Helix Alternatives

Helix is described as 'Fast text editor for the terminal inspired by modal editors like Kakoune and Neovim. Built as a native app using ' and is a Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Helix for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Helix alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Helix are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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    Lines is a modern and minimalist text editor - IDE with support for over 150 programming languages, embedded code inspectors and many other cool tools to help you write better code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Notepad icon
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    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
     
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    McWig is a modal, Vim-like text editor written in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. Haystack IDE icon
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    The canvas-based IDE that makes navigation and refactoring 10x faster.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  5. Onivim 2 icon
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    Onivim 2 is a retro-futuristic modal editor - the next iteration of the Onivim project - combining Vim-style modal editing with the aesthetics and language features of modern editors.

    75 Onivim 2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Tilde icon
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    Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.

    128 Tilde alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. TEXTREME icon
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    TEXTREME is a lively, animated text editor with the feel of a retro videogame complete with sounds and game-like visual effects. The screen shakes as you type while particle effects decorate new characters.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. ATPad icon
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    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.

    184 ATPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • The Portable Freeware Collection
     
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