SlickEdit AlternativesOnly apps categorised as IDEs

The best IDE alternative to SlickEdit is Visual Studio Code, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to SlickEdit and many of them are IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting IDE alternatives to SlickEdit are VSCodium, Vim, Geany and GNU Emacs.

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SlickEdit

Text Editor
Paid • Proprietary

SlickEdit is a cross-platform, multi-language code editor that gives programmers the ability to code in over 40 languages on 7 platforms.

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SlickEdit alternatives page was last updated Dec 15, 2021

Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.
206 Visual Studio Code alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Code Editor
- IDE
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Chrome OS
+2
Top Visual Studio Code Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
2. Customizable
3. Autocompletion
4. IDE
5. Built-in terminal emulation
6. Syntax Highlighting
7. Code Completion
8. Multiple languages
9. Git Support
10. GitHub Integration
11. Support for Themes
12. Dark Mode
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Visual Studio Code VS SlickEdit
Is Visual Studio Code a good alternative to SlickEdit?
- Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Linux alternative to SlickEdit.
- Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietarySlickEdit is Paid and Proprietary
- Visual Studio Code is CustomizableSlickEdit is not according to our users

VSCodium
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.
195 VSCodium alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- IDE
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron
- Flathub
Top VSCodium Features
1. No Tracking
2. Prevent telemetry
3. IDE
4. Customizable
5. Privacy focused
6. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
7. Works Offline
8. No registration required
9. MIT License
10. Autocompletion
11. Git integration
12. Syntax Highlighting
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VSCodium VS SlickEdit
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Vim
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.
207 Vim alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Top Vim Features
1. Lightweight
2. Keyboard focused
3. Customizable
4. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. Hackable
7. Command line interface
8. Works Offline
9. Support for MarkDown
10. No registration required
11. Portable
12. Batch Editing
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Vim VS SlickEdit
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Comments about Vim as an Alternative to SlickEdit

Guest
vim is a very good choice to fast edit a single file. when you have a project, that's a different story
Negative comment •Oct 8, 2015
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- Vim is Free and Open SourceSlickEdit is Paid and Proprietary
- Vim is Lightweight and CustomizableSlickEdit is not according to our users

Geany
Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow.
144 Geany alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
+5
Top Geany Features
1. Lightweight
2. Support for Themes
3. Multiplatform
4. IDE
5. Minimalistic
6. Syntax Highlighting
7. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
8. Support for LaTeX
9. Ad-free
10. Distraction-free
11. Autocompletion
12. Code Formatting
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Geany VS SlickEdit
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GNU Emacs
GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:
171 GNU Emacs alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- F-Droid
- Haiku
- Homebrew
- Snapcraft
- Debian
- MacPorts
+6
Top GNU Emacs Features
1. Extensibility
2. Customizable
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. Org-mode
5. Self-documenting
6. IDE
7. Terminal-based
8. Multi OS
9. Syntax Highlighting
10. Support for scripting
11. Command line interface
12. No Tracking
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GNU Emacs VS SlickEdit
Is GNU Emacs a good alternative to SlickEdit?
- GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to SlickEdit.
- GNU Emacs is Free and Open SourceSlickEdit is Paid and Proprietary
- GNU Emacs is CustomizableSlickEdit is not according to our users

TextMate
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.
159 TextMate alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
Top TextMate Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
2. Support for Themes
3. Syntax Highlighting
4. Support for MarkDown
5. Lightweight
6. Search and Replace
7. No registration required
8. Dark Mode
9. Code Formatting
10. Ad-free
11. Works Offline
12. Automatic Indentation
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Discontinued
Last commit and version is from 2021

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Notepad3
Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.
206 Notepad3 alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
+1
Top Notepad3 Features
1. Lightweight
2. Support for Unicode
3. Small-footprint
4. Multiple languages
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. Search and Replace
7. Portable
8. Support for regular expressions
9. No registration required
10. Ad-free
11. Works Offline
12. Dark Mode
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Notepad3 VS SlickEdit
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Lapce
Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.
192 Lapce alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top Lapce Features
1. Rust
2. Lightweight
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. Built-in terminal emulation
5. Syntax Highlighting
6. Git Support
7. No registration required
8. Support for Themes
9. Full-Text Search
10. Ad-free
11. Works Offline
12. Dark Mode
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Lapce VS SlickEdit
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Aptana Studio
Aptana Studio is a complete web development environment that combines powerful authoring tools with a collection of online hosting and collaboration services that help you and your team do more. Includes support for PHP, CSS, FTP, and more...
123 Aptana Studio alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- IDE
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Aptana Studio Features
Real time collaboration
Support for FTP
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+5
Discontinued
The last update is from Feb 2021 and the last release is from Jul 2018.

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JetBrains Fleet
Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI.
191 JetBrains Fleet alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
JetBrains Fleet Features
1. Syntax Highlighting
2. Lightweight
3. Dark Mode
4. Support for MarkDown
5. Autocompletion
6. Code Formatting
7. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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Nova
The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.
128 Nova alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
+3
Nova Features
1. Syntax Highlighting
2. Lightweight
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. Autocompletion
5. Live Preview
6. Works Offline
7. Dark Mode
8. Support for Themes
9. Support for FTP
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EditPlus
EditPlus is a text editor, HTML editor and programmers editor for Windows. While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.
68 EditPlus alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
EditPlus Features
1. Syntax Highlighting
2. PHP IDE
3. Support for regular expressions
4. Support for FTP
5. Search and Replace
6. Tabbed interface
7. Shell integration
8. Integrated Web Browser
9. Support for Unicode
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EditPlus VS SlickEdit
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