Padre is described as 'Perl IDE, an Integrated Development environment, or in other words a text editor that is simple to use for new Perl programmers but also supports large multi-lingual and multi-technology projects' and is a IDE in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Padre for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Padre alternative is Microsoft Visual Studio. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Microsoft Visual Studio or Eclipse. Other great apps like Padre are Aptana Studio, PSPad, CotEditor and B4X.