Nash Alternatives

Nash is described as 'Is standalone note as HTML' and is a Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Nash for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Linux, Mac and PortableApps.com apps. The best Nash alternative is Notepad3, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nash are Notepads, Windows Notepad, Notepad2 and PSPad.

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Nash alternatives page was last updated Mar 17, 2025
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  1. Notepad3 icon

    Notepad3

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    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    203 Notepad3 alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • ZA flagSouth Africa

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Supports RTL languages out of the box.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
    2.  Small-footprint
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Search and Replace
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Portable
    7.  Support for regular expressions
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Works Offline
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  Dark Mode

    Notepad3 VS Nash

     

    • Notepad3 is the most popular Windows alternative to Nash.

    • Notepad3 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Nash.

    • Notepad3 is Free and Open SourceNash is also Free and Open Source
    • Notepad3 is Lightweight and Privacy focusedNash is not according to our users
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    Notepads

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    Considering that most text editors are eather too heavy or look too old, the author came up with Notepads, designed to be a modern-looking UWP app.

    21 Notepads alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Notepads screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Distraction-free
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Automatic Backup
    5.  Themes
    6.  Multiple languages
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Support for MarkDown
    9.  Full-Text Search
    10.  Spell Checking
    11.  No registration required

    Notepads VS Nash

     
  4. Windows Notepad icon

    Windows Notepad

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    Fast, streamlined editor with extensive features, bundled with Windows since 1985. Supports plain text, UTF-8, and over 100 languages with enhanced functionality since 2018, including dark mode, Bing search, and large file handling.

    139 Windows Notepad alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Windows Notepad screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Simple text editor
    2.  Support for Unicode
    3.  Save as txt
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Bundled with Windows

    Windows Notepad VS Nash

     
  5. Notepad2 icon

    Notepad2

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    Notepad2 is a fast and light-weight Windows Notepad like text editor with syntax highlighting. Simple as possible, but yet powerful. Has full Unicode support. Can be run out of the box without installation, and does not touch your system's...

    118 Notepad2 alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Notepad2 screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 4.2.25, released on October 28, 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website. You can also take a look at this active fork: https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad2

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Portable
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  No registration required

    Notepad2 VS Nash

     
  6. PSPad icon

    PSPad

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    PSPad is a freeware programmers editor in 8 languages for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Some features are highlighted syntax, ftp, projects and so on. Code explorer for Pascal, C/C++, INI, HTML, XML, PHP and more in development, internal web browser with APACHE support.

    166 PSPad alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window - Project Settings

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Support for MarkDown
    3.  Support for scripting
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Portable
    6.  WYSIWYG Support
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Code Formatting
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Hex Editor
    12.  ASCII to Hex

    PSPad VS Nash

     
  7. Notepad.js icon

    Notepad.js

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    An offline capable notepad powered by ServiceWorker. It's quick, distraction-free, dark mode enabled, mobile compatible (Android, iOS) and minimalist in nature.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Online
    Notepad.js screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Kanban Board
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Pomodoro Timer
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Support for MarkDown
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Local Storage
    10.  Progressive Web App
    11.  Voice Notes
    12.  Export to PDF

    Notepad.js VS Nash

     

    • Notepad.js is the most popular Web-based alternative to Nash.

    • Notepad.js is Free and Open SourceNash is also Free and Open Source
    • Notepad.js is Privacy focused and LightweightNash is not according to our users
  9. Mousepad icon

    Mousepad

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    A simple text editor for the Xfce desktop environment. Mousepad aims to be an easy-to-use and fast editor for quickly editing text files, not a development environment or an editor with a huge bunch of plugins.

    76 Mousepad alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Xfce
    Mousepad screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Simple text editor
    5.  Gtk
    6.  Tabbed interface
    7.  Drag and Drop

    Mousepad VS Nash

     

    • Mousepad is the most popular Linux alternative to Nash.

    • Mousepad is Free and Open SourceNash is also Free and Open Source
    • Mousepad is LightweightNash is not according to our users
  10. Antinote icon

    Antinote

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    Antinote provides beautiful temporary notes, calculations, and custom calculators with lifetime updates. Features swipe navigation, plain text support, instant conversions including crypto, and one-click export functionality. Includes screenshot-to-text conversion, global hotkey access, and more.

    33 Antinote alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Antinote screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Distraction-free
    4.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Pomodoro Timer
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Currency Conversion
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Stopwatch
    8.  Screenshot to text
    9.  Global hotkey
    10.  Drag and Drop
    11.  Variables
    12.  Built-in URL shortening

    Antinote VS Nash

     

    • Antinote is the most popular Mac alternative to Nash.

    • Antinote is the most popular commercial alternative to Nash.

    • Antinote is Paid and ProprietaryNash is Free and Open Source
    • Antinote is Privacy focusedNash is not according to our users
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    Notepad 4

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    A 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Notepad 4 screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Distraction-free
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Autocompletion
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Support for MarkDown
    9.  Works Offline
    10.  Support for regular expressions
    11.  Multiple languages
    12.  Small-footprint

    Notepad 4 VS Nash

     
  12. Notepad Next icon

    Notepad Next

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    A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Releases are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

    61 Notepad Next alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Notepad Next screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Portable

    Notepad Next VS Nash

     
  13. Notes (PFA) icon

    Notes (PFA)

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    Privacy Friendly Notes allows you to take and manage notes on Android devices. It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfa

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • F-Droid
    • Android
    Notes (PFA) screenshot 1
    Notes (PFA) screenshot 2
    Notes (PFA) screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Checklists
    5.  Sketching

    Notes (PFA) VS Nash

     

    • Notes (PFA) is the most popular Android alternative to Nash.

    • Notes (PFA) is Free and Open SourceNash is also Free and Open Source
    • Notes (PFA) is Privacy focusedNash is not according to our users
  14. Text Editor Pro icon

    Text Editor Pro

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    Text Editor Pro (formerly EditBone) is a powerful text editing tool that comes with syntax highlighting, support for over 50 languages and scripts, 22 different styles, a handy file comparison feature and support for multiple directories and search results.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • HU flagHungary
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Text Editor Pro screenshot 1

    Text Editor Pro Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Syntax Highlighting

    Text Editor Pro VS Nash

     
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