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. Vellum Notes icon
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    Vellum Notes is a free notepad for Windows 11 and 10 that looks at home on the system: a soft glass window (Acrylic or Mica), a warm accent color and nothing extra on the screen.

    8 Vellum Notes alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Slate is a free, open-source Notepad replacement for Windows and Linux (Raspberry Pi included) that opens files of any size instantly. Nothing is loaded up front: only what's on screen is read and drawn, so logs, database dumps and JSON exports of hundreds of megabytes open...

    55 Slate Text Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
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    TextMorph is a FREE powerful ASCII text formatter. It is also a text editor, similar to Notepad. There are lots of text editing programs around, but TextMorph has a number of things that set it apart. TextMorph has a number of "tools" that you can apply to the text...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. JujuEdit icon
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    JujuEdit is a file editor, or alternatively a text editor with knobs-on. It is an application designed for me and people like me. At its simplest, it makes a fine replacement for Notepad. It may appeal more to computer nerds who like syntax hilighting and advanced find/replace...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. You've had a notes.txt open for years. Links, part numbers, a password you really shouldn't have typed there, a to-do from last Tuesday. PopNotes keeps the habit and loses the mess: one hotkey to jot, and it sorts, colors and finds everything for you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Janus is a simple, native Linux text editor. Supports UTF-8 and binary data through it's binary editing mode. Spiritual successor to Leafpad.

    Cost / License

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    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. NotepadMac is a native Cocoa port of Notepad++ for the Mac. It is built on the same Scintilla editing engine and Lexilla syntax highlighting as the Windows original, and reads Notepad++'s own language, style, theme, function-list, shortcut and translation files.

    Cost / License

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. VibeFront icon
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    VibeFront is an AI-powered desktop HTML editor for Windows. Supports 4 AI providers (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and local LLMs via Ollama/LM Studio). 30+ built-in templates, image-to-HTML conversion, Emmet expansion, responsive preview, dark/light theme. Buy once, no subscription.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. JoliVIM icon
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    JoliVim is a playful fork of Vim featuring a modern Windows 11 interface built with WinUI 3, while preserving the power and efficiency of the original Vim editor.

    Cost / License

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    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. JUNQ Edit icon
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    Text editor for Mac and Windows that auto-detects encodings like EUC-KR, Shift_JIS and GBK, edits server files over SFTP/FTP, and compares files and folders.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  11. A fast native text editor for Windows that opens huge logs, highlights 30 languages, lays out right to left text properly, and has an offline AI.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Tungsten Text Editor is a small, lightweight text editing app similar to Notepad. It is a Progressive Web App (PWA) for desktop operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, etc.), implemented using web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Online
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