ConTEXT is a small, fast and powerful freeware text editor, developed to serve as a secondary tool for software developers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Notepad2 Alternatives
Notepad2 has been discontinued. Similar apps include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Sublime Text, Kate, Geany and gedit. Text Editors like Notepad2 are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Chrome OS.
Alternatives list
- 58 ConTEXT alternatives
158 FavoText alternativesFavoText is a text editor, which supports editing file with text/hex format, syntax highlighting and auto completion; it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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126 LopeEdit alternativesLopeEdit is a powerful programmers editor and a replacement of Windows Notepad. It has tabs to select between open files, supports syntax highlighting of multiple programing languages (C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript, XML, HTML, ASP, JSP, SQL, Cobol, C#, CSS...
Platforms
- Windows
Spain
EU
157 Ynote Classic alternativesYnote Classic is an easy to use fast and advanced text editor with a tabbed interface and multiview. It has intelligent Syntax Highlighting, Code Folding , Auto Indent and autocompletion. It can highlight any language you like using Regular Expressions.
Platforms
- Windows
146 QuickNote alternativesVirtual scrapbook for Desktop with a plain text editor. With Quicknote, in its resizable window you can jot down your notes and organize them in categories. Beneath the normal text functions, it can let you directly access frequently run programs, manage windows tasks, and even...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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PolyEdit Lite is a multipurpose word processor and text editor for Microsoft Windows. It is fast, small, and easy-to-use.
Platforms
- Windows
A lightweight, distraction-free notepad with instant access, no registration or ads, auto-saves notes locally, supports manual export, and works seamlessly on modern browsers and mobile devices while prioritizing privacy with a clean interface and dark mode.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
Türkiye
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133 MadEdit alternativesMadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Xfce
58 JOE alternativesJOE is a full featured terminal-based screen editor which is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). JOE has been around since 1988 and comes standard with many Linux distributions.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
164 Devpad alternativesNotepad-like VB.Net multi-tab source code editor for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 that supports ASM, ASP.Net, Boo, C#, C++, CSS, HTML, INI, Java, JavaScript, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, VB.Net, XML and plain text files.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Chocolat is a new text editor for Mac OS X, that combines native Cocoa with powerful text editing tools.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
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Lightweight open-source text editor featuring syntax highlighting for many languages, tabbed interface, customizable keyboard shortcuts, plugin and macro support, configurable color schemes, find and replace with regex, and cross-platform compatibility for programming or general use.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Xfce
- Global
