Notepad++ Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Notepad++ is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other popular alternatives are Sublime Text, VSCodium, Vim and Zed. Text Editors like Notepad++ are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and Android.

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  1. MetroTextual icon
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    MetroTextual is a Windows text editor inspired by Microsoft’s Metro Design Language. It’s designed to be a visually appealing replacement for Notepad; with significant improvements to performance and aesthetics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Notepad icon
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    Notepad is a fast and distraction-free online writing space. Capture thoughts, take notes, and share instantly. Perfect for quick ideas, to-do lists, etc.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. NotepadXtreme icon
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    A fast, cross-platform text editor with hard-crash recovery for unsaved buffers, infinite local version history, built-in drawing canvas, and AI editing from any provider.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  4. ATPad icon
     3 likes

    ATPad is a simple Notepad replacement written in pure C and Windows API. Keeping simplicity of Notepad it provides many additional features. 90kb UPX repacked.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • The Portable Freeware Collection
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  5. Devpad icon
     6 likes

    Notepad-like VB.Net multi-tab source code editor for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 that supports ASM, ASP.Net, Boo, C#, C++, CSS, HTML, INI, Java, JavaScript, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, VB.Net, XML and plain text files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. DocPad is a superior alternative to Notepad. Although it fills the same role, plain text editing, it has many advantages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Deepin Editor is a desktop text editor that supports common text editing features.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Deepin
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  8. QuasarPad icon
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    Notepad alternative with offline tools: Markdown→HTML, converters, tabs. Free, no telemetry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Xmplify icon
     3 likes

    MOSO Xmplify is a powerful new XML editor built specifically for Mac OS X, with DTD and XML Schema-based auto-completion, automatic document validation, XSLT and XPath support, live HTML preview and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. Phaino icon
     1 like

    Phaino is a lightweight, focused code editor built for developers who just want a fast, no-nonsense tool without the bloat of a full traditional IDE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Phaino using it's Catppuccin Mocha theme and showing off it's "Better Comments" like functionality.
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  11. A new code editor for Chrome and ChromeOS.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
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  12. Free online HTML editor without registration and nothing to download. Create webpages and HTML documents, preview and copy the source code to use in your webpages and HTML documents.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Online
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