Large Text File Viewer AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like Large Text File Viewer

Large Text File Viewer is described as 'Have you ever felt frustrated when you just want to look at the content of a large text file but it takes forever for Notepad or Word to open it? This program was designed for viewing large (>1GB) text files' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are nine alternatives to Large Text File Viewer for Windows, Linux, Windows Phone and Mac. The best Large Text File Viewer alternative is EmEditor, which is free. Other great apps like Large Text File Viewer are Universal Viewer, glogg, EditPad Lite and JujuEdit.

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Have you ever felt frustrated when you just want to look at the content of a large text file but it takes forever for Notepad or Word to open it? This program was designed for viewing large (>1GB) text files.

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Large Text File Viewer alternatives page was last updated Feb 22, 2018
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  1. EmEditor icon
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    EmEditor is a versatile text, code, and CSV editor designed for Windows. It offers lightweight, user-friendly, and extendable platform, with both 32-bit and 64-bit builds. The software also features AI-assisted writing.

    124 EmEditor alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    EmEditor Features

    1.  Import CSV Data
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Support for Large File
    4.  Support for Unicode

    EmEditor VS Large Text File Viewer

     
    • EmEditor is the most popular Windows alternative to Large Text File Viewer.

    • EmEditor is the most popular free alternative to Large Text File Viewer.

    • EmEditor is Freemium and ProprietaryLarge Text File Viewer is Free and Proprietary
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    Universal Viewer is an advanced file viewer for wide range of formats. Supported file formats are:

    160 Universal Viewer alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The latest version (6.7.9) is from 2021.

    Universal Viewer Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for Large File

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  3. glogg icon
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    glogg is a multi-platform GUI application to browse and search through long or complex log files. It is designed with programmers and system administrators in mind. glogg can be seen as a graphical, interactive combination of grep and less.

    41 glogg alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update was in May 2017.

    glogg Features

    1.  Multi-tabs
    2.  Support for Large File

    glogg VS Large Text File Viewer

     
    • glogg is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Large Text File Viewer.

    • glogg is the most popular Open Source alternative to Large Text File Viewer.

    • glogg is Free and Open SourceLarge Text File Viewer is Free and Proprietary
  4. EditPad Lite icon
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    EditPad Lite is a compact general-purpose text editor. Use EditPad Lite to easily edit any kind of plain text file. EditPad Lite has all the essential features to make text editing a breeze:

    123 EditPad Lite alternatives

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Support for Large File
    4.  Support for regular expressions

    EditPad Lite VS Large Text File Viewer

     
  5. JujuEdit icon
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    JujuEdit is a file editor, or alternatively a text editor with knobs-on. It is an application designed for me and people like me. At its simplest, it makes a fine replacement for Notepad. It may appeal more to computer nerds who like syntax hilighting and advanced find/replace...

    153 JujuEdit alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.44, released in September 2006, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    JujuEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex-Based map
    3.  Support for Large File

    JujuEdit VS Large Text File Viewer

     
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    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 multi-document editing, split editing (two views of the same document, side by side, with synchronized...

    115 Syncplify.me Notepad! alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Syncplify.me Notepad! Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable
    3.  Support for regular expressions
    4.  Support for Large File
    5.  Tabbed interface

    Syncplify.me Notepad! VS Large Text File Viewer

     
  7. Ynote Classic icon
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    Ynote Classic is an easy to use fast and advanced text editor with a tabbed interface and multiview. It has intelligent Syntax Highlighting, Code Folding , Auto Indent and autocompletion. It can highlight any language you like using Regular Expressions.

    165 Ynote Classic alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The last release was in July 2018.

    Ynote Classic Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Support for Large File
    4.  Automatic Indentation
    5.  Support for regular expressions

    Ynote Classic VS Large Text File Viewer

     
  8. Textplorer icon
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    Textplorer supports data field coloring in structured files, ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, MAC or user defined character sets, CRLF detection, bookmarks, fast load of large files,...

    64 Textplorer alternatives

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Textplorer Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Support for Large File

    Textplorer VS Large Text File Viewer

     
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    Large text viewer was designed for viewing large text files (over gigabytes). It uses small amount of memory and you can view file before it's completely loaded.

    9 Large text viewer alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone

    Large text viewer Features

    1.  Support for Large File

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