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Notepad

Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Created by Microsoft

Free
Windows

There are many alternatives to Notepad for Windows if you are looking to replace it. The most popular Windows alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Notepad and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Notepad are Atom (Free, Open Source), Sublime Text (Paid), Vim (Free, Open Source) and gedit (Free, Open Source).

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Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
- Feature-packed. If that's not enough, you can extend it even further with plugins. Guest • Jun 2016 • 6 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Lightweight Code formatting Tabbed interface Custom Language Definitions ... Customer support Support for Javascript Portable Auto-saving Autocompletion Block edit Built-in editor Color coding Column edit mode Configurable Debugger Developer Tools Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for FTP Integrated Search Live Preview Macros Multiple languages Multiple Open Tabs Native GUI Plugin manager Support for regular expressions Side-by-Side comparison Add a feature

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Atom

Extensible, cross-platform text editor with a rich ecosystem of plugins and themes.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable Support for Themes Community based ... Package Control GIT support Teletype GitHub integration Hackable Syntax Highlighting 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 Night mode/Dark Theme 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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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. ...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Lightweight Package Control Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable ... Multiple cursors Syntax Highlighting Font Ligature Support High-dpi support Plugins Simple text editor Text editing Auto-saving Autocompletion Automatic packaging Clean design 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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Vim

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku ... OpenSolaris
Lightweight Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting ... Keyboard focused Plugins Well documented Built-in terminal emulation Command line interface Configurable For geek Hackable MarkDown support Batch Editing Command line Configurable Dedication to home row Developer Tools Support for Large File Lightweight Mnemonic key bindings Modal editor Native application Plugin manager Regex substitution Spell checking Terminal-based Vim Buffers Vim folding Visual Mode Word completion 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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... GNOME OpenSolaris
Lightweight Autocompletion Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Spell checking ... Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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GNU nano

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku
Command line interface Automatic Indentation Search and replace Terminal-based 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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Cross-platform Customizable Editable text color schemes ... Extensions Syntax Highlighting IDE IDE All Languages Package Control Scripting Self-documenting Terminal-based 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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD KDE
Editable text color schemes Native application Built-in Terminal Built-in themes ... Code formatting File management MarkDown support Notetaking Support for regular expressions Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Themes Add a feature

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UltraEdit

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...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Column based text editing Hex Editor Add a feature

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PSPad

PSPad is a freeware programmers editor in 8 languages for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Some features are highlighted syntax, ftp, projects and so on. Code...

Free Windows
Syntax Highlighting ASCII to Hex Edit files without creating a project Hex Editor ... Lightweight Portable Add a feature

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