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Mousepad

Lighweight text editor for Xfce

Free Open Source
Linux
BSD
Xfce

Mousepad is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The most popular Windows alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Mousepad and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Mousepad are Visual Studio Code (Free), Sublime Text (Paid), Vim (Free, Open Source) and gedit (Free, Open Source).

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Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Lightweight Code formatting Portable Tabbed interface ... Support for Javascript Plugins Custom Language Definitions Customer support Debugger Macros Multiple languages Multiple Open Tabs Search and replace Text formatting Auto-saving Autocompletion Block edit Built-in editor Color coding Column edit mode Configurable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for FTP Integrated Search Live Preview Native GUI Plugin manager Support for regular expressions Side-by-Side comparison Add a feature

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Visual Studio Code

Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.
- It's heavy-weight while Mousepad is as lightweight as it can possibly get Guest • Sep 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Built-in Terminal Code completion ... Autocompletion Customizable GIT support Syntax Highlighting Code completion Multiple cursors Plugins C# Scripting C support Extensions Graphical interface IDE Support for Javascript Lint support MarkDown support Multiple languages Night mode/Dark Theme Remote Debugging Ruby support Source code debugging Supports Python Theme Customization Support for Themes Code formatting Code navigation Color coding of code Electron based Embedded debugger Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Git integration Mercurial support Minimap PHP IDE Run Android Apps on Desktop Support for NodeJS Version and Source control Add a feature

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Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. ...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Lightweight Package Control Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable ... Multiple cursors Syntax Highlighting Clean design Font Ligature Support High-dpi support Plugins Simple text editor Text editing Auto-saving Autocompletion Automatic packaging Code completion Directory structure Fullscreen support Memory footprint Minimap Distraction-free UI Php Plugin API Portable Python Ruby Scriptwriting Assistant Syntax Highlighting Auto-Refresh Add a feature

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Vim

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...
- An absolutely beautiful-yet-minimalist hotkey-based editing setup, legendary extensibility, and outstanding community support & extensions. ...In other words: it's freakin' awesome!! Guest • Mar 2018
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku ... OpenSolaris
Lightweight Customizable Syntax Highlighting Extensible by Plugins/Extensions ... Keyboard focused Plugins Well documented Built-in terminal emulation Code syntax highlighting Command line interface Configurable Cross-platform For geek Hackable MarkDown support Terminal-based Vim Batch Editing Command line Configurable Dedication to home row Support for Large File Lightweight Mnemonic key bindings Modal editor Native application Plugin manager Regex substitution Spell checking Vim Buffers Vim folding Visual Mode Word completion Add a feature

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gedit

Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... GNOME OpenSolaris
Lightweight Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting Autocompletion ... Spell checking Add a feature

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Geany

Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce
Better syntax highlighting support Debian package compatible IDE Lightweight ... Multiplatform Shell integration Support for Themes Automatic Indentation Built-in Terminal Code navigation Customizable Support for Large File Minimalistic Portable Shortcut keys Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Vim plugin Add a feature

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GNU nano

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku
Command line interface Terminal-based Automatic Indentation Search and replace Add a feature

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VSCodium

Binary releases of Visual Studio Code without Microsoft branding, telemetry and licensing.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell
No Tracking Privacy-friendly Clean design Code completion ... Customizable IDE MIT License No registration required Works Offline Privacy focused Automatic Indentation Autocompletion Built-in Terminal Code completion Code navigation Color coding Embedded debugger Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Git integration GIT support Support for Javascript MarkDown support Minimap Multiple cursors PHP IDE Privacy Protected Syntax Highlighting Support for Themes Add a feature

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Notepad

Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Not available for download; bundled with all versions of Windows.

Free Windows
Minimalistic Lightweight Simple text editor Support for Unicode ... Bundled with Windows Add a feature

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Bluefish Editor

Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
PHP IDE Support for SFTP Add a feature

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