Notepad++ Alternatives

Notepad++ is described as 'Free open-source code editor and Notepad replacement supporting multiple languages, featuring high speed, low resource usage, privacy focus, and plugin extensibility' and is a leading Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Notepad++ for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Notepad++ alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Notepad++ are Geany, Vim, VSCodium and Sublime Text.

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  1. Liri Text icon
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    Material Design text editor.

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    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. The Code Master Programming Suite for the iOS platform provides a visual interface for creating and editing universal source code of any language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. Zee icon
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    Zee 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.

    26 Zee alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4.  Like

    Smallest Vi-clone text editor for Windows (62KB) that runs in terminal and SSH sessions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  5. Skylark Edit is written in C, a high performance text/hex editor. Embedded Database-client/Redis-client/Lua-engine. You can run Lua scripts and SQL files directly.

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    • Windows
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  6. Zeus IDE icon
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    A powerful, feature packed, fully configurable IDE specifically designed for Windows developers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  7. MadEdit-Mod icon
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    Cross platform text/hex editor based on MadEdit with a lot of fixes and new features added, such as Drag-Drop Edit(cross platform), Highlight word, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Ynote Classic icon
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    Ynote Classic is an easy to use fast and advanced text editor with a tabbed interface and multiview. It has intelligent Syntax Highlighting, Code Folding , Auto Indent and autocompletion. It can highlight any language you like using Regular Expressions.

    157 Ynote Classic alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  9. Colon IDE icon
     1 like

    A flexible and hybrid text editor | IDE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Howl icon
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    Howl is a general purpose editor that aims to be both lightweight and fully customizable. It is built on top of the very fast LuaJIT runtime, and can be extended in either Lua or Moonscript. It has a minimalistic UI driven mainly by the keyboard.

    144 Howl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Eddie icon
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    Eddie is a programmers editor for Mac OSX and Gnome Linux. Inspired by the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, Eddie brings some of it's powerful features into a modern lightweight and capable programmer's editor.

    129 Eddie alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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