MS Paint IDE Alternatives

MS Paint IDE is described as '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' and is a IDE in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MS Paint IDE for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best MS Paint IDE alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MS Paint IDE are Geany, Kate, gedit and Notepad3.

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MS Paint IDE alternatives page was last updated Jan 27, 2021
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  1. TextPad icon

    TextPad

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    TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. It can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, and it will work with the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Server 2003 and 2008.

    125 TextPad alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Running in Vista

    TextPad Features

    1.  Search and Replace

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  2. JOE icon

    JOE

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    JOE is a full featured terminal-based screen editor which is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). JOE has been around since 1988 and comes standard with many Linux distributions.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    JOE screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last update on Apr 2021 and last release on Jan 2018.

    JOE Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for Large File

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  4. Anjuta icon

    Anjuta

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    Anjuta is a versatile Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for C and C++ on GNU/Linux. It has been written for GTK/GNOME and features a number of advanced programming facilities including project management, application wizards, an interactive debugger and a powerful source...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    Anjuta is very powerful, customizable and yet simple to use Integrated Development Environment for GNOME.

    Anjuta Features

    1.  C++
    2.  Gtk

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    Rapid PHP

    Rapid PHP is a robust PHP code editor specifically designed for Windows operating systems. It merges the functionalities of a comprehensive PHP Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with the agility of Notepad, thus offering a...

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    TwistPad

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    Twistpad is a fully featured text and code editor for Windows. Twistpad can be used as a simple notepad replacer, or a featured packed editor targeting web and software developers.

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    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Twistpad editing a PHP\HTML file, with split editing, with the clipboard and the file browser window visible. Notice that the search for 'updated' is highlighted automatically

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Full-Text Search
    5.  Spell Checking
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Portable
    9.  Autocompletion
    10.  No Tracking
    11.  Support for Unicode
    12.  Tabbed interface

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  7. Lime Text icon

    Lime Text

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    Experimental Sublime Text clone. The Backend is written in Go (Programming Language). If you are fluent in go, go ahead fork the projekt. This project is at an early stage. It is a chance and a challenge.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Lime Text screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    It would appear that Lime Text has been abandoned. It's web site is unavailable and it appears no work has been done on it since last year.

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

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  8. Caret icon

    Caret

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    Caret is a lightweight-but-powerful programmer's editor running as a Chrome Packaged App. Inspired by Sublime and built on top of the Ace editing component, it offers:

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    Caret screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Github repository has been archived by the owner on Mar 17, 2022

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Code Completion

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    LiteIDE

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    LiteIDE is a simple, open source, cross-platform Go IDE.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Main Window

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Code Formatting
    3.  Portable
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Support for MarkDown
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Autocompletion

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  11. Text icon

    Text

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    Text.app is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It's fast, lets you open multiple files at once, has syntax highlighting, and saves to Google Drive on Chrome OS.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    Text screenshot 1

    Text Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3. Google Drive icon  Google Drive integration
    4. Dropbox icon  Sync with Dropbox

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  12. TED Notepad icon

    TED Notepad

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    Replace notepad with free Unicode notepad replacement, rich in innovative features, text-processing functions, tools and hot-keys.

    95 TED Notepad alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    TED Notepad screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Color coding

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  13. EditPad Pro icon

    EditPad Pro

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    EditPad Pro is a powerful and versatile text editor or word processor. Designed to make text editing as convenient as possible, using EditPad Pro to edit text files will save you a lot of time and frustration. There is also a free .

    33 EditPad Pro alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Editing a Text File in EditPad Pro

    EditPad Pro Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for regular expressions

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  14. GetDiz icon

    GetDiz

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    GetDiz is a fully featured text editor which can replace Notepad while maintaining an incredible speed, ease of use and small size. You can display and edit any text files with GetDiz. Additionally it offers enhanced functionality with DIZ and NFO files, which are often included...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    GetDiz screenshot 1

    GetDiz Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  ASCII Art

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  15. Jota Text Editor icon

    Jota Text Editor

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    Jota, pronouced as "i-o-ta", is a text editor designed for a long text file.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Android
    Jota Text Editor screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last update was 2018-07-29

    Jota Text Editor Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Text to Speech
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Spell Checking
    5.  Word counter

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