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metapad Alternatives
metapad is described as 'Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepads features and much' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to metapad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best metapad alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like metapad are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Geany.
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164 CotEditor alternativesSyntax Highlighting: Colorize more than 50 pre-installed major languages like HTML, PHP, Python, Ruby or Markdown. You can also create your own settings.
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172 PSPad alternativesPSPad is a freeware programmers editor in 8 languages for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Some features are highlighted syntax, ftp, projects and so on. Code explorer for Pascal, C/C++, INI, HTML, XML, PHP and more in development, internal web browser with APACHE support.
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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 programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Xfce
An offline capable notepad powered by ServiceWorker. It's quick, distraction-free, dark mode enabled, mobile compatible (Android, iOS) and minimalist in nature.
126 EmEditor alternativesVersatile Windows editor offering lightweight, ultra-fast performance with robust support for text, code, and CSV files, AI-assisted writing, macros, Unicode, plugins, syntax highlighting, advanced search, column editing, split views, and file encoding conversion.
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Privacy oriented, without vendor lock in note organizer, todo list desktop application. Work offline with text, markdown and pdf files.
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A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Releases are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
A text editor forked from Pluma and Gedit. Xed is the default text editor of Linux Mint. It can be customized and is available in multiple languages.
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118 BBEdit alternativesBBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text.
Introducing Fastedit, designed to make editing and organizing your documents effortless. With the ability to open multiple tabs, you can easily edit or view multiple documents at once. The app also features line numbering and custom designs to personalize your experience.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
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83 ReText alternativesReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.
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