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. GetDiz icon
     15 likes

    GetDiz is a fully featured text editor which can replace Notepad while maintaining an incredible speed, ease of use and small size. You can display and edit any text files with GetDiz. Additionally it offers enhanced functionality with DIZ and NFO files, which are often included...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Search & Replace Master is a freeware. It looks through multiple files for a string or pattern and can also replace it with another string or pattern.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. EncryptPad icon
     3 likes

    EncryptPad is an application for viewing and editing symmetrically encrypted text. Using a simple and convenient graphical and command line interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  4. Pineapple Notepad is a simple, lightweight, and easy to use notepad application that aims to be a cross-platform alternative to Notepad++. It's based on Scintilla, Qt and KDE Framework, available on Windows, Linux and macOS. With the following features:

    8 Pineapple Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. XML Notepad icon
     17 likes

    XML Notepad provides a simple intuitive user interface for browsing and editing XML documents.

    49 XML Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Nextpad icon
     Like

    Nextpad is Fast, Beautiful and lightweight Notepad app designed for Windows 10. It lets you create, edit, view or print your file very easily and efficiently.

    111 Nextpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Nota is a convergent text editor. Nota is easy to use, with a simple interface by default. Nota supports syntax highlighting for various languages, focus mode, annotations, configurable fonts, colors, a integrated side panel and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. This tool can transform texts into a variety of formats/structures. It can assist tasks of data formatting and coding. Formatting steps can be stored and reused. The tool includes text-to-speech of various languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. jdTextEdit icon
     1 like

    jdTextEdit is a powerful texteditor with a lot of features.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Haiku
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  10. The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. XML Marker icon
     8 likes

    The simple yet actually fast source-level XML Editor XML Marker uses a combination of syntax-highlighting editor, tree view, and table views to help you get better insights of your XML code.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Diakonos icon
     3 likes

    Diakonos is a powerful and easy to use console-based text editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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