Helix Alternatives

Apps similar to Helix include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim. You're spoiled for choice with Text Editors like Helix: we list more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and the web.

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  1. Corezoid Process Engine helps companies build, manage, host and run their processes in the cloud without coding. Get your free 30-day trial with the unlimited version of Corezoid right now, including basic support, documentation and learning center.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    A small and easy to use console text editor.

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Termux
    • Android
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    A dead simple plain-text editor. A bit like TextEdit or Notepad but even simpler and with fewer features. No hidden text. No formatting. No settings. One textarea and the current file. Raw bytes in, raw bytes out, UTF-8 by default, no line-ending weirdness. Install easily as a web app.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. A high performance, lightweight native x64 Windows text editor with an optional AI assistant and a unique multi profile system.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  5. This tool can transform texts into a variety of formats/structures. It can assist tasks of data formatting and coding. Formatting steps can be stored and reused. The tool includes text-to-speech of various languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. NEO Emacs icon
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    GPU powered Emacs written in Rust with a modern display engine. Aiming for modern design & multi-threaded Elisp, 10x performance, zero-pause concurrent GC and 100% Emacs compatibility.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. A lightweight, minimal and powerful code editor. This editor has many features. Some of them are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Fast, lightweight editor for Windows that combines a Markdown knowledge base, a code editor, an SQL client and AI assistant integration.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  9. Bim is a Vim-inspired, terminal text editor originally built for ToaruOS but also available for Linux, Sortix, FreeBSD, and macOS. Bim aims to be lightweight and featureful with no external dependencies, providing a modern editing experience...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Smallest Vi-clone text editor for Windows (62KB) that runs in terminal and SSH sessions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    A nano like text editor built with pure C.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Ki Editor is a modal editor that supports multi-cursor structural editing.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust
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