3989 Like Notepad++ Good alternative? YES NO Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Lightweight Autocompletion Block edit Code formatting Color coding Configurable ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Live Preview Multiple languages Plugin manager Support for regular expressions Tabbed interface Add a feature
276 Like Notepad2 Good alternative? YES NO Notepad2 is a fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting. Simple as possible, but yet powerful. Has full Unicode support. Can be run out of... Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Syntax Highlighting Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 4.2.25, released on October 28, 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.
149 Like Notepad Good alternative? YES NO Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Not available for download; bundled with all versions of Windows. Free Windows Support for Unicode Bundled with Windows Add a feature
130 Like SciTE Good alternative? YES NO SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running... Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Xfce No features added Add a feature
34 Like Notepad2-mod Good alternative? YES NO A modified version (fork) of Notepad2 based on Kai Liu's and other people's patches. Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Syntax Highlighting Support for Unicode Add a feature
43 Like WordPad Good alternative? YES NO WordPad is a simple word processor that is included with almost all versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 95 onwards. It is the successor of Windows 3.1s Write.... Commercial Windows No features added Add a feature
54 Like Programmer's Notepad Alternative? YES NO Notepad more focused on developing than just scribble down notes. These is not an exhaustive feature list, but gives you some idea of the features present in... Free Open Source Windows Syntax Highlighting Multiple languages Support for regular expressions Search and replace Tabbed interface Add a feature
26 Like SynWrite Good alternative? YES NO SynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. SynWrite features: syntax highlighting for lots of languages;... Free Open Source Windows Total Commander Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
16 Like Scratch Good alternative? YES NO Scratch is the text editor that works for you. It auto-saves your files, meaning they're always up-to-date. Plus it remembers your tabs so you never lose your spot... Free Open Source Linux Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Scripting Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Add a feature
29 Like TextEdit Good alternative? YES NO When you need to create text documents, TextEdit is a highly versatile word processor, including tools to format and layout your page, edit and stylize text, check... Free Mac No features added Add a feature
11 Like Pe (Programmer’s Editor) Alternative? YES NO Pe, short for Programmer’s Editor, is an open source text editor for BeOS. It is targeted towards source-code editing, and features syntax highlighting for a large... Free Open Source Haiku Support for FTP Search and replace Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
8 Like Text Editor Pro Good alternative? YES NO Text Editor Pro (formerly EditBone) is a powerful text editing tool that comes with syntax highlighting, support for over 50 languages and scripts, 22 different styles... Free Open Source Windows Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
8 Like Thunderpad Good alternative? YES NO Thunderpad (formerly Textpad) is a simple, general-purpose and cross-platform text editor written in C++ using the Qt libraries. Thunderpad aims to be faster and more... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Lightweight Distraction-free UI Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
9 Like Syncplify.me Notepad! Alternative? YES NO Notepad! is the free, powerful, feature-rich replacement for your Windows Notepad. This software is completely free to use, for both personal and business purposes. With... Free Windows Support for regular expressions Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Add a feature
7 Like Notepas Good alternative? YES NO Notepas is a fast portable native multiplatform text editor written in Lazarus and can be compiled for multiple platforms and widget sets using the advanced native Free... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Search and replace Syntax Highlighting Support for Unicode Add a feature
