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

Notepas
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+6
Notepas Features
1. Syntax Highlighting
2. Portable
3. Search and Replace
4. Support for Unicode
5. GPLv3
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Discontinued
Cannot run on macOS Monterey and the last update is from 2016.

Notepas VS ConTEXT
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Vy
vy is a modal editor with a very modular architecture. vy is built on top of Tkinter which is one of the most productive graphical toolkits; It permits vy to have such a great programming interface for plugins.
171 Vy alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Discontinued
Last update and release on Nov 2020.

Vy VS ConTEXT
Is Vy a good alternative to ConTEXT?

Howl
Howl is a general purpose editor that aims to be both lightweight and fully customizable. It is built on top of the very fast LuaJIT runtime, and can be extended in either Lua or Moonscript. It has a minimalistic UI driven mainly by the keyboard.
153 Howl alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Howl Features
1. Syntax Highlighting
2. Lightweight
3. Minimalistic
4. Customizable
5. Keyboard focused
6. Programmable
7. Keyboard Shortcuts
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Discontinued
The last version (0.6) is from April 2019.

Howl VS ConTEXT
Is Howl 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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MS Paint IDE
People joke about what IDE they use often, things like Word, MS Notepad, sometimes even Eclipse, and then often times MS Paint. People joke about MS Paint because it's not even a text editor, people joke about it because it doesn't have one feature in common with IDEs.
179 MS Paint IDE alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- IDE
Platforms
- Windows
- Microsoft Paint
MS Paint IDE Features
OCR
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MS Paint IDE VS ConTEXT
Is MS Paint IDE a good alternative to ConTEXT?

EverEdit
EverEdit is a fast, lightweight, extendable text, source and binary editor for Windows (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003+). While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.
45 EverEdit alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
+8
EverEdit Features
1. Lightweight
2. Syntax Highlighting
3. Autocompletion
4. Portable
5. Support for Unicode
6. Tabbed interface
7. Drag and Drop
8. Support for regular expressions
9. Snippets
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EverEdit VS ConTEXT
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HAPedit
HAPedit is an acronym for Html Asp Php editor; a win32 text-mode editor useful for all developers of dynamic web pages.
133 HAPedit alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
HAPedit Features
Portable
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Discontinued
No change since 2004. See http://hapedit.free.fr/news.php

HAPedit VS ConTEXT
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HippoEDIT
HippoEDIT is a powerful, fast and easy to use Windows text editor, primarily targeted at power users and programmers. It has modern and lightweight user interface, which supports different interface schemes, Multi Tab environment, seamless web and help browser, File Explorer and...
119 HippoEDIT alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
HippoEDIT Features
Syntax Highlighting
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HippoEDIT VS ConTEXT
Is HippoEDIT a good alternative to ConTEXT?

4coder
4coder is a minimalist, cross platform, programmable, code editing environment, catering to the needs of low level programmers. It allows you to use one work flow across Windows, Linux, and Mac (with the exception of your debugger... for now.).
169 4coder alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
4coder Features
Syntax Highlighting
Portable
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4coder VS ConTEXT
Is 4coder a good alternative to ConTEXT?

EdytorNC
EdytorNC is text editor for CNC programmers. Some features : bolt holes calculation; solutions of triangles calculation; speed, feed calculation; conversion inch/mm, mm/inch; code colouring; RS232 data transmission with automatic file saving and possibility to download new CNC...
179 EdytorNC alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
+3
Discontinued
Last update on Nov 2018.

EdytorNC VS ConTEXT
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Pe (Programmer’s Editor)
Pe, short for Programmer’s Editor, is an open source text editor for BeOS. It is targeted towards source-code editing, and features syntax highlighting for a large number of programming languages. It also works as a basic source-level HTML editor, with some HTML autocompletion...
113 Pe (Programmer’s Editor) alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Haiku
Pe (Programmer’s Editor) Features
Syntax Highlighting
Search and Replace
Support for FTP
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Pe (Programmer’s Editor) VS ConTEXT
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Lines code editor
Lines is a modern and minimalist text editor - IDE with support for over 150 programming languages, embedded code inspectors and many other cool tools to help you write better code.
182 Lines code editor alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
+7
Lines code editor Features
1. Autocompletion
2. Syntax Highlighting
3. Works Offline
4. Distraction-free
5. Javascript scripting
6. External commands
7. Integrated Search
8. Built-in Color picker
9. Integrated Web Browser
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Lines code editor VS ConTEXT
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Little Transformer: Text Editor with TTS
This tool can transform texts into a variety of formats/structures. It can assist tasks of data formatting and coding. Formatting steps can be stored and reused. The tool includes text-to-speech of various languages.
215 Little Transformer: Text Editor with TTS alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
Little Transformer: Text Editor with TTS Features
Text to Speech
Text editing
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Little Transformer: Text Editor with TTS VS ConTEXT
Is this a good alternative to ConTEXT?