3989 Like Notepad++ Good alternative? YES NO Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Lightweight Autocompletion Block edit Code formatting Color coding Configurable ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Live Preview Multiple languages Plugin manager Support for regular expressions Tabbed interface Add a feature
1589 Like Sublime Text Good alternative? YES NO 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. ... Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Lightweight Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Package Control Multiple cursors Autocompletion Automatic packaging ... Code completion Customizable Optimize for fast boot Memory footprint Minimap Distraction-free UI Scriptwriting Assistant Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
984 Like Vim Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku OpenSolaris Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting Keyboard focused Modal editor Spell checking ... Terminal-based Visual Mode Word completion Add a feature
286 Like Visual Studio Code Good alternative? YES NO Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Built-in Terminal Customizable Intellisense Code completion Dark theme ... Lightweight Multiple cursors Autocompletion Bugs C# Scripting Embedded debugger Git integration GIT support MarkDown support Mercurial support Syntax Highlighting Version and Source control Add a feature
601 Like gedit Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD GNOME OpenSolaris Autocompletion Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
423 Like Geany Good alternative? YES NO Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Xfce Code navigation Customizable Support for Large File Lightweight Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
200 Like Komodo Edit Good alternative? YES NO Komodo Edit is a fast, smart, free and open-source code editor. Switching your trusty code editor is hard, but give Komodo Edit (or its big brother... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
276 Like Notepad2 Good alternative? YES NO Notepad2 is a fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting. Simple as possible, but yet powerful. Has full Unicode support. Can be run out of... Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Syntax Highlighting Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 4.2.25, released on October 28, 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.
189 Like PSPad Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Windows Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
149 Like Notepad Good alternative? YES NO Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Not available for download; bundled with all versions of Windows. Free Windows Support for Unicode Bundled with Windows Add a feature
138 Like UltraEdit Good alternative? YES NO 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... Commercial Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
60 Like Leafpad Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD Cygwin MacPorts Drag n drop Lightweight Add a feature
105 Like jEdit Good alternative? YES NO jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with a large collection of plugins. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
34 Like Notepad2-mod Good alternative? YES NO A modified version (fork) of Notepad2 based on Kai Liu's and other people's patches. Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Syntax Highlighting Support for Unicode Add a feature
60 Like EmEditor Good alternative? YES NO EmEditor is a fast Unicode text editor for Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 supporting large files, scriptable macros, CSV files, keyword highlighting and more. Commercial Windows Import CSV data Windows Explorer integration Support for Unicode Add a feature
