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. SilverEdit icon
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    SilverEdit 3 - The ultimate web designer tool for Android devices. On sale! SilverEdit is the ultimate web designer tool for Android devices. With SilverEdit you can Create, Edit, Preview your pages offline or online. Manage, upload and download files through the FTP as well as m.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  2. znote icon
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    Free text and markdown editor. Developer friendly thanks to integrated Dark mode and syntax highlighting of code. Secure your notes on the fly with our AES encoder. Multi-notes and draft support. Available on all platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  3. iText icon
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    iText is an intuitive and refined text editor with word processing completely rewritten in Cocoa (so works with Afloat), and is suitable for both Power PC and Intel Macs. iText provides the simplest way to make gorgeous manuscripts on your Mac!

    92 iText alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  4. Stylus Studio icon
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    Stylus Studio® 2010 XML Enterprise Suite is an advanced XML Integrated Development Environment (XML IDE) consisting of hundreds of powerful XML tools in one all-inclusive suite, and high-performance Java & .NET components to design data integration applications.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. XML Tools Provider: XML Studio - Graphical XML Schema Editor. XML Data Binder - Generate C++, C#, Java, VB .Net, Visual Basic classes from any XML Schema (XSD, XDR, DTD).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6.  3 likes

    OpenLDev is a graphical front-end to Linux development tools such as gcc, GNU autotools and make. OpenLDev strives to provide an easy-to-use interface that is both productive for experts and simple for beginners.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. Notepad! is the free, powerful, feature-rich replacement for your Windows Notepad. This software is completely free to use, for both personal and business purposes. With multi-document editing, split editing (two views of the same document, side by side, with synchronized...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. NotepadX icon
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    NotepadX is a simple text editor. With NotepadX you're be able to create standard text files, open text files and edit them. The finished file can be sent directly from the app via E-Mail, stored locally or uploaded online to OneDrive.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. ne icon
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    ne is a text editor based on the POSIX standard that runs (we hope) on almost any UN*X machine. ne is easy to use for the beginner, but powerful and fully configurable for the wizard, and most sparing in its resource usage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. Editing of XML direct and easy, with many helpful features. The XML data is presented in an clearly and easy to handle way.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  11. ExamXML icon
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    ExamXML displays XML documents in a tree view, highlighting differences down to the level of elements, words or attributes, so that you can view exactly which attributes and elements have been added, modified or deleted.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. NoobNote icon
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    There are many alternatives to Microsoft Notepad and the best one out there in my opinion is Notepad++, but there are no alternatives to Notepad which actually look and feel like it. NoobNote aims to replace that.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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