ConTEXT Alternatives

ConTEXT is described as 'Small, fast and powerful freeware text editor, developed to serve as a secondary tool for software developers' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to ConTEXT for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Chrome OS apps. The best ConTEXT alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like 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 18, 2020

NoteTab
NoteTab is a leading text editor, popular Notepad replacement, and powerful code-based HTML editor for Windows.
146 NoteTab alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
NoteTab Features
Support for scripting
Search and Replace
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MadEdit
MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.
137 MadEdit alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Xfce
MadEdit Features
Syntax Highlighting
Hex Editor
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

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ATPad
ATPad is a simple Notepad replacement written in pure C and Windows API. Keeping simplicity of Notepad it provides many additional features. 90kb UPX repacked.
191 ATPad alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
- The Portable Freeware Collection
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ATPad Features
1. Dark Mode
2. Lightweight
3. Portable
4. Send to email
5. Code Completion
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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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Devpad
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
Devpad Features
Syntax Highlighting
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Aquamacs Emacs
An Editor for Text, HTML, LaTeX, C++, Java, Python, R, Perl, Ruby, PHP, and more...
129 Aquamacs Emacs alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
Aquamacs Emacs Features
Support for LaTeX
EMACS
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Intype
Intype is a powerful and intuitive code editor for Windows with lightning fast response. It is easily extensible and customizable, thanks in part to its support for scripting and native plug-ins. It makes development in any programming or scripting language quick and easy.
95 Intype alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
Discontinued
Development seems to be discontinued. Latest activity on Twitter dates back to June 2013. Last version, 1.0.1, released on March 2013, can be still bought from the official website.

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Diakonos
Diakonos is a powerful and easy to use console-based text editor.
151 Diakonos alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Diakonos Features
Command line interface
Console-based
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Text
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 Chrome OS.
100 Text alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- Online
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
Text Features
Works Offline
Syntax Highlighting
Google Drive integration
Sync with Dropbox
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medit
medit is a programming and around-programming text editor.

Started originally as a simple built-in editor component in GGAP, it grew up to a real text editor.
54 medit alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Xfce
medit Features
Syntax Highlighting
Tabbed interface
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Vis
Vis aims to be a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. It extends vi's modal editing with built-in support for multiple cursors/selections and combines it with sam's structural regular expression based command...
155 Vis alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
Vis Features
Console-based
Support for regular expressions
Modal editor
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BowPad
BowPad is a small and fast text editor with a ribbon user interface and syntax highlighting.
105 BowPad alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
BowPad Features
Syntax Highlighting
Ribbon Interface
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Thunderpad
Thunderpad (formerly Textpad) is a simple, general-purpose and cross-platform text editor written in C++ using the Qt libraries. Thunderpad aims to be faster and more lightweight than most text editors, but as useful as them.
117 Thunderpad alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Thunderpad Features
Distraction-free
Syntax Highlighting
Lightweight
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed since 2015. Latest versions can be still downloaded from SourceForge and GitHub

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