Simple Text Editor AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Text Editors

The best Text Editor alternative to Simple Text Editor is Notepad3, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Simple Text Editor and 18 are Text Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Text Editor alternatives to Simple Text Editor are Windows Notepad, Notepad.js, Online Notepad and metapad.

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  1. Notepad3 icon
     64 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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  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.

    144 Windows Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Notepad.js icon
     11 likes

    An offline capable notepad powered by ServiceWorker. It's quick, distraction-free, dark mode enabled, mobile compatible (Android, iOS) and minimalist in nature.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. A lightweight, distraction-free notepad with instant access, no registration or ads, auto-saves notes locally, supports manual export, and works seamlessly on modern browsers and mobile devices while prioritizing privacy with a clean interface and dark mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. metapad icon
     43 likes

    Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepads features and much...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. TextEdit icon
     31 likes

    When you need to create text documents, TextEdit is a highly versatile word processor, including tools to format and layout your page, edit and stylize text, check spelling, create tables and lists, import graphics, work with HTML, and even add music and movie files.

    99 TextEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. EditPad Lite icon
     43 likes

    EditPad Lite is a compact general-purpose text editor. Use EditPad Lite to easily edit any kind of plain text file. EditPad Lite has all the essential features to make text editing a breeze:

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Light notepad experience as in other Operating Systems. Simple, light, quick, free. Does not try to sync to cloud services or try to replace your favorite text editor. And completely free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. TED Notepad icon
     17 likes

    Replace notepad with free Unicode notepad replacement, rich in innovative features, text-processing functions, tools and hot-keys.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Your favorite dark mode word counter, now with even more themes! Count the number of characters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and lines in your text instantly with Tally.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. ATPad icon
     3 likes

    ATPad is a simple Notepad replacement written in pure C and Windows API. Keeping simplicity of Notepad it provides many additional features. 90kb UPX repacked.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • The Portable Freeware Collection
     
  12. Edit Pad icon
     2 likes

    Fast, web-based plain text editor for quickly taking notes online.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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