Pluma AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Code Editors for Windows

Pluma is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows Code Editor alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Pluma and loads of them are Code Editors available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows Code Editor alternatives to Pluma are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Sublime Text and Vim.

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Pluma

Text Editor
Free • Open Source

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...

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Pluma alternatives page was last updated Mar 15, 2023

Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
228 Notepad++ alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
+9
Top Notepad++ Features
1. Lightweight
2. Code Formatting
3. Portable
4. Tabbed interface
5. Search and Replace
6. Text formatting
7. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
8. Multiple Open Tabs
9. Multiple languages
10. Color coding
11. Support for Javascript
12. Configurable
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Notepad++ VS Pluma
Is Notepad++ a good alternative to Pluma?
- Notepad++ is the most popular Windows alternative to Pluma.
- Notepad++ is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pluma.
- Notepad++ is Free and Open SourcePluma is also Free and Open Source

Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.
206 Visual Studio Code alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Code Editor
- IDE
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Chrome OS
+2
Top Visual Studio Code Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
2. Customizable
3. Autocompletion
4. IDE
5. Built-in terminal emulation
6. Syntax Highlighting
7. Code Completion
8. Multiple languages
9. Git Support
10. GitHub Integration
11. Support for Themes
12. Dark Mode
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Visual Studio Code VS Pluma
Is Visual Studio Code a good alternative to Pluma?
- Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Linux alternative to Pluma.
- Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryPluma is Free and Open Source
- Visual Studio Code is CustomizablePluma is not according to our users

VSCodium
This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.
195 VSCodium alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- IDE
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron
- Flathub
Top VSCodium Features
1. No Tracking
2. Prevent telemetry
3. IDE
4. Customizable
5. Privacy focused
6. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
7. Works Offline
8. No registration required
9. MIT License
10. Autocompletion
11. Git integration
12. Syntax Highlighting
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VSCodium VS Pluma
Is VSCodium a good alternative to Pluma?

Sublime Text
Powerful editor blending code, markup, and prose editing with enhanced features like multi-tab selection, side-by-side definition viewing, and multiple selection tools for swift code navigation.
194 Sublime Text alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+1
Top Sublime Text Features
1. Lightweight
2. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
3. Customizable
4. Package Control
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. IDE
7. No Tracking
8. Dark Mode
9. Support for MarkDown
10. Distraction-free
11. Works Offline
12. Git Support
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Sublime Text VS Pluma
Is Sublime Text a good alternative to Pluma?
- Sublime Text is the most popular commercial alternative to Pluma.
- Sublime Text is Paid and ProprietaryPluma is Free and Open Source
- Sublime Text is CustomizablePluma is not according to our users

Vim
Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a GUI version called GVim.
207 Vim alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Top Vim Features
1. Lightweight
2. Keyboard focused
3. Customizable
4. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. Hackable
7. Command line interface
8. Works Offline
9. Support for MarkDown
10. No registration required
11. Portable
12. Batch Editing
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Vim VS Pluma
Is Vim a good alternative to Pluma?

Eclipse
Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...
159 Eclipse alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- IDE
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Top Eclipse Features
1. IDE
2. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
3. Java IDE
4. C++
5. Refactoring
6. Autocompletion
7. Syntax Highlighting
8. Portable
9. No registration required
10. Works Offline
11. Spell Checking
12. Code Formatting
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Eclipse VS Pluma
Is Eclipse a good alternative to Pluma?

Geany
Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow.
144 Geany alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
+5
Top Geany Features
1. Lightweight
2. Support for Themes
3. Multiplatform
4. IDE
5. Minimalistic
6. Syntax Highlighting
7. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
8. Support for LaTeX
9. Ad-free
10. Distraction-free
11. Autocompletion
12. Code Formatting
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Geany VS Pluma
Is Geany a good alternative to Pluma?

Kate
The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application.
139 Kate alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Top Kate Features
1. Native application
2. Themes
3. Editable text color schemes
4. Syntax Highlighting
5. Built-in terminal emulation
6. Tabbed interface
7. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
8. Git Support
9. Lightweight
10. Support for MarkDown
11. Code Formatting
12. Built-in themes
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Kate VS Pluma
Is Kate a good alternative to Pluma?

gedit
Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with plugins.
183 gedit alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- GNOME
- OpenSolaris
- Flathub
+2
gedit Features
1. Lightweight
2. Syntax Highlighting
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. Customizable
5. Autocompletion
6. Works Offline
7. Ad-free
8. Spell Checking
9. Privacy focused
10. Support for Unicode
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gedit VS Pluma
Is gedit a good alternative to Pluma?
Comments about gedit as an Alternative to Pluma

hostmaster
Pluma is a new life of Gedit.
Positive comment •Dec 8, 2020
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- gedit is Free and Open SourcePluma is also Free and Open Source
- gedit is Privacy focusedPluma is not according to our users

Zed Editor
Zed is a blazing fast, multi-user, productivity-focused text editor. From the creators of Atom, Electron and Tree-sitter, the editor features built-in Vim mode with tooltips for key-bindings, language-aware...
64 Zed Editor alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top Zed Editor Features
1. Syntax Highlighting
2. Lightweight
3. Optimal performance
4. IDE
5. Dark Mode
6. Built-in terminal emulation
7. Autocompletion
8. Ad-free
9. Real time collaboration
10. Works Offline
11. Support for Themes
12. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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Zed Editor VS Pluma
Is Zed Editor a good alternative to Pluma?

GNU Emacs
GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:
171 GNU Emacs alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- F-Droid
- Haiku
- Homebrew
- Snapcraft
- Debian
- MacPorts
+6
Top GNU Emacs Features
1. Extensibility
2. Customizable
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. Org-mode
5. Self-documenting
6. IDE
7. Terminal-based
8. Multi OS
9. Syntax Highlighting
10. Support for scripting
11. Command line interface
12. No Tracking
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GNU Emacs VS Pluma
Is GNU Emacs a good alternative to Pluma?
- GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to Pluma.
- GNU Emacs is Free and Open SourcePluma is also Free and Open Source
- GNU Emacs is CustomizablePluma is not according to our users

GNU nano
GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.
142 GNU nano alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
+1
GNU nano Features
1. Command line interface
2. Terminal-based
3. Search and Replace
4. Lightweight
5. Automatic Indentation
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GNU nano VS Pluma
Is GNU nano a good alternative to Pluma?