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. JBPad icon
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    A portable and cross-platform plain text editor featuring hierarchical tree-view file navigation and a tabbed interface for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

    6 JBPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  2. Notemac++ icon
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    Notemac++ brings the familiar Notepad++ experience to Mac users with syntax highlighting for 70+ languages, tabbed editing, split views, built-in Git integration, an AI coding assistant, an integrated terminal, macro recording, bookmarks, and powerful regex find/replace.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
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  3. Batch-Notepad that can replace, insert, delete, copy, and move text in multiple files in bulk! Perform advanced search and replace operations using RegEx substitutions. Supports multi-line replace, wildcards, match selection, case matching, Unicode!.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Mesh Editor is a lightweight code editor. It is user-friendly and can be used on the go since it is really lightweight. It supports multiple programming languages with syntax highlighting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. EdytorNC icon
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    EdytorNC is text editor for CNC programmers. Some features : bolt holes calculation; solutions of triangles calculation; speed, feed calculation; conversion inch/mm, mm/inch; code colouring; RS232 data transmission with automatic file saving and possibility to download new CNC...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. This HTML editor is a just a simple program, but with powerful features. It's based off of Apache NetBeans and it's UI. With support for CSS, HTML1-5, and XML it is very useful and plans are made to include server-side support and well as a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • NetBeans
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  7. A lightweight, minimal and powerful code editor. This editor has many features. Some of them are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. Simple CSS icon
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    Simple CSS allows you to easily create Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) from scratch, and/or modify existing ones, using a familiar point-and-click interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  9. Greg Solutions is a trusted provider of DevOps and Blockchain development services. We excel at cost-efficient infrastructure design and custom blockchain development. We are a close-knit team of fearless DevOps and Blockchain practitioners, handling projects of any complexity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Leafier icon
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    A simple, lightweight and easy to use HTML editor worth having when you need to view and edit what document you want, as well as insert new HTML and CSS tags.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. HAPedit icon
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    HAPedit is an acronym for Html Asp Php editor; a win32 text-mode editor useful for all developers of dynamic web pages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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