SciTE Alternatives

Apps similar to SciTE include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim. You're spoiled for choice with Text Editors like SciTE: we list more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.

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  1. Bluefish Editor icon
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    Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

    231 Bluefish Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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  2. 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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  3. PSPad icon
     203 likes

    PSPad is a freeware programmers editor in 8 languages for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Some features are highlighted syntax, ftp, projects and so on. Code explorer for Pascal, C/C++, INI, HTML, XML, PHP and more in development, internal web browser with APACHE support.

    187 PSPad alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  4. Squircle CE icon
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    Squircle CE is a fast, lightweight code editor and file manager with support for over 30 programming languages, remote file access via SFTP/FTP(S) and Git VCS integration. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, or professional developer, Squircle CE lets you write, manage, and...

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  5. Zasper icon
     10 likes

    A powerful IDE for data science, Zasper excels with massive concurrency support, enabling numerous simultaneous connections, minimal memory usage, and speedy performance. Suited for REPL-style data apps like Jupyter notebooks, fully supported on Mac with limited Linux support.

    98 Zasper alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Koi Editor icon
     4 likes

    Koi is a fast, native code editor for macOS built around low-latency editing, local workflows, and privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  7. EmEditor icon
     78 likes

    Versatile Windows editor offering lightweight, ultra-fast performance with robust support for text, code, and CSV files, AI-assisted writing, macros, Unicode, plugins, syntax highlighting, advanced search, column editing, split views, and file encoding conversion.

    135 EmEditor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  8. Xed Editor icon
     7 likes

    Xed Editor is a versatile text and code editor designed specifically for Android devices, offering users the ability to create, edit, and manage their text and code files with ease on their mobile devices.

    62 Xed Editor alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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  9. Notepad Next icon
     14 likes

    A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Releases are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  10. BBEdit icon
     48 likes

    BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text.

    133 BBEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  11. Nova icon
     8 likes

    The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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