Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Haiku
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metapad Alternatives
metapad has been discontinued. Similar apps include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Geany. There's no shortage of Text Editors like metapad, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and iPad.
Alternatives list
105 Pe (Programmer’s Editor) alternativesPe, short for Programmer’s Editor, is an open source text editor for BeOS. It is targeted towards source-code editing, and features syntax highlighting for a large number of programming languages. It also works as a basic source-level HTML editor, with some HTML autocompletion...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Haiku
163 Vy alternativesvy is a modal editor with a very modular architecture. vy is built on top of Tkinter which is one of the most productive graphical toolkits; It permits vy to have such a great programming interface for plugins.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
119 Text Edit Plus alternativesText Edit Plus is a lightweight tool that enables users to easily create new text documents or to modify existing ones. The application is designed as an alternative to Notepad, by offering a wider set of features. Some of the features: Adding date and time.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Türkiye
A simple, opinionated plain text editor designed for writers, journalists and researchers. Jottr is not meant to be a full-featured text editor, but rather a simple and easy to use tool for writing. It's not aimed at developers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
United States
80 xPad. alternativesxPad is the ultimate notepad, TextEdit and Stickies replacement for Apple's OS X. With a simple, easy-to-use interface and powerful multi-document features, xPad will quickly become your daily text editor of choice.
Platforms
- Mac
- United States
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
104 TotalEdit alternativesTotalEdit is a powerful notepad replacement and text editor. Packed full of features to help everyone from office workers, journalists through to programmers and web site editors.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
126 LopeEdit alternativesLopeEdit is a powerful programmers editor and a replacement of Windows Notepad. It has tabs to select between open files, supports syntax highlighting of multiple programing languages (C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript, XML, HTML, ASP, JSP, SQL, Cobol, C#, CSS...
Platforms
- Windows
Spain- EU
147 JujuEdit alternativesJujuEdit 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...
Platforms
- Windows
4coder is a minimalist, cross platform, programmable, code editing environment, catering to the needs of low level programmers. It allows you to use one work flow across Windows, Linux, and Mac (with the exception of your debugger... for now.).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- United States
61 Hekapad alternativesHekapad is a free fully featured lightweight text editor for Windows. It can be used to replace the classic Notepad with some cool features.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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