Poly Edit Lite AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like Poly Edit Lite

Poly Edit Lite has been discontinued. Similar apps include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Geany. You're spoiled for choice with Text Editors like Poly Edit Lite: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Chrome OS and the web.

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  1. Notepad++ icon
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    Notepad++ is a free, open-source code editor supporting several languages, offering features like syntax highlighting, plugin support, dark mode, portability, privacy, and efficient resource usage, making it highly customizable and suitable for various programming needs.

    274 Notepad++ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  2. Visual Studio Code icon
     1503 likes

    Free and extensible code editor with built-in Git support, smart IntelliSense, integrated debugger, 30,000+ extensions, works offline, supports markdown and syntax highlighting for numerous languages.

    241 Visual Studio Code alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Snapcraft
    • Chocolatey
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  3. VSCodium icon
     454 likes

    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.

    224 VSCodium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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  4. Vim icon
     1372 likes

    Advanced text editor with syntax highlighting, word completion, multiple editing modes for efficiency, plugin and script extensibility, GUI and command-line operation, a thorough help system, and cross-platform support across various operating systems.

    238 Vim alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
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  5. Geany icon
     584 likes

    Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow.

    173 Geany alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
    • Haiku
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  6. gedit icon
     701 likes

    Extensible text editor with UTF-8 support, syntax highlighting for several programming and markup languages, remote editing, file reverting, print preview, clipboard operations, powerful search, customizable fonts and colors, line numbering, and plugin support.

    214 gedit alternatives

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    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • OpenSolaris
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  7. GNU nano icon
     299 likes

    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.

    169 GNU nano alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Haiku
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  8. Notepad3 icon
     66 likes

    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. CotEditor icon
     48 likes

    Syntax Highlighting: Colorize more than 50 pre-installed major languages like HTML, PHP, Python, Ruby or Markdown. You can also create your own settings.

    180 CotEditor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  10. Windows Notepad icon
     182 likes

    Fast, streamlined editor with extensive features, bundled with Windows since 1985. Supports plain text, UTF-8, and over 100 languages with enhanced functionality since 2018, including dark mode, Bing search, and large file handling.

    147 Windows Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  11. Lapce icon
     27 likes

    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    205 Lapce alternatives

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