Programmer's Notepad AlternativesCode & Text Editors like Programmer's Notepad

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   Notepad++

    4924 likes

   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.

   246 Notepad++ alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • PortableApps.com

   

   

   

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   • Notepad++ is the most popular Windows alternative to Programmer's Notepad.

   • Notepad++ is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Programmer's Notepad.

   • Notepad++ is Free and Open SourceProgrammer's Notepad is also Free and Open Source
   • Notepad++ is Lightweight and Privacy focusedProgrammer's Notepad is not according to our users
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   VSCodium

    391 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.

   194 VSCodium alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • IDE

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Flathub
   • Electron
   • Snapcraft
   • Homebrew
   • Chocolatey

   

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   • VSCodium is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Programmer's Notepad.

   • VSCodium is Free and Open SourceProgrammer's Notepad is also Free and Open Source
   • VSCodium is Customizable, Privacy focused and LightweightProgrammer's Notepad is not according to our users
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   Vim

    1340 likes

   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.

   212 Vim alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Origin

   • Netherlands
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku
   • AmigaOS
   • OpenSolaris
   • MorphOS
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak
   • Snapcraft

   

   

   

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   Eclipse

    1146 likes

   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...

   146 Eclipse alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • IDE
   • Code Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

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   Geany

    575 likes

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

   150 Geany alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • IDE

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Snapcraft
   • Flathub
   • PortableApps.com
   • Flatpak
   • Haiku

   

   

   

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   Neovim

    186 likes

   Refactored version of Vim, simplifying maintenance, improving developer contributions, and enabling new user interfaces. Features extensible plugin architecture, lightweight resource usage, syntax highlighting, no registration, ad-free, and distraction-free mode.

   104 Neovim alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Chocolatey
   • Flathub
   • Snapcraft

   

   

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    gedit

     693 likes

    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.

    190 gedit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Text Editor
    • Code Editor

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    • OpenSolaris
    • Flathub

    

    

    

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    GNU nano

     289 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.

    152 GNU nano alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Text Editor
    • Code Editor

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku

    

    

    

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    Helix

     34 likes

    Helix is a fast text editor for the terminal inspired by modal editors like Kakoune and Neovim. Built as a native app using .

    92 Helix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Notepad3

     63 likes

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

    210 Notepad3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Text Editor
    • Code Editor

    Origin

    • South Africa

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    TextMate

     269 likes

    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.

    161 TextMate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

    

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    CudaText

     54 likes

    CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Origin

    • Russia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Haiku

    

    

    

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