Lime Text Alternatives and Similar Software

Alternatives to Lime Text for all platforms with any license

Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions.

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Lightweight Code formatting Portable Tabbed interface ... Support for Javascript Plugins Custom Language Definitions Customer support Debugger Macros Multiple languages Multiple Open Tabs Search and replace Text formatting Auto-saving Autocompletion Block edit Built-in editor Color coding Column edit mode Configurable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for FTP Integrated Search Live Preview Native GUI Plugin manager Support for regular expressions Side-by-Side comparison Add a feature

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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.
- It has about the same features. chavellas • Feb 2017
Free Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Built-in Terminal Code completion ... Autocompletion Customizable GIT support Syntax Highlighting Code completion Multiple cursors Plugins C# Scripting C support Extensions Graphical interface IDE Support for Javascript Lint support MarkDown support Multiple languages Night mode/Dark Theme Remote Debugging Ruby support Source code debugging Supports Python Theme Customization Support for Themes Code formatting Code navigation Color coding of code Electron based Embedded debugger Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Git integration Mercurial support Minimap Objective-c PHP IDE 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 ... GIT support Package Control GitHub integration Syntax Highlighting Teletype Add-ons Hackable Live Preview Night mode/Dark Theme 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 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 Clean design Font Ligature Support High-dpi support Plugins Simple text editor Text editing Auto-saving Autocompletion Automatic packaging Code completion Directory structure Fullscreen support Memory footprint Minimap Distraction-free UI 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.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku ... OpenSolaris
Lightweight Customizable Syntax Highlighting Extensible by Plugins/Extensions ... Keyboard focused Plugins Well documented Built-in terminal emulation Code syntax highlighting Command line interface Configurable Cross-platform For geek Hackable MarkDown support Terminal-based Vim Batch Editing Command line Configurable Dedication to home row Support for Large File Lightweight Mnemonic key bindings Modal editor Native application Plugin manager Regex substitution Spell checking Vim Buffers Vim folding Visual Mode Word completion Add a feature

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Eclipse

Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60 different open-source projects, organized into 6 different categories: *. Enterprise Development *. Embedded and Device Development *. Rich Client Platform *. Rich Internet Applications *.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
IDE Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Python Java IDE ... Refactoring Autocompletion Collaborative Workspaces Debugger IDE Rich Client Platform Ruby SCM Integration Support for Themes 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 Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting Autocompletion ... Spell checking Add a feature

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Geany

Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. Another goal was to be as independent as possible from a special Desktop Environment like KDE or GNOME - Geany only requires the GTK2 runtime libraries.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce
Lightweight Better syntax highlighting support Cross-platform Debian package compatible ... IDE Multiplatform Shell integration Support for Themes Automatic Indentation Built-in Terminal Code navigation Customizable Support for Large File Minimalistic Portable Shortcut keys Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Vim plugin 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
MarkDown support Native application Built-in Terminal Built-in themes ... Code formatting Editable text color schemes File management Notetaking Syntax Highlighting Themes Support for regular expressions Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Add a feature

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VSCodium

This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's VSCode. Microsoft's downloads of Visual Studio Code are licensed under this not-FLOSS license and contain telemetry/tracking. According to this comment from a Visual Studio Code maintainer: When we [Microsoft] build Visual Studio Code, we do exactly this. We clone the vscode repository, we lay down a customized product.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell
No Tracking Privacy-friendly Clean design Code completion ... Customizable IDE MIT License No registration required Works Offline Privacy focused Automatic Indentation Autocompletion Built-in Terminal Code completion Code navigation Color coding Embedded debugger Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Git integration GIT support Support for Javascript MarkDown support Minimap Multiple cursors Objective-c PHP IDE Privacy Protected Syntax Highlighting Support for Themes Add a feature

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