Notepad++ Alternatives for Mac

Alternatives to Notepad++ for Mac with any license

Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free without an expiration time limit, however a license must be purchased for continued use.
- Support for many languages, good debugging without any plugins. Guest • Jul 2020 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It refresh files automatically. Very good for log files User4168935 • Feb 2019 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees
- I love to use sublime text to configure HTML5 and CSS it's my favorite text editor for code, and use it regularly. Guest • Apr 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Both are native text editors that don't use Electron kylepiira • Nov 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Best!!! Like a Notepad++ , even better ) Ofigenssski • Apr 2019 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It has all the features I need without having to install more than a few extensions. 914ian914 • Feb 2018 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Better looking UI and it's available across all platforms. Also, Package Control is amazing Akoot • Mar 2017 • 19 agrees and 8 disagrees
- Not similar to NotePad++ at all Guest • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Modern looking UI, fast and powerful editor, lots of plugins/package that will help you code. I use both sublime and atom for most of the time. rickysantoso • Jul 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- FTP is a lot easier to use than in Sublime, where you need to install a package manager and install a package like Sublime FTP, which isn't nearly as user-friendly as Notepad++. Guest • Nov 2017 • 6 agrees and 7 disagrees
- Notepad++ allows toggling bookmarks with a single click. CeesT • Mar 2017 • 8 agrees and 9 disagrees
- Search and replace is not upto the level of notepad++ Guest • Mar 2017 • 9 agrees and 14 disagrees
- Much polished UI and better search. techcrank • May 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- it is much better the Notepad++ Guest • Sep 2015 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Lightweight Package Control Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable ... Multiple cursors Syntax Highlighting Clean design Font Ligature Support High-dpi support Plugins Simple text editor Text editing Auto-saving Autocompletion Automatic packaging Code completion Directory structure Fullscreen support Memory footprint Minimap Distraction-free UI Php Plugin API Portable Python Ruby Scriptwriting Assistant Syntax Highlighting Auto-Refresh Add a feature

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Visual Studio Code

Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.
- 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++. Guest • Jun 2020 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Yet another simple tool reimplemented in the extremely bloated Electron framework. No thanks. Guest • Feb 2018 • 108 agrees and 75 disagrees
- Very nice and fresh software for source code editing with a lot of features swood544 • Mar 2018 • 20 agrees and 4 disagrees
- Supports lots of features and different types of development. It has emulators when developing android apps. 22Ezra22 • May 2020
- Great features and lots of good extensions SFZ • Feb 2020 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Loads of features and extensions. Microsoft really knows how to make good development tools. Guest • Oct 2018 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Cross-platform, superior highlighting and plugins. CeesT • Jan 2019 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees
- The huge amount of plugins make Visual Studio Code incredibly powerful and flexible ScenicMarathon • Sep 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Has all same features of Notepad++! also smarter!!!!! Guest • Apr 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Open source and a very versatile editor Guest • Oct 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Powerful, fast, free, fully customize-able, and looks nice. Guest • Jul 2018 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Incredibly performant and versatile editor. With the feeling of an editor and the power of an IDE avitalbennatan • Mar 2017 • 17 agrees and 10 disagrees
- It has everything that a developer needs! Good extensions for any language, good themes made by users, built in Git, and much more! Guest • Jul 2017 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Open source, handles many different languages, extensible. What's not to love? Guest • May 2017 • 4 agrees and 3 disagrees
Free Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Built-in Terminal Code completion ... Autocompletion Customizable GIT support Syntax Highlighting Code completion Multiple cursors Plugins C# Scripting C support Extensions Graphical interface Support for Javascript Lint support MarkDown support Multiple languages Night mode/Dark Theme Remote Debugging Ruby support Source code debugging Supports Python Theme Customization Support for Themes Code formatting Code navigation Color coding of code Electron based Embedded debugger Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Git integration Mercurial support Minimap PHP IDE Run Android Apps on Desktop Support for NodeJS Version and Source control Add a feature

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Atom

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.js) and offers the same editing experience across Mac, Windows and Linux desktops. Different from most editors, it uses that same technology for themes so the UI is highly configurable through HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
- What should be a simple application is implemented in the extremely bloated Electron framework. No thanks, I'll take something native. Guest • Feb 2018 • 125 agrees and 42 disagrees
- Atom isn't lightweight as Notepad++ Guest • Aug 2017 • 38 agrees and 6 disagrees
- Bloated and slow compared to Notepad++ NuncioBitis • Apr 2019 • 20 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Notepad++ has a dated feel about it. Atom is lightweight, and feels modern and slick. icelandophile • May 2020 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
- You can use it on chromebooks and it really makes a difference, plus i really really love hacking things!!! keep it up:) Guest • Nov 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- More beautiful and has much more tools donoai • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Despite sometimes high demanding (for an text editor), good as an Editor/IDE. Guest • May 2016 • 11 agrees and 9 disagrees
- 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. Guest • Jun 2017 • 2 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Great UI. Great Packages (extensions). Support for several programming languages. Great developers and community. Free and Open Source. Guest • Dec 2016 • 4 agrees and 3 disagrees
- It's easy to use, predictable, and very extensible. Smarter than VS Code, easier than Notepad++. VenHayz • Jul 2017 • 1 agrees and 4 disagrees
- Cross-platform, modern, fast, great UI, great UX, extensible, fast community-driven development, stable... cblock • Apr 2017 • 3 agrees and 4 disagrees
- Amazing UI, large variety of useful plugins, nice features like multiple cursors, open source and free to use Ruebz999 • Dec 2016 • 6 agrees and 6 disagrees
- Open-source. Community-driven. A lot of high quality extensions available. Very simple and quick. A lot of customisation if you want. Guest • Apr 2017 • 1 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Atom can split windows and allow users to work on multiple files simultaneously, while also integrating plugins. I would say it's better than Notepad++ for many programming tasks. Guest • Sep 2015 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable Support for Themes Community based ... GIT support Package Control GitHub integration Syntax Highlighting Teletype Hackable Night mode/Dark Theme Autocompletion Clean design Code completion Collaborative writing Electron based Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Folder Hierarchy Fuzzy Finder Gitlab integration Interior Design Live collaboration Minimap Modular System Multiple languages Multiple cursors Distraction-free UI Package Manager Plugin API Plugin manager Real time collaboration Separated workspaces Support for NodeJS Tabbed interface Unit Testing Add a feature

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Vim

Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. Vim offers several “modes” for editing with efficiency. This makes vim a non-user-friendly application but it is also a strength. The normal mode binds alphanumeric keys to task-oriented commands. The visual mode highlights text. The command-line mode offers more tools (for search&replace, defining functions, etc.
- Serves same purpose, similar features, different approach, multiplatform, ubiquitous. marcinkowalski • Mar 2018 • 9 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Although it runs as a GUI, you still need to know the vi commands. Unless you don't mind using the menu bar to do everything. NuncioBitis • Apr 2019 • 6 agrees and 7 disagrees
- vim is a console app and relies on a special keyboard command syntax which users need to learn and know. It is already a joke that people do not manage to remember how to quit vi(m) not to mention all the other things people might not remember about the commands. superluminar • Jul 2018 • 4 agrees and 7 disagrees
- Vim is a console app and require to know its commands to use it, while Notepad++ is UI driven, anyone can use it. Guest • Mar 2015 • 50 agrees and 30 disagrees
- Lightweight, configurable, and fast. Has a lot of options, but all of them are very intuitive. Guest • Oct 2017 • 2 agrees and 4 disagrees
- I like to use the vim command line version on windows it feels pretty minimalistic and its appearance gives the impression it goes right to the job of editing text Guest • Mar 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Fastest in use. You can improve your productivity and performance when writing. Guest • Jan 2017 • 5 agrees and 4 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku ... OpenSolaris
Lightweight Customizable Syntax Highlighting Extensible by Plugins/Extensions ... Keyboard focused Plugins Well documented Built-in terminal emulation Code syntax highlighting Command line interface Configurable Cross-platform For geek Hackable MarkDown support Terminal-based Vim Batch Editing Command line Configurable Dedication to home row Support for Large File Lightweight Mnemonic key bindings Modal editor Native application Plugin manager Regex substitution Spell checking Vim Buffers Vim folding Visual Mode Word completion Add a feature

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Brackets

Brackets is an open-source editor for web design and development built on top of web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The project was created and is maintained by Adobe, and is released under an MIT License. With focused visual tools and preprocessor support, Brackets is a modern text editor that makes it easy to design in the browser. It's crafted from the ground up for web designers and front-end developers. Brackets is a lightweight, yet powerful, modern text editor.
- Brackets uses more RAM and disk space. Lacks proper macro support. Macro management plugin exists but works nowhere near as good as Notepad++ built in macro recorder. It fails to record "find" commands for example. Guest • Jun 2020 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- because i like the UI more than notepad++ Guest • Dec 2017 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees
- it's easy to use and is open source so a definite runner-up to notpad++ Guest • Dec 2017 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees
- No FTP that works like the NpFTP Guest • Nov 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Free, easy to use, full of features Guest • Oct 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It has an auto complete feature which makes it better than Notepad++ techcrank • May 2017 • 4 agrees and 4 disagrees
- lacking many features of notepad++ Guest • Jan 2017 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell
Live Preview Autocompletion Syntax Highlighting Git integration ... Integrated FTP client No registration required Built-in Level Editor Extensible by Plugins/Extensions File-sync Multiple languages Streamlined interface Add a feature

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Geany

Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. Another goal was to be as independent as possible from a special Desktop Environment like KDE or GNOME - Geany only requires the GTK2 runtime libraries.
- Virtually the same features and on top of it it's cross platform and open source. Guest • Jan 2020 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Geany in functionality and interface is very similar to Notepad++ Guest • Feb 2016 • 16 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Has the same features + some more features than Notepad++. And It's Free Software, on GPL license - huge PLUS for this! ++++ niezniszczalny • Mar 2020 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Free, lightweight, multi platform, open source, customizable. What more do you want? Resdek • Aug 2017 • 12 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Simple, lightweight. But there're syntax highlighting and code completion. jovin • Feb 2017 • 10 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce
Better syntax highlighting support Debian package compatible Lightweight Multiplatform ... Shell integration Support for Themes Automatic Indentation Built-in Terminal Code navigation Customizable Support for Large File Minimalistic Portable Shortcut keys Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Vim plugin Add a feature

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gedit

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 can't fold code, can't make ident lines, and the ident is strange! Guest • Jul 2016 • 13 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Some essential plugins missing especially around code formatting tools Guest • Mar 2017 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees
- no sorting and don't reconize regular expression when 'replace' or search rmpbklyn • Sep 2015 • 9 agrees and 4 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... GNOME OpenSolaris
Lightweight Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting Autocompletion ... Spell checking Add a feature

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Kate

The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application. In addition, we provide KWrite, a simple SDI editor shell which allows the user to select his/her favourite editor component. Kate Kate is a multi-document editor part of KDE since release 2.2.
- Kate is also open-source like Notepad++ and likewise runs at the speed of a native app. Features align pretty nicely between the two, but Kate runs natively on all desktops, not just Windows. Same workflow on Windows, Mac and Linux. Ugotsta • Feb 2020
- lightweight, code syntax highlighting, regex find and replace Guest • May 2020
- Great syntax highlighting, and good plugin support. Fast and easy to use. ricjac • May 2017 • 7 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD KDE
MarkDown support Native application Built-in Terminal Built-in themes ... Code formatting Editable text color schemes File management Notetaking Syntax Highlighting Themes Support for regular expressions Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Add a feature

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Coda

You code for the web. You demand a fast, clean, and powerful text editor. Pixel-perfect preview. A built-in way to open and manage your local and remote files. And maybe a dash of SSH. Say hello, Coda. Features: • Touch Bar. On the new MacBook Pro, switch instantly between editor and preview, comment lines in a flash, and much more. • Speed. Syntax highlighting is anywhere from 4 to 10 times faster. Symbol parsing is 10 times faster. It’s real zippier. • Editor Improvements.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad
Syntax Highlighting Live css editing Built-in File Manager Real time collaboration ... Team Collaboration Add a feature

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GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include: * Content-sensitive editing modes, including syntax coloring, for a variety of file types including plain text, source code, and HTML. * Complete built-in documentation, including a tutorial for new users.
- Emacs is the be-all-end-all text editor. It takes a while to learn, but its code and text editing commands are extremely powerful. There's also a package manager for things like auto completion, automatic running, and more language support. Guest • Jan 2017 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees
- I don't want a fake psychologist nor to play tetris, I really just want a powerful IDE. Guest • May 2020
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Code completion Cross-platform Customizable ... Editable text color schemes Extensibility Extensions IDE All Languages Org-mode Syntax Highlighting Package Control Scripting Self-documenting Terminal-based Add a feature

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