150 Like Notepad Good alternative? YES NO Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Not available for download; bundled with all versions of Windows. Free Windows Support for Unicode Bundled with Windows Add a feature
16 Like Scratch Good alternative? YES NO Scratch is the text editor that works for you. It auto-saves your files, meaning they're always up-to-date. Plus it remembers your tabs so you never lose your spot... Free Open Source Linux Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Scripting Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Add a feature
52 Like TextPad Good alternative? YES NO TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. It can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory... Commercial Windows Search and replace Add a feature
38 Like metapad Good alternative? YES NO 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)... Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature
13 Like GetDiz Good alternative? YES NO GetDiz is a fully featured text editor which can replace Notepad while maintaining an incredible speed, ease of use and small size. You can display and edit any text... Free Windows No features added Add a feature
9 Like Syncplify.me Notepad! Alternative? YES NO Notepad! is the free, powerful, feature-rich replacement for your Windows Notepad. This software is completely free to use, for both personal and business purposes. With... Free Windows Support for regular expressions Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Add a feature
5 Like Jane Good alternative? YES NO Jane is Just Another Nasty Editor, designed to view and edit all kind of ASCII files. There are millions of similar editors already available, but the choice is yours:... Free Windows Drag n drop Shell integration Add a feature
8 Like TwistPad Good alternative? YES NO Twistpad is a fully featured text and code editor for Windows. Twistpad can be used as a simple notepad replacer, or a featured packed editor targeting web and software... Commercial Windows Search and replace Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Support for Unicode Add a feature
3 Like MetroTextual Good alternative? YES NO MetroTextual is a Windows text editor inspired by Microsoft’s Metro Design Language. It’s designed to be a visually appealing replacement for Notepad; with significant... Free Windows Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
0 Like Text Edit Plus Good alternative? YES NO Text Edit Plus is a lightweight tool that enables users to easily create new text documents or to modify existing ones. The application is designed as an alternative to... Freemium Windows Text statistics analysis Add a feature
