Plain Text Editor Alternatives

Plain Text Editor is described as 'Simple distraction-free text editor without any rich text nonsense. The simplicity is a feature' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Plain Text Editor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Plain Text Editor alternative is Vim, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Plain Text Editor are gedit, GNU nano, TextMate and CudaText.

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  1. SynWrite icon
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    SynWrite

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    SynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.

    168 SynWrite alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Total Commander

    SynWrite Features

    1.  Spell Checking
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Portable
    4.  Tree structure
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    Discontinued

    Last update was on 29-08-2017. Synwrite is continued on CudaText.Only there is no Total Commander plug-in with CudaText.

    SynWrite iconPlain Text Editor Icon

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    BabelPad

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    BabelPad is a free Unicode text editor for Windows that supports the proper rendering of most complex scripts, and allows you to assign different fonts to different scripts in order to facilitate multi-script text editing.

    153 BabelPad alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    BabelPad Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for Unicode
    3.  Multiple languages
    BabelPad iconPlain Text Editor Icon

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  4. TextPad icon
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    TextPad

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    TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. It can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, and it will work with the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Server 2003 and 2008.

    127 TextPad alternatives
    Running in Vista

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TextPad Features

    1.  Search and Replace
    Running in XP
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    EmEditor

    EmEditor is a versatile text, code, and CSV editor designed for Windows. It offers lightweight, user-friendly, and extendable platform, with both 32-bit and 64-bit builds. The software also features AI-assisted writing.

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  6. TED Notepad icon
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    TED Notepad

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    Replace notepad with free Unicode notepad replacement, rich in innovative features, text-processing functions, tools and hot-keys.

    95 TED Notepad alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Color coding
    Tools dropdown
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  7. NoteTab icon
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    NoteTab

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    NoteTab is a leading text editor, popular Notepad replacement, and powerful code-based HTML editor for Windows.

    147 NoteTab alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    NoteTab Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Search and Replace
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  8. Tilde icon
    Tilde icon

    Tilde

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    Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.

    124 Tilde alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Terminal-based
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  10. GetDiz icon
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    GetDiz

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    GetDiz is a fully featured text editor which can replace Notepad while maintaining an incredible speed, ease of use and small size. You can display and edit any text files with GetDiz. Additionally it offers enhanced functionality with DIZ and NFO files, which are often included...

    108 GetDiz alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    GetDiz Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  ASCII Art
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    MadEdit

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    MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.

    138 MadEdit alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    MadEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex Editor
    Options window
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

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  12. Jota Text Editor icon
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    Jota Text Editor

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    Jota, pronouced as "i-o-ta", is a text editor designed for a long text file.

    50 Jota Text Editor alternatives
    Jota Text Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    Jota Text Editor screenshot 1

    Jota Text Editor Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Text to Speech
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Spell Checking
    5.  Word counter
    Discontinued

    Last update was 2018-07-29

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    • Jota Text Editor is the most popular Android alternative to Plain Text Editor.

    • Jota Text Editor is Free and Open SourcePlain Text Editor is Free and Proprietary
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    Buffer Text Editor

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    Celebrating transience, Buffer provides a minimal editing space for all those things that don't need keeping. Designed for keyboard workflows on desktop.

    51 Buffer Text Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Distraction-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
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  14. RJ TextEd icon
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    RJ TextEd

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    RJ TextEd is a full featured text and source editor with Unicode support, syntax highlighting and code folding. The functionality extends beyond text files and includes support for HTML editing with integrated preview, spell checking, auto completion, HTML validation, templates...

    128 RJ TextEd alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    RJ TextEd Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
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  15. SlickEdit icon
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    SlickEdit

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    SlickEdit is a cross-platform, multi-language code editor that gives programmers the ability to code in over 40 languages on 7 platforms.

    95 SlickEdit alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    SlickEdit Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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    SlickEdit iconPlain Text Editor Icon

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