Notepad++ Alternatives for Chrome OS
Notepad++ is not available for Chrome OS but there are plenty of alternatives with similar functionality. The best Chrome OS alternative is Atom. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Visual Studio Code or gedit. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Notepad++ and 11 are available for Chrome OS so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Chrome OS alternatives to Notepad++ are Caret, Text, GNOME Builder and Zed Code Editor.
Notepad++ alternatives are mainly Text Editors but may also be Code Editors or IDEs. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Notepad++.- Free Personal • Open Source
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- Electron / Atom Shell
Atom is an open-source, Electron based text editor with a massive ecosystem of plugins and themes that are easily accessible through a built-in package manager. Being built with Electron, it uses web technology (HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Node.
Discontinued
Atom will be discontinued at the end of 2022: https://github.blog/2022-06-08-sunsetting-atom/
Atom vs Notepad++ opinions
Despite sometimes high demanding (for an text editor), good as an Editor/IDE.
Atom is a text editor that provides an all in one solution to all the absolute basic needs today's modern world expects in a notepad replacement. Sleek UI, extensible, cross-platform, and, actively developed, Atom is the defacto choice for the vast majority when wanting to replace notepad/NotePad++ with an editor that packs a real punch in default capabilities and usefulness.
What should be a simple application is implemented in the extremely bloated Electron framework. No thanks, I'll take something native.
D33pSh33pFeels bloated and sluggish compared to Notepad++. It makes my laptop sad when doing lots of multitasking. That's the main reason I don't use it.
NuncioBitisToo slow, big, and heavy, and a memory hog.
lian00I tried Atom and it’s probably the most heavy code editor I ever met (more than 1 Go installed).
edapmNotepad++ has a dated feel about it. Atom is lightweight, and feels modern and slick.
Visual Studio Code is a free, lightweight, and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.
Visual Studio Code vs Notepad++ opinions
swood544Very nice and fresh software for source code editing with a lot of features
avitalbennatanIncredibly performant and versatile editor. With the feeling of an editor and the power of an IDE
Yet another simple tool reimplemented in the extremely bloated Electron framework. No thanks.
aaronfrankeVisual Studio Code can do everything Notepad++ does but better. It has more features, is very extensible and customizable, has a great dark default theme, is cross-platform, and is fairly lightweight.
RedTrillixIts quite a big application, and if you wanna just edit a config file or text document, you dont want a big, slower application running.
Its a good coding app for projects and stuff, but not if you want to make a simple edit.
Hau_KaiIt's more than just an environment to view code with highlighting. It is a basic yet complete coding environment to write and run code.
Visual Studio Code is great but it is heavy and complex. Not a good replacement for simple GUI text editor with macro support which is Notepad++.
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- GNOME
- OpenSolaris
Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with plugins.
gedit vs Notepad++ opinions
Gedit can't fold code, can't make ident lines, and the ident is strange!
Some essential plugins missing especially around code formatting tools
rmpbklynno sorting and don't reconize regular expression when 'replace' or search
- Free • Open Source
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
Caret is a lightweight-but-powerful programmer's editor running as a Chrome Packaged App. Inspired by Sublime and built on top of the Ace editing component, it offers:
Caret vs Notepad++ opinions
tvgoing1not online, works only for chrome and cloud based
It has similar options, you can select the language you are programming on and also has themes.
Its not an online, cloud based app. It works only for chrome.
You can use it offline and its easy to access.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Online
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- Google Chrome
Text.app is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It's fast, lets you open multiple files at once, has syntax highlighting, and saves to Google Drive on Chrome OS.
Builder is an IDE for GNOME that is focused on bringing the power of the platform to more developers than ever before.
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- Online
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- Google Chrome
Zed is a fully offline-capable text and code editor you can use to edit files locally, on Dropbox, or remotely on any server. It has all the code editor features you'd expect and more:
Discontinued
Latest commit 661ba3a on May 11, 2015. See https://github.com/zedapp/zed
- Freemium • Open Source
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- Google Chrome
A new code editor for Chrome and ChromeOS.