mg Alternatives

mg is described as 'This is a portable version of the Mg editor from OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer who did a bunch of overhaul work on the version of Mg found in the OpenBSD base system' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to mg for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Haiku apps. The best mg alternative is Vim, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mg are GNU nano, GNU Emacs, Micro and CudaText.

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Vim
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194 Vim alternatives
Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a GUI version called GVim.
- - Vim is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to mg.
- - Vim is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to mg.
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Vim Features
1. LightweightVim consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsVim can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
3. Syntax HighlightingVim supports syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages.
4. Command line interfaceVim either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
5. Works OfflineVim can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
6. Support for MarkDownVim supports MarkDown for document formatting.
7. Batch EditingVim allows you to select multiple items (tasks, files, images etc) and edit their properties all at once.
8. PortableVim can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
9. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Vim without registration.
Keyboard focused
Customizable
Hackable
Well documented
Configurable
Modal editor
Code Syntax Highlighting
Built-in terminal emulation
Terminal-based
Visual Mode
GNU nano
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132 GNU nano alternatives
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 number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.
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GNU nano Features
1. Command line interfaceGNU nano either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Terminal-based
Search and Replace
Automatic Indentation
GNU Emacs
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160 GNU Emacs alternatives
GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:
- - GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to mg.
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GNU Emacs Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsGNU Emacs can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
2. Syntax HighlightingGNU Emacs supports syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages.
3. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in GNU Emacs without registration.
4. Support for ThemesYou can use themes and templates to change the look and feel of GNU Emacs.
5. LightweightGNU Emacs consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
6. Support for scriptingGNU Emacs supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
7. No TrackingGNU Emacs will not track you or use your personal data.
8. Distraction-freeGNU Emacs has a distraction-free mode for when you need to focus.
9. Command line interfaceGNU Emacs either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Extensibility
Customizable
Org-mode
Self-documenting
Multi OS
Editable text color schemes
Terminal-based
Works Offline
Spell Checking
Ad-free
Micro
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29 Micro alternatives
Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals.
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Micro Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsMicro can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
2. LightweightMicro consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Micro without registration.
Intuitive
Terminal-based
User friendly
Zero configuration
Plugin system
Sync with Simplenote
CudaText
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181 CudaText alternatives
CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.
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CudaText Features
1. LightweightCudaText consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsCudaText can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
3. Support for ThemesYou can use themes and templates to change the look and feel of CudaText.
4. AutocompletionCudaText can predict and complete the rest of a word or phrase you're typing.
5. Ad-freeCudaText doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
6. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in CudaText without registration.
7. Syntax HighlightingCudaText supports syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages.
Native application
Customizable
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Tilde
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Linux
119 Tilde alternatives
Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.
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Tilde Features
1. LightweightTilde consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. AutocompletionTilde can predict and complete the rest of a word or phrase you're typing.
3. Full-Text SearchTilde lets you search for specific words or phrases from inside a document or database.
4. Syntax HighlightingTilde supports syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages.
Terminal-based
Traditional Ex - Vi editor
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67 Traditional Ex - Vi editor alternatives
The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...
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Discontinued
The last update is from 2013.
Vis
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152 Vis alternatives
Vis aims to be a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. It extends vi's modal editing with built-in support for multiple cursors/selections and combines it with sam's structural regular expression based command...
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Vis Features
Console-based
Support for regular expressions
Modal editor
Vy
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169 Vy alternatives
vy 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.
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Discontinued
Last update and release on Nov 2020.
Ox editor
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25 Ox editor alternatives
Ox is a code editor. It was written in Rust using ANSI escape sequences. It assists developers with programming by providing several tools to speed up and make programming easier and a refreshing alternative to heavily bloated and resource hungry editors such as VS Code and...
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Ox editor Features
Terminal-based
Discontinued
Project discontinued. No updates in two years.Developer confirmed that project is no more alive due to technical issues: https://github.com/curlpipe/ox/issues/121
4coder
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168 4coder alternatives
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.).
- - 4coder is the most popular commercial alternative to mg.
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4coder Features
1. Syntax Highlighting4coder supports syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages.
2. Portable4coder can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Zee
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25 Zee alternatives
Zee is a modern editor for the terminal, written in Rust. It is a highly experimental code. In the old tradition of text editor demos, here's what it currently looks like editing its own source code.
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1. Command line interfaceZee either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.

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