Espresso Alternatives

Apps similar to Espresso include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim. Text Editors like Espresso are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and Chrome OS.

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  1. UltraEdit icon
     163 likes

    UltraEdit is a commercially maintained editor built for critical work where performance, reliability, and security matter most.

    231 UltraEdit alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Lapce icon
     27 likes

    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    205 Lapce alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Pinegrow is a Mac, Windows and Linux web editor that lets you build responsive websites faster with live multi-page editing, CSS & SASS styling, CSS Grid editor and smart components for Bootstrap, Foundation and WordPress.

    111 Pinegrow Web Editor alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • CSS
    • Sass
    • Wordpress
    • Atom
    • Bootstrap
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  4. Windows Notepad icon
     182 likes

    Fast, streamlined editor with extensive features, bundled with Windows since 1985. Supports plain text, UTF-8, and over 100 languages with enhanced functionality since 2018, including dark mode, Bing search, and large file handling.

    147 Windows Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  5. Koi Editor icon
     4 likes

    Koi is a fast, native code editor for macOS built around low-latency editing, local workflows, and privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  6. RubyMine icon
     38 likes

    Comprehensive IDE specialized for Ruby and Rails, offering smart code completion, advanced navigation, error analysis, refactoring tools, integrated debugging, test frameworks, and web development support alongside extensive VCS integration and plugin extensibility.

    25 RubyMine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Nova icon
     8 likes

    The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.

    135 Nova alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. BBEdit icon
     48 likes

    BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text.

    132 BBEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  9. Xed Editor icon
     7 likes

    Xed Editor is a versatile text and code editor designed specifically for Android devices, offering users the ability to create, edit, and manage their text and code files with ease on their mobile devices.

    61 Xed Editor alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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  10. SlickEdit icon
     14 likes

    SlickEdit is a cross-platform, multi-language code editor that gives programmers the ability to code in over 40 languages on 7 platforms.

    92 SlickEdit alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. RJ TextEd icon
     29 likes

    RJ TextEd is a full featured text and source editor with Unicode support, syntax highlighting and code folding. The functionality extends beyond text files and includes support for HTML editing with integrated preview, spell checking, auto completion, HTML validation, templates...

    126 RJ TextEd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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