Windows Notepad Alternatives

Windows Notepad is described as 'Fast, lightweight editor bundled with Windows since 1985. Supports plain text, UTF-8, Linux newline, over 100 languages, with improved features' and is a very popular Text Editor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Windows Notepad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Windows Notepad alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Windows Notepad are Sublime Text, Vim, Kate and gedit.

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Windows Notepad alternatives are mainly Text Editors, but if you're looking for Code Editors or IDEs you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Windows Notepad.
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Fast, lightweight editor bundled with Windows since 1985. Supports plain text, UTF-8, Linux newline, over 100 languages, with improved features.

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Windows Notepad alternatives page was last updated May 16, 2025
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  1. GetDiz icon

    GetDiz

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    GetDiz is a fully featured text editor which can replace Notepad while maintaining an incredible speed, ease of use and small size. You can display and edit any text files with GetDiz. Additionally it offers enhanced functionality with DIZ and NFO files, which are often included...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    GetDiz screenshot 1

    GetDiz Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  ASCII Art

    GetDiz VS Windows Notepad

     
  2. TEA icon

    TEA

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    TEA is free text editor for Linux, *BSD, OS/2, Windows, Haicu. It depends on Qt 4.6+ or Qt 5 or Qt6, zlib and, optionally, on Aspell or Hunspell. The old (but renewed) branch, TEA-GTK depends on GTK+ 3 and GtkSourceView 3.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    TEA screenshot 1

    TEA Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  C++
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Built-in File Manager
    5.  Built-in Image converter
    6.  Built-in Image viewer
    7.  Built-in archiver

    TEA VS Windows Notepad

     
  4. HippoEDIT icon

    HippoEDIT

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    HippoEDIT is a powerful, fast and easy to use Windows text editor, primarily targeted at power users and programmers. It has modern and lightweight user interface, which supports different interface schemes, Multi Tab environment, seamless web and help browser, File Explorer and...

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    HippoEDIT screenshot 1

    HippoEDIT Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

    HippoEDIT VS Windows Notepad

     
  5. Jota+ Text Editor icon

    Jota+ Text Editor

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    Powerful text editor for Android.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    Jota+ Text Editor screenshot 1

    Jota+ Text Editor Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

    Jota+ Text Editor VS Windows Notepad

     

    • Jota+ Text Editor is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Windows Notepad.

    • Jota+ Text Editor is Freemium and ProprietaryWindows Notepad is Free and Proprietary
  6. Text File Editor icon

    Text File Editor

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    The "Text File Editor" is an editor for text-based files, such as text files or scripts. It contains many useful functions for text editing, like word counting, removing blank lines and multiple spaces or sorting list alphabetically.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    DOS-style design

    Text File Editor VS Windows Notepad

     
  7. Gammadyne DocPad icon

    Gammadyne DocPad

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    DocPad is a superior alternative to Notepad. Although it fills the same role, plain text editing, it has many advantages.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Gammadyne DocPad screenshot 1

    Gammadyne DocPad Features

    1.  Portable

    Gammadyne DocPad VS Windows Notepad

     
  9. Pe (Programmer’s Editor) icon

    Pe (Programmer’s Editor)

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    Pe, short for Programmer’s Editor, is an open source text editor for BeOS. It is targeted towards source-code editing, and features syntax highlighting for a large number of programming languages. It also works as a basic source-level HTML editor, with some HTML autocompletion...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Haiku

    Pe (Programmer’s Editor) Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Search and Replace
    3.  Support for FTP

    Pe (Programmer’s Editor) VS Windows Notepad

     
  10. MadEdit icon

    MadEdit

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    MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    Main window
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    MadEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex Editor

    MadEdit VS Windows Notepad

     
  11. Jottr icon

    Jottr

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    A simple, opinionated plain text editor designed for writers, journalists and researchers. Jottr is not meant to be a full-featured text editor, but rather a simple and easy to use tool for writing. It's not aimed at developers.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Jottr screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Distraction-free
    4.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Built-in Dictionary
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Full-Text Search
    8.  Word counter
    9.  Integrated Web Browser
    10.  Distraction-free Writing

    Jottr VS Windows Notepad

     
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