PlainPad is described as 'Offers a myriad of options to customize the writing environment to your own needs and preferences. Whether quick notes, ideas, tasks or extensive texts, PlainPad offers an environment for all types of writing to put your thoughts into words' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are four alternatives to PlainPad for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best PlainPad alternative is Lite XL, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PlainPad are Notepad3, TextMate and Notepad Next.
Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.
Lite XL is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to PlainPad.
Lite XL is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PlainPad.
Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.
TextMate 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.
A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Releases are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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