FoldingText Alternatives

FoldingText is described as 'Makes you productive in easily formatted plain text. Turn your ideas into plans. Your to-dos into results. Your writing into clear, focused documents' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to FoldingText for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Web-based apps. The best FoldingText alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FoldingText are Kate, gedit, GNU Emacs and GNU nano.

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FoldingText makes you productive in easily formatted plain text. Turn your ideas into plans. Your to-dos into results. Your writing into clear, focused documents.

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FoldingText alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
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  1. Xed icon

    Xed

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    A text editor forked from Pluma and Gedit. Xed is the default text editor of Linux Mint. It can be customized and is available in multiple languages.

    155 Xed alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IE flagIreland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Xed screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  No registration required
    3.  X server
    4.  Support for Unicode
    5.  Automatic Indentation

    Xed VS FoldingText

     
  2. ReText icon

    ReText

     48 likes
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    ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.

    201 ReText alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    ReText screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Live Preview
    3.  WYSIWYG Support
    4.  ReStructuredText

    ReText VS FoldingText

     
  4. Nova icon

    Nova

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

    128 Nova alternatives

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    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Nova screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  Live Preview
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Support for FTP

    Nova VS FoldingText

     
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    EmEditor

    EmEditor is a versatile text, code, and CSV editor designed for Windows. It offers lightweight, user-friendly, and extendable platform, with both 32-bit and 64-bit builds. The software also features AI-assisted writing.

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  6. Legend icon

    Legend

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    Legend (formerly Moo.do) is a notepad, a to-do list, and an outliner, but with advanced features that make the cloud-based application much more useful than any of those tools would be on their own.

    173 Legend alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Legend screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Live Preview
    3.  AES-256 Encryption
    4.  Recurring Tasks
    5.  Hierarchical Structure
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Full-Text Search
    8.  File Tagging
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Calendar View
    11.  Subtasks
    12.  Calendar Integration

    Legend VS FoldingText

     

    • Legend is the most popular SaaS alternative to FoldingText.

    • Legend is Freemium and ProprietaryFoldingText is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Programmer's Notepad icon

    Programmer's Notepad

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    Notepad more focused on developing than just scribble down notes.

    These is not an exhaustive feature list, but gives you some idea of the features present in Programmer’s Notepad.

    • Syntax Highlighting for lots of languages, configured with schemes
    • Multi-language use.
    128 Programmer's Notepad alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PN on Vista
    Discontinued

    not updated since 3 dec 2016

    Programmer's Notepad Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Multiple languages
    5.  Support for regular expressions
    6.  Search and Replace

    Programmer's Notepad VS FoldingText

     
  8. HTMLPad icon

    HTMLPad

     9 likes
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    HTML, CSS, JavaScript editor featuring AI-assisted code improvements, HTML validator, spell check, FTP access, snippet library, and multi-browser previews for effective web development.

    75 HTMLPad alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • LV flagLatvia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    HTMLPad screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Support for FTP
    4.  Support for SFTP

    HTMLPad VS FoldingText

     
  10. EditPlus icon

    EditPlus

     30 likes
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    EditPlus is a text editor, HTML editor and programmers editor for Windows. While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.

    66 EditPlus alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main window

    EditPlus Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  PHP IDE
    3.  Support for regular expressions
    4.  Support for FTP
    5.  Search and Replace
    6.  Tabbed interface
    7.  Shell integration
    8.  Integrated Web Browser
    9.  Support for Unicode

    EditPlus VS FoldingText

     
  11. Espresso icon

    Espresso

     87 likes
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    Espresso is a powerful text editor for web developers, from the creators of CSSEdit .

    79 Espresso alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • BE flagBelgium
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Main window and preview

    Espresso Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Spell Checking
    3.  Code Completion
    4.  Live css editing

    Espresso VS FoldingText

     
  12. MacVim icon

    MacVim

     32 likes
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    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:

    88 MacVim alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    MacVim screenshot 1

    MacVim Features

    1.  No registration required

    MacVim VS FoldingText

     
  13. QuickNote icon

    QuickNote

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    Virtual scrapbook for Desktop with a plain text editor. With Quicknote, in its resizable window you can jot down your notes and organize them in categories. Beneath the normal text functions, it can let you directly access frequently run programs, manage windows tasks, and even...

    153 QuickNote alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Copy Text from dialog boxes or error-messages

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Reminders
    5.  Sketch

    QuickNote VS FoldingText

     
  14. metapad icon

    metapad

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    Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepads features and much...

    107 metapad alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window and Settings
    Discontinued

    The last update was in 2012.

    metapad Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Simple text editor

    metapad VS FoldingText

     
  15. TaskPaper icon

    TaskPaper

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    Make lists and get organized. TaskPaper is a plain text to-do list that’s surprisingly adept.

    121 TaskPaper alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    TaskPaper screenshot 1

    TaskPaper Features

    1.  Outliner

    TaskPaper VS FoldingText

     
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