Sublime Text Alternatives

Apps similar to Sublime Text include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Zed. There's no shortage of Text Editors like Sublime Text, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and Android.

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Sublime Text alternatives page was last updated Apr 14, 2026

Pulsar Editor
51 likes
A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, built on Electron. and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.
99 Pulsar Editor alternatives
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Free
Open Source
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Code Editor
Text Editor
Origin
United States
Since
Since 2022
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Windows
Mac
Linux
Chrome OS
BSD
Electron
United States
Good alternative?Is Pulsar Editor a good alternative to Sublime Text?
Helix
47 likes
Helix is a fast text editor for the terminal inspired by modal editors like Kakoune and Neovim. Built as a native app using .
113 Helix alternatives
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Free
Open Source (MPL-2.0)
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Code Editor
Text Editor
Since
Since 2021
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Windows
Mac
Linux
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Lite XL
60 likes
Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
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Text Editor
Code Editor
Since
Since 2021
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Windows
Mac
Linux
Good alternative?Is Lite XL a good alternative to Sublime Text?
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Athas
23 likes
Lightweight, open-source code editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux featuring Vim keybindings, built-in Git support, agentic AI editing with multiple models, syntax highlighting, LSP for intelligent completion, fast performance, and efficient workflows.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
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Code Editor
Origin
Türkiye
Since
Since 2025
Platforms
Windows
Mac
Linux
Türkiye
Good alternative?Is Athas a good alternative to Sublime Text?
Edit
21 likes
Open-source command-line text editor for Windows with a modern interface inspired by MS-DOS Editor, featuring key bindings, lightweight build under 250KB, multi-file handling with ctrl + P, keyboard-optimized navigation, and direct file editing for developers.
81 Edit alternatives
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Free
Open Source (MIT)
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Text Editor
Code Editor
Origin
United States
Since
Since 2025
Platforms
Windows
Mac
Linux
United States
Good alternative?Is Edit a good alternative to Sublime Text?
Notepads
54 likes
Considering that most text editors are eather too heavy or look too old, the author came up with Notepads, designed to be a modern-looking UWP app.
38 Notepads alternatives
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Free
Open Source (MIT)
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Text Editor
Code Editor
Since
Since 2019
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Windows
+1
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WebStorm
136 likes
JetBrains WebStorm is a commercial IDE for JavaScript, CSS & HTML built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA platform.
58 WebStorm alternatives
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Free Personal
Proprietary
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IDE
Code Editor
Origin
Czechia
EU
Since
Since 2011
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Windows
Mac
Linux
Czechia
EU
+3
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WebStorm vs Sublime Text Comments
Negative comment by dynomite567 · Sep 6, 2019
This is an IDE. Sublime is a text editor, not an IDE.
Positive comment by Guest · Jun 29, 2021
WebStorm is an IDE for JavaScript with the best Intellisense, refactoring support, plug-and-play, no need to install dozens of third party plugins to get it functional.
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WebStorm is Free Personal and ProprietarySublime Text is Freemium and Proprietary
WebStorm is an IDE Sublime Text is a Code Editor
Notepad3
67 likes
Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.
232 Notepad3 alternatives
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Free
Open Source
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Code Editor
Text Editor
Origin
South Africa
Since
Since 2018
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Windows
South Africa
+1
Good alternative?Is Notepad3 a good alternative to Sublime Text?
Bluefish Editor
165 likes
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.
232 Bluefish Editor alternatives
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Free
Open Source
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Code Editor
Text Editor
Origin
International
Since
Since 2009
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Windows
Mac
Linux
Haiku
Flathub
Global
Good alternative?Is Bluefish Editor a good alternative to Sublime Text?
TextMate
270 likes
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.
181 TextMate alternatives
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Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Code Editor
Text Editor
Origin
United Kingdom
Since
Since 2009
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
United Kingdom
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Discontinued
Last commit and version is from 2021
TextMate vs Sublime Text Comments
Positive comment by Paul · Nov 4, 2022
Really good code editor for macOS. It's simple and lightweight, and you can extend it with theme and extensions.
Positive comment by Guest · Jun 1, 2017
Fast, lightweight, feels native on OS X and has easy to change themes. Fonts are good and it doesn't have fancy features which means you can't accidentally activate fancy features.

Basic text editor that's good for everything and is the only thing anyone needs. It's TextEdit but with nice colors and syntax highlighting!
2 of 2 comments
TextMate is Free and Open SourceSublime Text is Freemium and Proprietary
CudaText
56 likes
CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.
215 CudaText alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MPL-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Code Editor
Text Editor
Origin
Russia
Since
Since 2015
Platforms
Windows
Mac
Linux
BSD
Haiku
Flathub
Russia
+3
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2comments
CudaText vs Sublime Text Comments
Positive comment by David · Feb 18, 2020
CudaText is one of the few alternatives that's close to Sublime Text in speed while also covering the same breadth of core features like built-in minimap, command-palette and extensibility. The key difference is probably just that CudaText doesn't look as refined.
Positive comment by Guest · Feb 14, 2025
It is fast, like Sublime, low on resources
2 of 2 comments
CudaText is Free and Open SourceSublime Text is Freemium and Proprietary
CudaText is Privacy focusedSublime Text is not according to our users
CotEditor
50 likes
Syntax Highlighting: Colorize more than 50 pre-installed major languages like HTML, PHP, Python, Ruby or Markdown. You can also create your own settings.
183 CotEditor alternatives
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Free
Open Source
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Text Editor
Code Editor
Origin
Japan
Since
Since 2010
Platforms
Mac
Japan
+2
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