Nova AlternativesCode & Text Editors like Nova
Nova is described as 'The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic' and is a Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Nova for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Nova alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nova are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Sublime Text and Vim.
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228 Notepad++ alternativesNotepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
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Top Notepad++ Features
- Lightweight
- Code Formatting
- Portable
- Tabbed interface
- Search and Replace
- Text formatting
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Multiple Open Tabs
- Multiple languages
- Color coding
- Support for Javascript
- Configurable
Notepad++ VS Nova
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206 Visual Studio Code alternativesVisual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Chrome OS
Top Visual Studio Code Features
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Customizable
- Autocompletion
- IDE
- Built-in terminal emulation
- Syntax Highlighting
- Code Completion
- Multiple languages
- Git Support
- GitHub Integration
- Support for Themes
- Dark Mode
Visual Studio Code VS Nova
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195 VSCodium alternativesThis repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron
- Flathub
Top VSCodium Features
- No Tracking
- Prevent telemetry
- IDE
- Customizable
- Privacy focused
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Works Offline
- No registration required
- MIT License
- Autocompletion
- Git integration
- Syntax Highlighting
VSCodium VS Nova
Is VSCodium a good alternative to Nova?
194 Sublime Text alternativesPowerful editor blending code, markup, and prose editing with enhanced features like multi-tab selection, side-by-side definition viewing, and multiple selection tools for swift code navigation.
Top Sublime Text Features
- Lightweight
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Customizable
- Package Control
- Syntax Highlighting
- IDE
- No Tracking
- Dark Mode
- Support for MarkDown
- Distraction-free
- Works Offline
- Git Support
Sublime Text VS Nova
Is Sublime Text a good alternative to Nova?
207 Vim alternativesVim ("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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Top Vim Features
- Lightweight
- Keyboard focused
- Customizable
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Syntax Highlighting
- Hackable
- Command line interface
- Works Offline
- Support for MarkDown
- No registration required
- Portable
- Batch Editing
Vim VS Nova
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159 Eclipse alternativesEclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...
Top Eclipse Features
- IDE
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Java IDE
- C++
- Refactoring
- Autocompletion
- Syntax Highlighting
- Portable
- No registration required
- Works Offline
- Spell Checking
- Code Formatting
Eclipse VS Nova
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139 Kate alternativesThe 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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Top Kate Features
- Native application
- Themes
- Editable text color schemes
- Syntax Highlighting
- Built-in terminal emulation
- Tabbed interface
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Git Support
- Lightweight
- Support for MarkDown
- Code Formatting
- Built-in themes
Kate VS Nova
Is Kate a good alternative to Nova?
102 Adobe Dreamweaver alternativesAdvanced web authoring tool supports designing and coding tasks from a visual perspective and backs it up with robust coding. Offers live preview, customizable templates, endless design options, and tools like drag-and-drop visual design capabilities, FTP/SFTP transfer, and supports multiple monitors, all on...
Top Adobe Dreamweaver Features
- WYSIWYG Support
- HTML/CSS/JS rendering
- Visual design
- Live Preview
- iPhone/iPod sync
- Support for FTP
- WYSIWYG HTML Editor
- Support for Bootstrap
- Git Support
- Support for Multiple Monitors
- Drag and Drop
- Support for SFTP
Adobe Dreamweaver VS Nova
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159 TextMate alternativesTextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.
Top TextMate Features
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Support for Themes
- Syntax Highlighting
- Support for MarkDown
- Lightweight
- Search and Replace
- No registration required
- Dark Mode
- Code Formatting
- Ad-free
- Works Offline
- Automatic Indentation
DiscontinuedLast commit and version is from 2021
TextMate VS Nova
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206 Notepad3 alternativesNotepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.
Top Notepad3 Features
- Lightweight
- Support for Unicode
- Small-footprint
- Multiple languages
- Syntax Highlighting
- Search and Replace
- Portable
- Support for regular expressions
- No registration required
- Ad-free
- Works Offline
- Dark Mode
Notepad3 VS Nova
Is Notepad3 a good alternative to Nova?
18 CodeEdit alternativesCodeEdit is a code editor built by the community, for the community, written entirely and unapologetically for macOS. Features include syntax highlighting, code completion, project find and replace, snippets, terminal, task running, debugging, git integration, code review...
CodeEdit Features
- Syntax Highlighting
- Live Preview
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Snippets
- Code review
- Debugging
- Collaborative Code Editor
- Git integration
- Code Completion
- Swift
CodeEdit VS Nova
Is CodeEdit a good alternative to Nova?
50 PhpStorm alternativesEnjoy productive PHP and web development with PhpStorm. Take advantage of deep code understanding, top-notch coding assistance, and support for all major tools and frameworks.
Top PhpStorm Features
- Syntax Highlighting
- Autocompletion
- Ad-free
- Code Formatting
- Git Support
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Portable
- Works Offline
- Spell Checking
- Dark Mode
- Real time collaboration
- Support for MarkDown
PhpStorm VS Nova
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