Editor Alternatives

Editor is described as 'Simple Android text editor' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Editor for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Editor alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Editor are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Sublime Text and Vim.

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Editor alternatives page was last updated Feb 2, 2025
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  1. Micro icon
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    Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals.

    40 Micro alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Properties

    1.  User friendly
    2.  Intuitive Interface
    3.  Lightweight
    4.  Distraction-free
    5.  Privacy focused
    6.  Support for Themes
    7.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Terminal-based
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Zero configuration
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  No registration required
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Portable
    10.  Plugin system
    11.  Color Palette
    12.  Lua scripting

    Micro VS Editor

     
  2. Notepad3 icon
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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.

    204 Notepad3 alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • ZA flagSouth Africa

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
    2.  Small-footprint
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Search and Replace
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Portable
    7.  Support for regular expressions
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Works Offline
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  Dark Mode

    Notepad3 VS Editor

     
  3. Helix icon
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    Helix is a fast text editor for the terminal inspired by modal editors like Kakoune and Neovim. Built as a native app using .

    85 Helix alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Code Formatting
    6. Git icon  Git Support
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Terminal-based
    9.  Modal editor

    Helix VS Editor

     
  4. TextMate icon
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    TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.

    156 TextMate alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    Last commit and version is from 2021

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4.  Search and Replace
    5.  Automatic Indentation
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Code Formatting
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Snippets Manager

    TextMate VS Editor

     
  5. CudaText icon
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    CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.

    189 CudaText alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Native application
    3.  Minimap
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  Command palette
    6.  Autocompletion
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Portable
    9.  Works Offline
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Dark Mode

    CudaText VS Editor

     
  6. Lapce icon
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    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    189 Lapce alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Built-in terminal emulation
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5. Git icon  Git Support
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Full-Text Search
    8.  Portable
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Modal editor

    Lapce VS Editor

     
  7. UltraEdit icon
     161 likes
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    UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later).

    205 UltraEdit alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    UltraEdit Features

    1.  Column based text editing
    2.  Support for large files
    3.  Hex Editor

    UltraEdit VS Editor

     
    • UltraEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to Editor.

    • UltraEdit is Paid and ProprietaryEditor is Free and Open Source
  8. SciTE icon
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    SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration...

    151 SciTE alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    SciTE VS Editor

     
  9. Bluefish Editor icon
     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.

    210 Bluefish Editor alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Bluefish Editor Features

    1.  Arduino
    2.  PHP IDE
    3.  Support for SFTP

    Bluefish Editor VS Editor

     
  10. Leafpad icon
     68 likes
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    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 implemented in the editor.

    98 Leafpad alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
    Discontinued

    Last stable release is from 2010. http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/leafpad/

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Simple text editor
    2.  Text editing
    3.  Graphical User Interface
    4.  Gtk
    5.  Drag and Drop

    Leafpad VS Editor

     
  11. JetBrains Fleet icon
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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.

    190 JetBrains Fleet alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Code Formatting
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Autocompletion
    6.  Support for MarkDown

    JetBrains Fleet VS Editor

     
  12. TextWrangler icon
     153 likes
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    TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool.

    93 TextWrangler alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    The developers announced that development of TextWrangler has stopped, in favor of concentrating their efforts on the development of BBEdit.Quoted from the TextWrangler webpage, "We are sunsetting TextWrangler, and we encourage anyone interested in TextWrangler to download and use BBEdit instead."

    TextWrangler Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
    2.  Search and Replace
    3.  Coding

    TextWrangler VS Editor

     
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