alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- GNOME
- OpenSolaris
- Flathub
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gedit Features
1. Lightweight
2. Syntax Highlighting
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. Customizable
5. Autocompletion
6. Works Offline
7. Ad-free
8. Spell Checking
9. Privacy focused
10. Support for Unicode
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gedit VS ConTEXT
Is gedit a good alternative to ConTEXT?

CudaText
CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.
190 CudaText alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
+3
Top CudaText Features
1. Lightweight
2. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
3. Native application
4. Customizable
5. Minimap
6. Command palette
7. Autocompletion
8. Syntax Highlighting
9. Support for Themes
10. Ad-free
11. No registration required
12. Portable
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CudaText VS ConTEXT
Is CudaText a good alternative to ConTEXT?

Notepad3
Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.
206 Notepad3 alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
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Top Notepad3 Features
1. Lightweight
2. Support for Unicode
3. Small-footprint
4. Multiple languages
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. Search and Replace
7. Portable
8. Support for regular expressions
9. No registration required
10. Ad-free
11. Works Offline
12. Dark Mode
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Notepad3 VS ConTEXT
Is Notepad3 a good alternative to ConTEXT?

Lapce
Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.
192 Lapce alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top Lapce Features
1. Rust
2. Lightweight
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. Built-in terminal emulation
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. Git Support
7. No registration required
8. Support for Themes
9. Full-Text Search
10. Ad-free
11. Works Offline
12. Dark Mode
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Lapce VS ConTEXT
Is Lapce a good alternative to ConTEXT?

PSPad
PSPad is a freeware programmers editor in 8 languages for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Some features are highlighted syntax, ftp, projects and so on. Code explorer for Pascal, C/C++, INI, HTML, XML, PHP and more in development, internal web browser with APACHE support.
166 PSPad alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
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Top PSPad Features
1. Syntax Highlighting
2. Support for MarkDown
3. Support for scripting
4. No registration required
5. Portable
6. WYSIWYG Support
7. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
8. Code Formatting
9. Ad-free
10. Lightweight
11. Works Offline
12. Hex Editor
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PSPad VS ConTEXT
Is PSPad a good alternative to ConTEXT?

Bluefish Editor
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.
214 Bluefish Editor alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
Bluefish Editor Features
Arduino
PHP IDE
Support for SFTP
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Bluefish Editor VS ConTEXT
Is Bluefish Editor a good alternative to ConTEXT?

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.
155 CotEditor alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
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Top CotEditor Features
1. macOS-like
2. Colored Text
3. File Versioning
4. Support for Themes
5. Lightweight
6. Ad-free
7. No registration required
8. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
9. Dark Mode
10. No Coding Required
11. Syntax Highlighting
12. Works Offline
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CotEditor VS ConTEXT
Is CotEditor a good alternative to ConTEXT?