EmEditor AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like EmEditor

Alternatives list

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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   Guest

   Positive comment•Sep 10, 2019

   2

   handles more file types and is very customizable

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • Most users think Visual Studio Code is a great EmEditor alternative.

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

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

   • Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryEmEditor is Freemium and Proprietary
   • Visual Studio Code is CustomizableEmEditor is not according to our users
2. 

   

   Sublime Text

    2036 likes

   Powerful editor blending code, markup, and prose editing with enhanced features like multi-tab selection, side-by-side definition viewing, and multiple selection tools for swift code navigation.

   190 Sublime Text alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium (Pay once)
   • Proprietary

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Origin

   • Australia

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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4. 

   

   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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   Guest

   Negative comment•Sep 3, 2025

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   emEditor is more simple text editor

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • VSCodium is the most popular Open Source alternative to EmEditor.

   • VSCodium is Free and Open SourceEmEditor is Freemium and Proprietary
   • VSCodium is Customizable, Privacy focused and LightweightEmEditor is not according to our users
5. 

   

   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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6. 

   

   Zed Editor

    98 likes

   Blazing fast code editor offering real-time multi-user collaboration, language-aware syntax highlighting, integrated terminal, multi-buffers for tab-free editing, built-in Vim mode, searchable outline, AI coding assistance, advanced keyboard commands, and cross-platform support.

   83 Zed Editor alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium (Subscription)
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • IDE

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak

   

   

   

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7. 

   

   gedit

    693 likes

   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 plugins.

   190 gedit alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Text Editor
   • Code Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Chrome OS
   • BSD
   • GNOME
   • OpenSolaris
   • Flathub

   

   

   

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   GNU nano

    289 likes

   GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.

   152 GNU nano alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Text Editor
   • Code Editor

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku

   

   

   

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    Edit

     19 likes

    Open-source command-line text editor for Windows with a modern interface inspired by MS-DOS Editor, featuring key bindings, lightweight build under 250KB, multi-file handling with ctrl + P, keyboard-optimized navigation, and direct file editing for developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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11. 

    

    Pulsar Editor

     47 likes

    A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, built on Electron. and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.

    74 Pulsar Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Electron

    

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12. 

    

    Notepad3

     63 likes

    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    210 Notepad3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Text Editor
    • Code Editor

    Origin

    • South Africa

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    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

    

    

    

    +3

    

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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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