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 Jun 4, 2021
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  1. Notepas icon

    Notepas

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    Notepas is a fast portable native multiplatform text editor written in Lazarus and can be compiled for multiple platforms and widget sets using the advanced native Free Pascal Compiler.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Notepas screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Cannot run on macOS Monterey and the last update is from 2016.

    Notepas Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Support for Unicode
    5.  GPLv3

    Notepas VS MS Paint IDE

     
  2. Zinjai icon

    Zinjai

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    ZinjaI is an IDE (integrated development environment) for C + + developed in the context of a Starter Grant from the Scientific Research at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina, designed for use by students of programming.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AR flagArgentina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  C++
    5.  Code Completion
    6.  Spanish

    Zinjai VS MS Paint IDE

     

  4. Vis

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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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Vis screenshot 1

    Vis Features

    1.  Console-based
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Modal editor

    Vis VS MS Paint IDE

     
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    HTMLPad

    HTML, CSS, JavaScript editor featuring AI-assisted code improvements, HTML validator, spell check, FTP access, snippet library, and multi-browser previews for effective web development.

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  6. Jota+ Text Editor icon

    Jota+ Text Editor

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    Powerful text editor for Android.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    Jota+ Text Editor screenshot 1

    Jota+ Text Editor Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

    Jota+ Text Editor VS MS Paint IDE

     
  7. Gobby icon

    Gobby

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    Collaborative text editor with syntax highlighting that lets you work with a team on the same document over a network.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Gobby Features

    1.  Real time collaboration

    Gobby VS MS Paint IDE

     
  8. SuperbEdit icon

    SuperbEdit

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    Extensible and light programmers' text editor.

    SuperbEdit features Syntax Highlighting, Folder Management, Source Control Integration and much more...

    Extensible SuperbEdit has been developed from the start to be extensible via Plugins (called Packages)

    It's easy to cr.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    SuperbEdit screenshot 1

    SuperbEdit Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Syntax Highlighting

    SuperbEdit VS MS Paint IDE

     
  10. Nota (Maui Applications) icon

    Nota (Maui Applications)

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    Nota is a convergent text editor. Nota is easy to use, with a simple interface by default. Nota supports syntax highlighting for various languages, focus mode, annotations, configurable fonts, colors, a integrated side panel and more.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • MX flagMexico

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Nota (Maui Applications) screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

    Nota (Maui Applications) VS MS Paint IDE

     
  11. Howl icon

    Howl

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    Howl is a general purpose editor that aims to be both lightweight and fully customizable. It is built on top of the very fast LuaJIT runtime, and can be extended in either Lua or Moonscript. It has a minimalistic UI driven mainly by the keyboard.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Howl screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The last version (0.6) is from April 2019.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic
    3.  Customizable
    4.  Keyboard focused

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Programmable
    3.  Keyboard Shortcuts

    Howl VS MS Paint IDE

     
  12. HippoEDIT icon

    HippoEDIT

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    HippoEDIT is a powerful, fast and easy to use Windows text editor, primarily targeted at power users and programmers. It has modern and lightweight user interface, which supports different interface schemes, Multi Tab environment, seamless web and help browser, File Explorer and...

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    HippoEDIT screenshot 1

    HippoEDIT Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

    HippoEDIT VS MS Paint IDE

     
  13. Vy icon

    Vy

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Vy screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last update and release on Nov 2020.

    Vy VS MS Paint IDE

     
  14. Hekapad icon

    Hekapad

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    Hekapad is a free fully featured lightweight text editor for Windows. It can be used to replace the classic Notepad with some cool features.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Hekapad screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Multiple languages
    2.  Tabbed interface

    Hekapad VS MS Paint IDE

     
  15. EverEdit icon

    EverEdit

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    EverEdit is a fast, lightweight, extendable text, source and binary editor for Windows (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003+). While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    EverEdit screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Portable
    4.  Support for Unicode
    5.  Tabbed interface
    6.  Drag and Drop
    7.  Support for regular expressions
    8.  Snippets

    EverEdit VS MS Paint IDE

     
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