MS Paint IDE Alternatives

Apps similar to MS Paint IDE include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Kate, Geany, gedit and QOwnNotes. Text Editors like MS Paint IDE are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and Android.

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  1. TweakStyle icon

    TweakStyle

     16 likes

    An IDE tailor-made for web design and frontend development.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU
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  2. Syncplify.me Notepad! icon

    Syncplify.me Notepad!

     8 likes

    Notepad! is the free, powerful, feature-rich replacement for your Windows Notepad. This software is completely free to use, for both personal and business purposes. With multi-document editing, split editing (two views of the same document, side by side, with synchronized...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
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  4. Devpad icon

    Devpad

     6 likes

    Notepad-like VB.Net multi-tab source code editor for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 that supports ASM, ASP.Net, Boo, C#, C++, CSS, HTML, INI, Java, JavaScript, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, VB.Net, XML and plain text files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Devpad screenshot 1
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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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    Keypress Editor

     8 likes

    A new code editor for Chrome and ChromeOS.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
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  7. Tincta icon

    Tincta

     12 likes

    Tincta is an elegant one-window text editor that is intuitive to use on personal tasks like writing blog posts, letters or grocery lists. But it also has all functionality you need for professional web design and programming.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
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  9. Enki icon

    Enki

     11 likes

    Enki is a text editor for programmers. It is: –User friendly. Intuitive interface. Works out of the box. You don’t have to read a lot of docs -Hacker friendly. Code as quickly as possible. Without mouse. -Lighweight. Some IDEs show splashscreen. enki will never do it. It just sta.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Global
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  10. Howl icon

    Howl

     6 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. ConTEXT icon

    ConTEXT

     10 likes

    ConTEXT is a small, fast and powerful freeware text editor, developed to serve as a secondary tool for software developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. NotepadX icon

    NotepadX

     3 likes

    NotepadX is a simple text editor. With NotepadX you're be able to create standard text files, open text files and edit them. The finished file can be sent directly from the app via E-Mail, stored locally or uploaded online to OneDrive.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. Blinky icon

    Blinky

     3 likes

    A retro-inspired text editor for Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    Blinky screenshot 1
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  14. EdytorNC icon

    EdytorNC

     3 likes

    EdytorNC is text editor for CNC programmers. Some features : bolt holes calculation; solutions of triangles calculation; speed, feed calculation; conversion inch/mm, mm/inch; code colouring; RS232 data transmission with automatic file saving and possibility to download new CNC...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU
    EdytorNC screenshot 1
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  15. Vy icon

    Vy

     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Vy screenshot 1
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