GNU Emacs Alternatives

GNU Emacs is described as 'Extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core n interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:' and is a very popular Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to GNU Emacs for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best GNU Emacs alternative is Obsidian, which is free. Other great apps like GNU Emacs are Notepad++, Visual Studio Code, VSCodium and Sublime Text.

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GNU Emacs alternatives page was last updated Sep 10, 2024
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  1. PilotEdit icon

    PilotEdit

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    PilotEdit Lite is an advanced text and hex editor that supports opening of files larger than 4GB. It offers customizable syntax and keyword highlighting, advanced search and replace operations, HEX mode, column mode, and more.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    PilotEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex Editor
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Integrated FTP client
    5.  Support for Large File

    PilotEdit VS GNU Emacs

     
  2. Xed Editor icon

    Xed Editor

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    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.

    50 Xed Editor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    Xed Editor Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Syntax Highlighting

    Xed Editor VS GNU Emacs

     
  4. EasyOrg icon

    EasyOrg

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    EasyOrg is a Task Management and Personal Project Management app. Your data is store in regular text files in Emacs org-mode format. You can write your tasks and notes in an editor or by using a graphical user interface.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    EasyOrg screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Subtasks
    3.  Calendar View
    4.  Reminders
    5.  Task Time Tracking
    6.  Goal Tracking
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Live Preview
    10.  WYSIWYG Support
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Goal Setting

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  5. Cream (for Vim) icon

    Cream (for Vim)

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    Cream is a free text editor.

    A modern configuration of the powerful and famous Vim , Cream is for Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and FreeBSD.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Vim
    Cream (for Vim) screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last update on 2018.

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  6. Cursive IDE icon

    Cursive IDE

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    Cursive is a is a ClojureScript IDE available as an extension for IntelliJ IDEA. It provides a full-featured tool-set including advanced structural editing, refactoring, VCS integration and much more, all out of the box.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • IntelliJ IDEA
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  7. RJ TextEd icon

    RJ TextEd

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    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...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    RJ TextEd screenshot 1

    RJ TextEd Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Syntax Highlighting

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  9. 4coder icon

    4coder

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    4coder is a minimalist, cross platform, programmable, code editing environment, catering to the needs of low level programmers. It allows you to use one work flow across Windows, Linux, and Mac (with the exception of your debugger... for now.).

    167 4coder alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    4coder screenshot 1

    4coder Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable

    4coder VS GNU Emacs

     
  10. Yi icon

    Yi

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    Yi is a text editor written, and extensible in, the Haskell programming language. It can be made to behave like emacs or like vi.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    The Vty frontend
    Discontinued

    Project possibly abandoned. No activities for two years, and last release in 2017.In this GitHub issue, the developer discussed about the future of the project: https://github.com/yi-editor/yi/issues/1114

    Yi Features

    1.  EMACS

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  11. Caret icon

    Caret

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    Caret is a lightweight-but-powerful programmer's editor running as a Chrome Packaged App. Inspired by Sublime and built on top of the Ace editing component, it offers:

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    Caret screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Github repository has been archived by the owner on Mar 17, 2022

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Code Completion

    Caret VS GNU Emacs

     
  12. Ki Editor icon

    Ki Editor

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    Ki Editor is a modal editor that supports multi-cursor structural editing.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust
    Ki Editor screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Automatic Indentation
    9.  Modal editor
    10.  Built-in File Manager
    11.  Multiple Cursors

    Ki Editor VS GNU Emacs

     
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