Micro Alternatives

Micro is described as 'Terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals' and is a popular Code Editor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Micro for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Micro alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Micro are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Zed Editor.

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  1. Nextpad++ icon
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    Fully native code editor for macOS with syntax highlighting for 80+ languages, plugin system, advanced search, split view, macro recording, and a Scintilla-powered engine. Free, open source, universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel, with native integration.

    55 Nextpad++ alternatives

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  2. Gram icon
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    Gram is a powerful and modern source code editor. It features solid performance and is highly configurable, yet comes with batteries included out of the box. Gram supports many popular programming languages and file formats, and can use Zed extensions to support additional...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Homebrew
     
  3. Zasper icon
     10 likes

    A powerful IDE for data science, Zasper excels with massive concurrency support, enabling numerous simultaneous connections, minimal memory usage, and speedy performance. Suited for REPL-style data apps like Jupyter notebooks, fully supported on Mac with limited Linux support.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Squircle CE icon
     14 likes

    Squircle CE is a fast, lightweight code editor and file manager with support for over 30 programming languages, remote file access via SFTP/FTP(S) and Git VCS integration. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, or professional developer, Squircle CE lets you write, manage, and...

    74 Squircle CE alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  5. Notepad Next icon
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    A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Releases are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  6. Pragtical icon
     5 likes

    Pragtical is a code editor which was forked from Lite XL (also a fork of lite) written mostly in Lua with a focus on been practical rather than minimalist. The name of the editor is a mixture of the words pragmatic and practical, two words that properly define our development...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Ox editor icon
     4 likes

    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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    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  8. Fresh editor icon
     4 likes

    High-performance terminal text editor developed in Rust, offering fast startup, low latency, extensibility, customizable keybindings, menu-driven native UI, robust mouse support, powerful command palette, cross-platform support, and syntax highlighting.

    51 Fresh editor alternatives

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    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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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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