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. Caret-T icon
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    Fork of Caret Editor that has full Tern integration (Intellisense for Javascript)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
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  2. Adventure is a lightweight and flexible, general-purpose IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and advanced text editor. Formerly known as AutoGUI, a GUI designer for AutoHotkey scripts, the project evolved towards the goal of achieving the status of a complete IDE...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. ptext icon
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    A nano like text editor built with pure C.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. Mystix icon
     3 likes

    Mystix is a text editor with customizable syntax highlighting, customizable code folding and other text editing features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Blinky icon
     3 likes

    A retro-inspired text editor for Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
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  6. HTMEditor icon
     2 likes

    The HTMEditor is an online, free and easy to use HTML editor, with WYSIWYG and bootstrap support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Hekapad icon
     3 likes

    Hekapad is a free fully featured lightweight text editor for Windows. It can be used to replace the classic Notepad with some cool features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Alternate TextBrowser allows a fast navigation through text-files. The program offers the possibility to open multiple text-files at once.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Features of Simple Code Editor include: Theming, Emmet support, a minimalist interface, syntax highlighting, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Hacker Pad icon
     1 like

    Hacker Pad is a convenient scratch pad that allows everyone, especially developer, to quickly jot down ideas and snippets. This comes from the need of my colleagues who struggle with how to quickly write down notes in a convenient way.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. MS Paint IDE icon
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    People joke about what IDE they use often, things like Word, MS Notepad, sometimes even Eclipse, and then often times MS Paint. People joke about MS Paint because it's not even a text editor, people joke about it because it doesn't have one feature in common with IDEs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Paint
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