Notepad.exe Alternatives

Notepad.exe is described as 'Lightweight macOS code editor. Skip the setup, write code, run instantly. Built-in iOS simulator, AI assistance, and Linux support' and is a IDE in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Notepad.exe for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Notepad.exe alternative is Eclipse, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Notepad.exe are Microsoft Visual Studio, Apache NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA and Code::Blocks.

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    Embarcadero Delphi, formerly CodeGear Delphi and Borland Delphi, is a software development environment for Microsoft Windows applications originally developed by Borland and now owned and developed by Embarcadero Technologies.

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  4. RubyMine icon
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  7. CodeLite icon
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    CodeLite is an open-source, cross platform IDE for the C/C++/PHP and Node.js programming languages. CodeLite is known to work on various OSs including:

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