Alternatives to Left for all platforms with any license

Atom

A hackable text editor for the 21st Century. At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also...
- If you seek something more complete than Left then use Atom. Otherwise if you just want a text editor use Left Guest • Feb 2018
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable Support for Themes Package Control ... Community based GIT support Teletype Autocompletion Clean design Code completion Collaborative writing Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Folder Hierarchy Fuzzy Finder GitHub integration Gitlab integration Hackable Integrated Development Environment Interior Design Live collaboration Minimap Modular System Multiple languages Multiple cursors Support for Multiple programming languages Distraction-free UI Package Manager Plugin API Plugin manager Real time collaboration Separated workspaces Support for NodeJS Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Unit Testing Add a feature

933 Like
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...

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

638 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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku
Command line interface Automatic Indentation Search and replace Terminal-based Add a feature

213 Like
Kate

Text editor for the KDE desktop environment with support for multiple languages and syntax highlighting. It is extensible with plugins. Features a MDI interface. ...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD KDE
Code formatting Support for regular expressions Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Add a feature

192 Like
Notepad

Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Not available for download; bundled with all versions of Windows.

Free Windows
Lightweight Support for Unicode Bundled with Windows Add a feature

159 Like
Paper

"Blank paper has always inspired me." — Daniel Handler, writer and musician Ignite your inspiration with a clean sheet of Paper. · Gorgeous...

Freemium $ $ $ Mac
Ad-free Customizable Distraction free writing Fullscreen support ... MarkDown support Minimalistic Night mode/Dark Theme Distraction-free UI Syntax Highlighting WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

3 Like
TabNote

use your Browser as your Notepad, take notes while you are browsing. From now on for notepad, you don't have to go anywhere, convert your browser into your...

Free Web Chrome OS Chrome
Google Chrome Extensions Add a feature

2 Like
TabNote-

TabNote is a free and offline chrome extension which can use to take notes while you are browsing the web. 🤗 🤖 You can customize your TabNote by...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Chrome OS ... Self-Hosted Chrome
No features added Add a feature

1 Like
MS Paint IDE

People joke about what IDE they use often, things like Word, MS Notepad, sometimes even Eclipse, and then often times MS Paint. People joke about MS Paint because...

Free Open Source Windows Microsoft Paint
No features added Add a feature

1 Like
Lines code editor

Lines is a modern and minimalist text editor - IDE with support for over 150 programming languages, embedded code inspectors and many other cool tools to help you write...

Free Windows Linux
Autocompletion Built-in Color picker External commands Integrated Search ... Integrated Web Browser Javascript scripting Distraction-free UI No Internet required Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

0 Like
Neon Notepad

A modern notepad featuring a 'Keep On Top' mode and 'acrylic design' - inspired by the simplicity and minimalist design of the classic windows notepad.

Free Windows Windows S Windows Phone
Picture in Picture Add a feature

0 Like
Code Writer

Code Writer is a free text and code editor app for the Windows platform, downloadable from the Windows Store. Use it as a replacement for Notepad and other quick edit...

Free Windows
No features added Add a feature

0 Like