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Sublime Text

1998

Text Editor
Paid • Proprietary

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features.

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Sublime Text alternatives page was last updated Feb 8, 2024

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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Comments about Visual Studio Code as an Alternative to Sublime Text

webzooks
VS Code can open large files as Sublime Text. Both programs are nice, but VS Code is free.
Top positive comment •Feb 8, 2024
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xu3e
It is not really lightweight. It uses Electron which eats RAM and CPU!
Top positive comment •Oct 9, 2021
1
Guest
As an Atom fork it has the same problems like Atom being more an IDE than an editor and the usage of the Electron Framework results in extremely more RAM usage (more than factor 10), CPU usage, loading time and disk usage.
Top negative comment •Aug 5, 2020
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durgeshhirani131
Vscode is an IDE and sublime text is simple code editor. Both are good in their usage.
Positive comment •Nov 27, 2023
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Guest
Have been using VSC for many years, so far so good! Its free
Positive comment •Apr 26, 2020
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- Almost everyone thinks Visual Studio Code is a great Sublime Text alternative.
- Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Sublime Text.
- Visual Studio Code is the most popular free alternative to Sublime Text.
- Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietarySublime Text is Paid and Proprietary

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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Comments about Vim as an Alternative to Sublime Text

Ron Bowman
Much more options than any other editor. While this is great for the experienced user, novice users could easily get confused.
Positive comment •Feb 15, 2019
6
Guest
terminal-based, open-source, very fast, extensible, text editor and by that I mean it is not intended as an IDE while other recommendations mostly are, can confuse new users, but overall it is very awesome if you can get used to it.
Positive comment •Aug 4, 2020
0
- Most users think Vim is a great Sublime Text alternative.
- Vim is Free and Open SourceSublime Text is Paid and Proprietary

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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Paul
VS Code, but truly open source, and without the Microsoft crap.
Positive comment •Nov 4, 2022
0
durgeshhirani131
it is (VScode - microsoft telemetry).
Positive comment •Nov 27, 2023
0
Guest
Having used MS VSCode for a while, its refreshing to have a version that is TRULY open source. And if you've used MS's VSCode, than using this won't alter your workforce at ALL.
Positive comment •Dec 24, 2020
0
Guest
Clear user interface and many helpful functions. Just like VSCode, but without unwanted code. The best editor for developers,
Positive comment •Oct 30, 2019
0
- Almost everyone thinks VSCodium is a great Sublime Text alternative.
- VSCodium is Free and Open SourceSublime Text is Paid and Proprietary
- VSCodium is Privacy focusedSublime Text 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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Guest
its support many programming language and so easy to compile,build,and run..!
Positive comment •Dec 7, 2016
2
LucasVieites
For users who come from a Linux environment this is a perfect editor to keep using on MacOS X
Positive comment •Nov 16, 2015
1
- Almost everyone thinks Geany is a great Sublime Text alternative.
- Geany is Free and Open SourceSublime Text is Paid and Proprietary
- Geany is MinimalisticSublime Text is not according to our users

Kate
The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application.
139 Kate alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Top Kate Features
1. Native application
2. Themes
3. Editable text color schemes
4. Syntax Highlighting
5. Built-in terminal emulation
6. Tabbed interface
7. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
8. Git Support
9. Lightweight
10. Support for MarkDown
11. Code Formatting
12. Built-in themes
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Comments about Kate as an Alternative to Sublime Text

Paul
Really good code editor, especially if you're using Linux and KDE.
Positive comment •Nov 4, 2022
0
Ron Bowman
Kate is among the best text editors, especially when working on multiple documents simultaneously.
Positive comment •Feb 15, 2019
1
- Almost everyone thinks Kate is a great Sublime Text alternative.
- Kate is Free and Open SourceSublime Text is Paid and Proprietary

Neovim
Refactored version of Vim, simplifying maintenance, improving developer contributions, and enabling new user interfaces. Features extensible plugin architecture, lightweight resource usage, syntax highlighting, no registration, ad-free, and distraction-free mode.
97 Neovim alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
Top Neovim Features
1. Lightweight
2. Configurable
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. Lua scripting
5. Terminal-based
6. Syntax Highlighting
7. Asynchronous
8. Vim
9. Distraction-free
10. Ad-free
11. No registration required
12. Autocompletion
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- Almost everyone thinks Neovim is a great Sublime Text alternative.
- Neovim is the most popular Android alternative to Sublime Text.
- Neovim is Free and Open SourceSublime Text is Paid and Proprietary

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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Comments about GNU Emacs as an Alternative to Sublime Text

au
More powerful and extensible plugins.
Positive comment •Aug 28, 2017
1
- Almost everyone thinks GNU Emacs is a great Sublime Text alternative.
- GNU Emacs is Free and Open SourceSublime Text is Paid and Proprietary