Emacs Prelude AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like Emacs Prelude

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1. 

   

   Visual Studio Code

    1367 likes

   Free and extensible code editor with built-in Git support, smart IntelliSense, integrated debugger, 30,000+ extensions, works offline, supports markdown and syntax highlighting for numerous languages.

   201 Visual Studio Code alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • IDE

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Chrome OS
   • Snapcraft

   

   

   

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   • Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Emacs Prelude.

   • Visual Studio Code is the most popular free alternative to Emacs Prelude.

   • Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryEmacs Prelude is Free and Open Source
   • Visual Studio Code is CustomizableEmacs Prelude is not according to our users
2. 

   

   VSCodium

    389 likes

   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.

   194 VSCodium alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • IDE

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Flathub
   • Electron
   • Snapcraft
   • Homebrew
   • Chocolatey

   

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   • VSCodium is the most popular Open Source alternative to Emacs Prelude.

   • VSCodium is Free and Open SourceEmacs Prelude is also Free and Open Source
   • VSCodium is Customizable, Privacy focused and LightweightEmacs Prelude is not according to our users
4. 

   

   Vim

    1340 likes

   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.

   212 Vim alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Origin

   • Netherlands
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku
   • AmigaOS
   • OpenSolaris
   • MorphOS
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak
   • Snapcraft

   

   

   

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   Neovim

    186 likes

   Refactored version of Vim, simplifying maintenance, improving developer contributions, and enabling new user interfaces. Features extensible plugin architecture, lightweight resource usage, syntax highlighting, no registration, ad-free, and distraction-free mode.

   103 Neovim alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Chocolatey
   • Flathub
   • Snapcraft

   

   

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6. 

   

   GNU Emacs

    387 likes

   GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:

   178 GNU Emacs alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Text Editor
   • Code Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • BSD
   • Snapcraft
   • F-Droid
   • Haiku
   • Debian
   • MacPorts
   • Homebrew

   

   

   

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   • GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to Emacs Prelude.

   • GNU Emacs is Free and Open SourceEmacs Prelude is also Free and Open Source
   • GNU Emacs is Customizable, Privacy focused and LightweightEmacs Prelude is not according to our users
7. 

   

   Helix

    34 likes

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

   91 Helix alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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9. 

   

   CudaText

    54 likes

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

   194 CudaText alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Origin

   • Russia

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Flathub
   • Haiku

   

   

   

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    Lapce

     26 likes

    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    189 Lapce alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Code Editor
    • IDE

    Origin

    • China

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Kakoune

     20 likes

    Vim inspired text editor with support for multiple selections and scores of other "out of the box" features.

    83 Kakoune alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Origin

    • France
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Cygwin

    

    

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12. 

    

    Editor

     4 likes

    Simple Android text editor.

    76 Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Text Editor
    • Code Editor

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    

    

    

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    • Editor is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Emacs Prelude.

    • Editor is Free and Open SourceEmacs Prelude is also Free and Open Source
    • Editor is LightweightEmacs Prelude is not according to our users
13. 

    

    Spacemacs

     27 likes

    Spacemacs is an beautiful Emacs distribution designed for both GNU Emacs and Vim users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Origin

    • France
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    MacVim

     32 likes

    MacVim is a port of the text editor Vim to macOS. MacVim supports multiple windows with tabbed editing and a host of other features such as:

    87 MacVim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Text Editor
    • Code Editor

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

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