Notepad.js AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like Notepad.js

Notepad.js is described as 'An offline capable notepad powered by ServiceWorker. It's quick, distraction-free, dark mode enabled, mobile compatible (Android, iOS) and minimalist in nature' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Notepad.js, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux and Android apps. The best Notepad.js alternative is Notepad3, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Notepad.js are Notepads, Notepad2, Windows Notepad and PSPad.

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  1. Notepad3 icon
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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.

    210 Notepad3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
    • Notepad3 is the most popular Windows alternative to Notepad.js.

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

    • Notepad3 is Free and Open SourceNotepad.js is also Free and Open Source
  2. Notepads icon
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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.

    24 Notepads alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Notepad2 icon
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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  4. Windows Notepad icon
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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.

    143 Windows Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. PSPad icon
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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.

    170 PSPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Fastedit icon
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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

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Notepad Next is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Notepad.js.

    • Notepad Next is Free and Open SourceNotepad.js is also Free and Open Source
  8. Antinote icon
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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.

    34 Antinote alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Antinote is the most popular commercial alternative to Notepad.js.

    • Antinote is Paid and ProprietaryNotepad.js is Free and Open Source
    • Antinote is CustomizableNotepad.js is not according to our users
  9. Mousepad icon
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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.

    78 Mousepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Xfce
     
  10. Notepad 4 icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Ephe icon
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    An ephemeral Markdown paper for today. Less but handy features for plain Markdown lovers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    • Ephe is Free and Open SourceNotepad.js is also Free and Open Source
  12. Notes (PFA) icon
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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • F-Droid
    • Android
     
    • Notes (PFA) is the most popular Android alternative to Notepad.js.

    • Notes (PFA) is Free and Open SourceNotepad.js is also Free and Open Source
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