Nova Alternatives

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 Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPad apps. The best Nova alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nova are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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  1. BBEdit icon
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    BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text.

    118 BBEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Kompad icon
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    Open source note application with desktop, web, and mobile web access features intuitive file organization, folder grouping, color-coded tags, side panel search, auto updates, word and character counts, reading time estimates, and customizable themes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Light Table icon
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    Light Table is a new interactive IDE that lets you modify running programs and embed anything from websites to games. It provides the real time feedback we need to not only answer questions about our code, but to understand how our programs really work.

    89 Light Table alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
  4. RubyMine icon
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    Comprehensive IDE specialized for Ruby and Rails, offering smart code completion, advanced navigation, error analysis, refactoring tools, integrated debugging, test frameworks, and web development support alongside extensive VCS integration and plugin extensibility.

    25 RubyMine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. jEdit icon
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    jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it. jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use AND it is released as free software with full source code...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Textastic icon
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    Textastic is an advanced code editor for iOS and macOS with support for syntax highlighting, remote file transfer, and SSH.

    67 Textastic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Textastic is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Nova.

    • Textastic is Paid and ProprietaryNova is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. Xed Editor icon
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    Xed Editor is a versatile text and code editor designed specifically for Android devices, offering users the ability to create, edit, and manage their text and code files with ease on their mobile devices.

    53 Xed Editor alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
    • Xed Editor is the most popular Android alternative to Nova.

    • Xed Editor is Free and Open SourceNova is Paid and Proprietary
  8. Pluma icon
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    Pluma, fork of gedit , is a text editor part of MATE Desktop Environment. It supports most standard editor features, extending this basic functionality with other features not usually found in simple text...

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    • Linux
     
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    Notepad more focused on developing than just scribble down notes.

    These is not an exhaustive feature list, but gives you some idea of the features present in Programmer’s Notepad.

    • Syntax Highlighting for lots of languages, configured with schemes
    • Multi-language use.
    131 Programmer's Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Vampirio Code is a versatile open source editor and IDE with syntax highlighting and multi-language compilation, integrated with various compilers and tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. CSSEdit icon
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    CSSEdit is a visual cascading style sheet editor built-in Espresso , with CSS3 support for multi-browser gradients, shadows and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Espresso
     
  12. Codeshare icon
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    • Open a Codeshare editor, write or copy code, then share it with friends and colleagues. Pair program and troubleshoot together.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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