Notepad Alternatives for Linux
Notepad is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Sublime Text. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Vim or Kate. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Notepad and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Notepad are GNU nano, gedit, GNU Emacs and CudaText.
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.Sublime Text
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Paid • Proprietary
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
- IDE
189 alternatives to Sublime Text- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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 Features
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Vim
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
193 alternatives to Vim- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a GUI version called GVim.
Vim Features
Kate
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
- IDE
128 alternatives to Kate- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE
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.
Kate Features
GNU nano
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
132 alternatives to GNU nano- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.
gedit
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
170 alternatives to gedit- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- 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.
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GNU Emacs
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
- IDE
159 alternatives to GNU Emacs- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- Homebrew
- Android
- F-Droid
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:
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CudaText
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
182 alternatives to CudaText- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.
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UltraEdit
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Paid • Proprietary
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
200 alternatives to UltraEdit- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later).
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SciTE
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
141 alternatives to SciTE- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Xfce
SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration...
Xed
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
146 alternatives to Xed- Linux
Xed is a text editor which supports most standard editor features, extending this basic functionality with other features not usually found in simple text editors. Xed is a graphical application which supports editing multiple text files in one window (known sometimes as tabs or...
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