Notepad++ AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Text Editors
The best Text Editor alternative to Notepad++ is Sublime Text. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Visual Studio Code or Geany. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Notepad++ and loads of them are Text Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Text Editor alternatives to Notepad++ are Vim, Kate, VSCodium and gedit.
Notepad++ alternatives are mainly Text Editors but may also be Code Editors or IDEs. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Notepad++.- 187 Sublime Text alternatives
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
- IDE
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features.
- - Sublime Text is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Notepad++.
- - Sublime Text is the most popular commercial alternative to Notepad++.
Sublime Text Features
- Lightweight
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Syntax Highlighting
- No Tracking
- Dark Mode
- Autocompletion
- Distraction-free
- Portable
Comments about Sublime Text as a Alternative to Notepad++
914ian914It has all the features I need without having to install more than a few extensions.
3HexaaeCrazy pricing. June 2022: 99$/3yrs
1Nuncio BitisSublime Text is too slow, big, and heavy, and a memory hog.
-1Afroz SyedI haven't used Sublime Text but I've use Notepad++ and found it to be really useful! Will definitely try Sublime Text now that I know it is an alternative.
0Support for many languages, good debugging without any plugins.
-1 - 196 Visual Studio Code alternatives
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
- IDE
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Chrome OS
Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.
- - Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based alternative to Notepad++.
- - Visual Studio Code is the most popular free alternative to Notepad++.
Visual Studio Code Features
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Autocompletion
- Syntax Highlighting
- Git Support
- Support for Themes
- Dark Mode
- Support for MarkDown
- WYSIWYG HTML Editor
- Live Preview
- Works Offline
- WYSIWYG Support
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Code Formatting
Comments about Visual Studio Code as a Alternative to Notepad++
SFZGreat features and lots of good extensions
4CeesTCross-platform, superior highlighting and plugins.
1redtrillixIts quite a big application, and if you wanna just edit a config file or text document, you dont want a big, slower application running.
Its a good coding app for projects and stuff, but not if you want to make a simple edit.
10aaronfrankeVisual Studio Code can do everything Notepad++ does but better. It has more features, is very extensible and customizable, has a great dark default theme, is cross-platform, and is fairly lightweight.
-1Hau_KaiIt's more than just an environment to view code with highlighting. It is a basic yet complete coding environment to write and run code.
-1 - 136 Geany alternatives
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
- IDE
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow. It runs on Linux, Windows and macOS is translated into over 40 languages, and has built-in support for more than 50 programming...
- - Geany is the most popular Open Source alternative to Notepad++.
Geany Features
- Lightweight
- Support for Themes
- Syntax Highlighting
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Support for LaTeX
- Ad-free
- Distraction-free
- Autocompletion
- Code Formatting
- Batch Editing
- Hierarchical Structure
- Live Preview
- Full-Text Search
- Support for scripting
- Support for MarkDown
- Portable
- Dark Mode
- Git Support
- Works Offline
- Spell Checking
Comments about Geany as a Alternative to Notepad++
niezniszczalnyHas the same features + some more features than Notepad++. And It's Free Software, on GPL license - huge PLUS for this! ++++
3Virtually the same features and on top of it it's cross platform and open source.
9Stefan MonovBreaks some of my basic workflows. E.g. can't drop files onto the Geany window (to open them), can't use F3 for "find next"... OTOH the UI is nice and sleek.
0AntumDelugeSo far Geany is the best cross-platform alternative to Notepad++ I have tried. Its UI isn't hard to figure out & has a similar feel.
0Projjal MoitraIt's lightweight, fast and more customizable than Notepad++, and have basic IDE-like features, which are useful for programmer-users.
0 - 197 Vim alternatives
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
- IDE
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a GUI version called GVim.
Vim Features
- Lightweight
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Syntax Highlighting
- Command line interface
- Works Offline
- Support for MarkDown
- Batch Editing
- No registration required
- Portable
- Spell Checking
Comments about Vim as a Alternative to Notepad++
MarcinServes same purpose, similar features, different approach, multiplatform, ubiquitous.
6Fastest in use. You can improve your productivity and performance when writing.
1Vim is a console app and require to know its commands to use it, while Notepad++ is UI driven, anyone can use it.
27Xandros DarkstormNotepad++ is a gui application, while vim is strictly for terminals.
0RemovedUserAlthough it runs as a GUI, you still need to know the vi commands. Unless you don't mind using the menu bar to do everything.
-1 - 132 Kate alternatives
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
- IDE
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE
The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application.
Kate Features
- Syntax Highlighting
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Git Support
- Lightweight
- Support for MarkDown
- Code Formatting
Comments about Kate as a Alternative to Notepad++
RR JJGreat syntax highlighting, and good plugin support. Fast and easy to use.
8DavidKate is also open-source like Notepad++ and likewise runs at the speed of a native app. Features align pretty nicely between the two, but Kate runs natively on all desktops, not just Windows. Same workflow on Windows, Mac and Linux.
2lightweight, code syntax highlighting, regex find and replace
1 - 187 VSCodium alternatives
- Code Editor
- IDE
- Text Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.
VSCodium Features
- No Tracking
- Privacy focused
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Works Offline
- No registration required
- Autocompletion
- Syntax Highlighting
- Support for Themes
- Lightweight
- Dark Mode
- Ad-free
- Support for MarkDown
- Code Formatting
- Git Support
- File Versioning
- Live Preview
- Support for Bootstrap
- Distraction-free
- Spell Checking
- Portable
- Support for scripting
- Support for LaTeX
- Full-Text Search
- Command line interface
- Cloud Sync
- WYSIWYG Support
- WYSIWYG HTML Editor
- Batch Editing
Comments about VSCodium as a Alternative to Notepad++
aaronfrankeVS Codium does everything Notepad++ can do but better. It has more features, is more extensible/customizable, is fairly lightweight, and is cross-platform.
4The power of Visual Studio without all the tracking of Microsoft in a simple and intuitive layout
4 - 175 gedit alternatives
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- GNOME
- OpenSolaris
Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with plugins.
gedit Features
- Lightweight
- Syntax Highlighting
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Autocompletion
- Works Offline
- Ad-free
- Spell Checking
- Privacy focused
Comments about gedit as a Alternative to Notepad++
rmpbklynno sorting and don't reconize regular expression when 'replace' or search
5Gedit can't fold code, can't make ident lines, and the ident is strange!
11Some essential plugins missing especially around code formatting tools
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