Micro Alternatives

Apps similar to Micro include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Zed Editor. You're spoiled for choice with Text Editors like Micro: we list more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, the web and Android.

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  1. Notepad icon
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    Notepad is a fast and distraction-free online writing space. Capture thoughts, take notes, and share instantly. Perfect for quick ideas, to-do lists, etc.

    55 Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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    McWig is a modal, Vim-like text editor written in Go.

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    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  3. nved icon
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    nved is a small, keyboard-driven editor for the everyday terminal-editing role — the EDITOR/VISUAL slot that git, crontab -e, and sudoedit reach for. It's cursor-driven and edits printed lines in place (a REPL, not a full-screen modal takeover), so your scrollback stays...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    nved screenshot 1
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  4. ne icon
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    ne is a text editor based on the POSIX standard that runs (we hope) on almost any UN*X machine. ne is easy to use for the beginner, but powerful and fully configurable for the wizard, and most sparing in its resource usage.

    42 ne alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. This tool can transform texts into a variety of formats/structures. It can assist tasks of data formatting and coding. Formatting steps can be stored and reused. The tool includes text-to-speech of various languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. flowspark icon
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    FlowSpark is a next-generation AI Agent for Enterprise platform, focusing on moving AI beyond the "chatbox" and into real-world production. We provide a robust ecosystem of specialized agents that handle everything from document intelligence to creative design.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Slate is a free, open-source Notepad replacement for Windows and Linux (Raspberry Pi included) that opens files of any size instantly. Nothing is loaded up front: only what's on screen is read and drawn, so logs, database dumps and JSON exports of hundreds of megabytes open...

    51 Slate Text Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
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  8. dedtxt icon
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    A dead simple plain-text editor. A bit like TextEdit or Notepad but even simpler and with fewer features. No hidden text. No formatting. No settings. One textarea and the current file. Raw bytes in, raw bytes out, UTF-8 by default, no line-ending weirdness. Install easily as a web app.

    92 dedtxt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. A high performance, lightweight native x64 Windows text editor with an optional AI assistant and a unique multi profile system.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • BA flagBosnia & Herzegovina
    Iskra Text Editor screenshot 1
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  10. Fast, lightweight editor for Windows that combines a Markdown knowledge base, a code editor, an SQL client and AI assistant integration.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. NEO Emacs icon
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    GPU powered Emacs written in Rust with a modern display engine. Aiming for modern design & multi-threaded Elisp, 10x performance, zero-pause concurrent GC and 100% Emacs compatibility.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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