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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Simple distraction-free text editor without any rich text nonsense. The simplicity is a feature.

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Plain Text Editor alternatives page was last updated Feb 15, 2023
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  1. JujuEdit icon
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    JujuEdit

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    JujuEdit is a file editor, or alternatively a text editor with knobs-on. It is an application designed for me and people like me. At its simplest, it makes a fine replacement for Notepad. It may appeal more to computer nerds who like syntax hilighting and advanced find/replace...

    156 JujuEdit alternatives

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    • Free • Proprietary

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    • Windows

    JujuEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex-Based map
    3.  Support for Large File
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.44, released in September 2006, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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  2. Little Transformer: Text Editor with TTS icon
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    Little Transformer: Text Editor with TTS

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    This tool can transform texts into a variety of formats/structures. It can assist tasks of data formatting and coding. Formatting steps can be stored and reused. The tool includes text-to-speech of various languages.

    215 Little Transformer: Text Editor with TTS alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    Little Transformer: Text Editor with TTS Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    2.  Text editing
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    Eddie

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    Eddie is a programmers editor for Mac OSX and Gnome Linux. Inspired by the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, Eddie brings some of it's powerful features into a modern lightweight and capable programmer's editor.

    137 Eddie alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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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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    Edit Pad

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    Fast, web-based plain text editor for quickly taking notes online.

    21 Edit Pad alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online

    Edit Pad Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Paraphrasing
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    NotepadX

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    NotepadX is a simple text editor. With NotepadX you're be able to create standard text files, open text files and edit them. The finished file can be sent directly from the app via E-Mail, stored locally or uploaded online to OneDrive.

    25 NotepadX alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    NotepadX Features

    1.  Code Formatting
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