Notepad++ 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 Support for FTP Live Preview Macros Feature Multiple languages Plugin manager Portable Support for regular expressions Side-by-Side comparison Tabbed interface Add a feature 4121 Like
Sublime Text 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 OS X Windows Linux Lightweight Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Multiple cursors Package Control ... Customizable Auto-saving Autocompletion Automatic packaging Code completion Optimized for fast boot Memory footprint Minimap Distraction-free UI Plugin API Plugins Feature Portable Scriptwriting Assistant Syntax Highlighting Add a feature 1658 Like
Vim 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 OS X Windows Linux BSD Haiku ... OpenSolaris Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting Configurability ... Keyboard focused Lightweight Modal editor Plugin manager Small size Spell checking Terminal-based Visual Mode Word completion Works on all OSs Add a feature 1027 Like
Notepad2 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PortableApps.com Lightweight Portable Small size Syntax Highlighting Add a feature 280 Like Discontinued The program is no longer updated.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.
TextMate TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both... Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac OS X Automatic Indentation Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Search and replace Syntax Highlighting ... Support for Themes Add a feature 245 Like
Notepad 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 152 Like
UltraEdit 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 OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 144 Like
PSPad 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 Lightweight Portable Add a feature 191 Like
TextWrangler TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool. At its most basic, a text editor is a tool for simply editing... Free Mac OS X Search and replace Support for Unicode Add a feature 145 Like Discontinued The developers announced that development of TextWrangler has stopped, in favor of concentrating their efforts on the development of BBEdit. Quoted from the TextWrangler webpage, "We are sunsetting TextWrangler, and we encourage anyone interested in TextWrangler to download and use BBEdit instead."
jEdit jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with a large collection of plugins. Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 107 Like
EditPad Lite EditPad Lite is a general-purpose text editor, designed to be small & compact, yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor. It is a step... Free Personal Windows Support for Large File Minimalistic Multiple languages Portable Add a feature 39 Like
CotEditor Syntax Highlighting: Colorize more than 50 pre-installed major languages like HTML, PHP, Python, Ruby or Markdown. You can also create your own settings. Scriptable:... Free Open Source Mac OS X macOS-like Colored Text File Versioning Add a feature 21 Like
Editra Editra is a multi-platform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy to use interface and features that aid in code development. Currently it... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 21 Like Discontinued The latest version available for download from the website is nearly 5 years old, from 2013. The last sign of activity on the blog ( a blog post ) is from 2015.
TextEdit When you need to create text documents, TextEdit is a highly versatile word processor, including tools to format and layout your page, edit and stylize text, check... Free Mac OS X No features added Add a feature 29 Like
Scribes A text editor for GNOME that combines simplicity with power. Scribes focuses on streamlining your workflow. It does so by ensuring common and repetitive operations... Free Open Source Linux Syntax Highlighting Add a feature 25 Like
