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 Web-based 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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  1. Angel Writer icon
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    Angel Writer is a free text editor allowing you to create impressive documents that contain formatted text, graphics and tables. You can learn how to work with Angel Writer in five minutes since it is very similar to Microsoft Word.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. MyTextArea icon
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    MyTextArea is a quick and simple online text editor for plain text. It features plain text editing, local storage (saving to browser storage), character/word counter. New features added on a regular basis.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Alternate TextBrowser allows a fast navigation through text-files. The program offers the possibility to open multiple text-files at once.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. skEdit icon
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    Simple, Flexible, Powerful Text Editor for the Web. Handles most common features you want; code completion, saved snippets, subversion support, remote connections, extensible language support, browser preview and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. WriterClassic icon
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    Free open-source text editor providing multi-language support, customizable themes including user-created options, plugin integration, Python-based core, quick document signing, and compatibility with any plain text file while maintaining a lightweight, intuitive experience.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. SpringNotes icon
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    Write styled Markdown notes, sync across Mac, iPhone and iPad add to-dos and tags, export to a variety of formats and choose your favourite style from a variety of colourful themes.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • SpringNotes is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to metapad.

    • SpringNotes is Paid and Proprietarymetapad is Free and Open Source
  7. NoobNote icon
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    There are many alternatives to Microsoft Notepad and the best one out there in my opinion is Notepad++, but there are no alternatives to Notepad which actually look and feel like it. NoobNote aims to replace that.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  8. MS Paint IDE icon
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    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 it's not even a text editor, people joke about it because it doesn't have one feature in common with IDEs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Paint
     
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    FastEver 3 is the note-taking app to create Evernote notes quickly. As it goes to the entry screen right after startup, it's perfect for jotting down ideas and memos. Notes you save while offline are automatically uploaded when you go online.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Janus is a simple, native Linux text editor. Supports UTF-8 and binary data through it's binary editing mode. Spiritual successor to Leafpad.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    Light notepad experience as in other Operating Systems. Simple, light, quick, free. Does not try to sync to cloud services or try to replace your favorite text editor. And completely free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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