SciTE Alternatives

SciTE is described as 'SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration' and is a very popular Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to SciTE for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best SciTE alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SciTE are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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  1. Hacker Pad icon
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    Hacker Pad is a convenient scratch pad that allows everyone, especially developer, to quickly jot down ideas and snippets. This comes from the need of my colleagues who struggle with how to quickly write down notes in a convenient way.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. MadEdit-Mod icon
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    Cross platform text/hex editor based on MadEdit with a lot of fixes and new features added, such as Drag-Drop Edit(cross platform), Highlight word, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. CodeBuddy icon
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    CodeBuddy IDE is built to create a symbiotic environment where product, design, development, and deployment flow into one another without friction. By embedding AI deeply into every step—from requirement planning and product design to coding and go-live—it delivers a one-stop...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. JOE icon
     17 likes

    JOE is a full featured terminal-based screen editor which is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). JOE has been around since 1988 and comes standard with many Linux distributions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. PolyEdit Lite is a multipurpose word processor and text editor for Microsoft Windows. It is fast, small, and easy-to-use.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. KillerShell icon
     1 like

    KillerShell puts a file browser, a terminal and a text editor in one window, on one tab strip and one set of keys, so you stop alt-tabbing.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7.  1 like

    Vis aims to be a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. It extends vi's modal editing with built-in support for multiple cursors/selections and combines it with sam's structural regular expression based command...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. Eddie icon
     4 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. LopeEdit icon
     4 likes

    LopeEdit is a powerful programmers editor and a replacement of Windows Notepad. It has tabs to select between open files, supports syntax highlighting of multiple programing languages (C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript, XML, HTML, ASP, JSP, SQL, Cobol, C#, CSS...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Ki Editor icon
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    Ki Editor is a modal editor that supports multi-cursor structural editing.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust
     
  11. Nextpad icon
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    Nextpad is Fast, Beautiful and lightweight Notepad app designed for Windows 10. It lets you create, edit, view or print your file very easily and efficiently.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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