Howl Alternatives

Howl is described as 'General purpose editor that aims to be both lightweight and fully customizable. It is built on top of the very fast LuaJIT runtime, and can be extended in either Lua or Moonscript. It has a minimalistic UI driven mainly by the keyboard' and is a Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Howl for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Howl alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Howl are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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    Text Edit Plus is a lightweight tool that enables users to easily create new text documents or to modify existing ones. The application is designed as an alternative to Notepad, by offering a wider set of features. Some of the features: Adding date and time.

    120 Text Edit Plus alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Windows
     
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    Features of Simple Code Editor include: Theming, Emmet support, a minimalist interface, syntax highlighting, and more.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
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    LopeEdit is a powerful programmers editor and a replacement of Windows Notepad. It has tabs to select between open files, supports syntax highlighting of multiple programing languages (C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript, XML, HTML, ASP, JSP, SQL, Cobol, C#, CSS...

    127 LopeEdit alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Bundleware

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    • Windows
     
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    web based source code editor for most popular programming languages and data files, in Windows servers (IIS).

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    Appy Text is a super fast + lightweight text editor. Immersive too - more content, less chrome. If you're a Notepad user but have been looking for a charmingly simple, modern and free alternative then look no further. Made (carefully) for PC, tablet and phone.

    123 Appy Text alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
     
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    Deepin Editor is a desktop text editor that supports common text editing features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Deepin
     
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    Fork of Caret Editor that has full Tern integration (Intellisense for Javascript)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
     
  8. Leafier icon
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    A simple, lightweight and easy to use HTML editor worth having when you need to view and edit what document you want, as well as insert new HTML and CSS tags.

    65 Leafier alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  9. Whisk icon
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    Tumult Whisk is the lightweight HTML and PHP editor with a live preview pane that displays the updated page as you type. It is an essential app for your web dev toolkit.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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    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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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Free text and markdown editor. Developer friendly thanks to integrated Dark mode and syntax highlighting of code. Secure your notes on the fly with our AES encoder. Multi-notes and draft support. Available on all platforms.

    181 znote alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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