3989 Like Notepad++ Good alternative? YES NO Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Lightweight Autocompletion Block edit Code formatting Color coding Configurable ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Live Preview Multiple languages Plugin manager Support for regular expressions Tabbed interface Add a feature
601 Like gedit Good alternative? YES NO Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD GNOME OpenSolaris Autocompletion Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
424 Like Geany Good alternative? YES NO Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Xfce Code navigation Customizable Support for Large File Lightweight Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Add a feature
276 Like Notepad2 Good alternative? YES NO Notepad2 is a fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting. Simple as possible, but yet powerful. Has full Unicode support. Can be run out of... Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Syntax Highlighting Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 4.2.25, released on October 28, 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.
149 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
138 Like UltraEdit Good alternative? YES NO UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports... Commercial Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature
77 Like AkelPad Good alternative? YES NO A simple notepad-like text editor with many features. It is designed to be a small and fast. User interface in 20 languages. Features * Single window (SDI)... Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com No features added Add a feature
34 Like Notepad2-mod Good alternative? YES NO A modified version (fork) of Notepad2 based on Kai Liu's and other people's patches. Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Syntax Highlighting Support for Unicode Add a feature
26 Like SynWrite Good alternative? YES NO SynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. SynWrite features: syntax highlighting for lots of languages;... Free Open Source Windows Total Commander Syntax Highlighting 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
6 Like Pluma Good alternative? YES NO Pluma, fork of gedit , is a text editor part of MATE Desktop Environment. Free Linux Automatic Indentation Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Support for Unicode 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
7 Like Notepas Good alternative? YES NO Notepas is a fast portable native multiplatform text editor written in Lazarus and can be compiled for multiple platforms and widget sets using the advanced native Free... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Search and replace Syntax Highlighting Support for Unicode Add a feature
6 Like FoldingText Good alternative? YES NO FoldingText makes you productive in easily formatted plain text. Turn your ideas into plans. Your to-dos into results. Your writing into clear, focused documents. Commercial Mac No features added Add a feature
