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.
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
GNU nano Alternatives
One of the most popular alternatives to GNU nano is Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Sublime Text, VSCodium, Vim and Zed Editor. Text Editors like GNU nano are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and the web.
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26 Zee alternativesZee is a modern editor for the terminal, written in Rust. It is a highly experimental code. In the old tradition of text editor demos, here's what it currently looks like editing its own source code.
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- Mac
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- BSD
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.
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
This is a portable version of the Mg editor from OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer who did a bunch of overhaul work on the version of Mg found in the OpenBSD base system.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
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Introducing Fastedit, designed to make editing and organizing your documents effortless. With the ability to open multiple tabs, you can easily edit or view multiple documents at once. The app also features line numbering and custom designs to personalize your experience.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
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- Windows
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PICO means "very small" and also stands for "PIne COmposer". PICO is designed to be a "simple editor", ie only the bare minimum of commands and simply to use. Very good for beginners who wish to write emails and posts.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
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Graviton Code Editor is a minimalist, cross-platform editor focused on speed, customization and productivity.
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Spain
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62 Notepad 4 alternativesA lightweight Scintilla based text editor with syntax highlighting, code folding, auto-completion and API list for many programming languages and documents, bundled with file browser plugin matepath.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Windows
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- Free
- Open Source
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IT-Edit (Integrated Terminal Editor) provide a text editor with syntax highlight, line numbering and with the basics text editing functionalities, a file managing interface and terminals in the same window as the editor.
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- Linux
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The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...
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- Linux
- BSD
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