Leafpad Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Leafpad for Mac if you are looking to replace it. The most popular Mac alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Leafpad and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Leafpad are Atom (Free, Open Source), Sublime Text (Paid), Brackets (Free, Open Source) and gedit (Free, Open Source).

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The list of alternatives was last updated: 5/11/2020 10:37:00 AM

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Visual Studio Code

Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Built-in Terminal Autocompletion ... Intellisense Customizable Syntax Highlighting Code completion GIT support Plugins C++ support C# Scripting C support Graphical interface IDE Support for Javascript MarkDown support Multiple cursors Night mode/Dark Theme Ruby support Source code debugging Supports loads of file formats Supports Python Bugs Code formatting Code navigation Color coding of code Electron based Embedded debugger Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Extensions Git integration Mercurial support Minimap PHP IDE Remote Debugging Run Android Apps on Desktop Support for NodeJS Version and Source control Add a feature

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Atom

Atom is an open-source, Electron based text editor with a massive ecosystem of plugins and themes that are easily accessible through a built-in package manager. Being built with Electron, it uses web technology (HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Node.js) and offers the same editing experience across Mac, Windows and Linux desktops. Different from most editors, it uses that same technology for themes so the UI is highly configurable through HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable Support for Themes Community based ... Package Control GIT support Teletype GitHub integration Hackable Syntax Highlighting Autocompletion Clean design Code completion Collaborative writing Electron based Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Folder Hierarchy Fuzzy Finder Gitlab integration Interior Design Live collaboration Minimap Modular System Multiple languages Multiple cursors Night mode/Dark Theme Distraction-free UI Package Manager Plugin API Plugin manager Real time collaboration Separated workspaces Support for NodeJS Tabbed interface Unit Testing Add a feature

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Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free without an expiration time limit, however a license must be purchased for continued use.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Lightweight Package Control Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable ... Multiple cursors Syntax Highlighting Font Ligature Support High-dpi support Plugins Simple text editor Text editing Auto-saving Autocompletion Automatic packaging Clean design Code completion Directory structure Fullscreen support Memory footprint Minimap Distraction-free UI Php Plugin API Portable Python Ruby Scriptwriting Assistant Syntax Highlighting Auto-Refresh Add a feature

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Vim

Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. Vim offers several “modes” for editing with efficiency. This makes vim a non-user-friendly application but it is also a strength. The normal mode binds alphanumeric keys to task-oriented commands. The visual mode highlights text. The command-line mode offers more tools (for search&replace, defining functions, etc.
- I love vim, but it has an extremely steep learning curve and is terminal-based. Leafpad is a grandma-friendly graphical application for viewing and editing plain text files (in other words notepad.exe for Linux). rescuezilla • Apr 2020
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku ... OpenSolaris
Lightweight Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting ... Keyboard focused Plugins Well documented Built-in terminal emulation Command line interface Configurable For geek Hackable MarkDown support Batch Editing Command line Configurable Dedication to home row Developer Tools Support for Large File Lightweight Mnemonic key bindings Modal editor Native application Plugin manager Regex substitution Spell checking Terminal-based Vim Buffers Vim folding Visual Mode Word completion Add a feature

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Brackets

Brackets is an open-source editor for web design and development built on top of web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The project was created and is maintained by Adobe, and is released under an MIT License. With focused visual tools and preprocessor support, Brackets is a modern text editor that makes it easy to design in the browser. It's crafted from the ground up for web designers and front-end developers. Brackets is a lightweight, yet powerful, modern text editor.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell
Live Preview Autocompletion Integrated FTP client Syntax Highlighting ... Built-in Level Editor Extensible by Plugins/Extensions File-sync Git integration Multiple languages Streamlined interface Add a feature

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gedit

Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with plugins.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... GNOME OpenSolaris
Lightweight Autocompletion Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Spell checking ... Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

658 Like
GNU nano

GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.
- Nano is not a drop-in Leafpad replacement, but definitely suitable for users willing to use a terminal to view and edit plain text. It's lightweight and provides clear explanation on how to save/exit files. Nano is a great application for newbie Linux users to editing configuration files on headless machines like routers and server, since they don't need the advanced features and learning curve of Vim/vi. rescuezilla • Apr 2020
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku
Command line interface Automatic Indentation Search and replace Terminal-based Add a feature

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GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include: * Content-sensitive editing modes, including syntax coloring, for a variety of file types including plain text, source code, and HTML. * Complete built-in documentation, including a tutorial for new users.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Cross-platform Customizable Editable text color schemes ... Extensions Syntax Highlighting IDE IDE All Languages Package Control Scripting Self-documenting Terminal-based Add a feature

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Kate

The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application. In addition, we provide KWrite, a simple SDI editor shell which allows the user to select his/her favourite editor component. Kate Kate is a multi-document editor part of KDE since release 2.2.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD KDE
Editable text color schemes Native application Built-in Terminal Built-in themes ... Code formatting File management MarkDown support Notetaking Support for regular expressions Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Themes Add a feature

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Neovim

Neovim is a project that seeks to aggressively refactor Vim in order to: Simplify maintenance and encourage contributions. Split the work between multiple developers. Enable the implementation of new/modern user interfaces without any modifications to the core source. Improve extensibility with a new plugin architecture.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android BSD
Plugins Terminal-based Asynchronous Configurable ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Sane defaults Developer Tools Lightweight Syntax Highlighting Terminal emulator Add a feature

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