gedit Alternatives

gedit is described as 'Extensible text editor with UTF-8 support, syntax highlighting for many languages, remote file editing, customizable interface, and plugin integration' and is a leading Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to gedit for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best gedit alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like gedit are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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  1. Left icon
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    Left is a distractionless writing tool with auto-complete, a synonyms dictionary, writing statistics, markup-based navigation and a speed-reader.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. WriterClassic icon
     2 likes

    Free open-source text editor providing multi-language support, customizable themes including user-created options, plugin integration, Python-based core, quick document signing, and compatibility with any plain text file while maintaining a lightweight, intuitive experience.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Araneae icon
     3 likes

    Lightweight text editor featuring syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, instant browser preview even unsaved, tabbed documents, drag-and-drop for files and images, customizable quick clips, and a streamlined design focused on web coding.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Rustroid icon
     1 like

    A Rust IDE for Android.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. YuranPad icon
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    Download YuranPad for free. YuranPad is a free text editor, for both platforms : Microsoft Windows 7/8/10/XP/Vista/2003 and Linux (distributions like : Mint, Debian, Ubuntu, Centos, Redhat, Fedora, ...) with minimal system requirements.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Notepad icon
     1 like

    Notepad is a fast and distraction-free online writing space. Capture thoughts, take notes, and share instantly. Perfect for quick ideas, to-do lists, etc.

    54 Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. ATPad icon
     3 likes

    ATPad is a simple Notepad replacement written in pure C and Windows API. Keeping simplicity of Notepad it provides many additional features. 90kb UPX repacked.

    182 ATPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • The Portable Freeware Collection
     
  8. FavoText icon
     2 likes

    FavoText is a text editor, which supports editing file with text/hex format, syntax highlighting and auto completion; it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. NotepadX icon
     3 likes

    NotepadX is a simple text editor. With NotepadX you're be able to create standard text files, open text files and edit them. The finished file can be sent directly from the app via E-Mail, stored locally or uploaded online to OneDrive.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Alternate TextBrowser allows a fast navigation through text-files. The program offers the possibility to open multiple text-files at once.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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