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

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  1. Visual Studio Code icon
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    Visual Studio Code

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    Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.

    209 Visual Studio Code alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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    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 is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Linux alternative to Textastic.

    • Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryTextastic is Paid and Proprietary
    • Visual Studio Code is CustomizableTextastic is not according to our users
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    VSCodium

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    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.

    198 VSCodium alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    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.  Support for Themes
    12.  Git integration
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  4. Sublime Text icon
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    Sublime Text

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    Powerful editor blending code, markup, and prose editing with enhanced features like multi-tab selection, side-by-side definition viewing, and multiple selection tools for swift code navigation.

    197 Sublime Text alternatives
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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Top Sublime Text Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Customizable
    4.  Package Control
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  IDE
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Support for MarkDown
    10.  Distraction-free
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Git Support
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    Sublime Text VS Textastic

    Is Sublime Text a good alternative to Textastic?
     

    • Sublime Text is the most popular commercial alternative to Textastic.

    • Sublime Text is Paid and ProprietaryTextastic is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Sublime Text is Lightweight and CustomizableTextastic is not according to our users
  5. Vim icon
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    Vim

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    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.

    209 Vim alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    GVim with netrw+airlines+ctrlspace+xkb-switch+monokai theme+Source Pro font
    Plugin Gitgutter shows added lines as '+' and altere as '~'.

    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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  6. Eclipse icon
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    Eclipse

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    Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...

    160 Eclipse alternatives
    eclipse on windows 10

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    eclipse on macOS

    Top Eclipse Features

    1.  IDE
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Java IDE
    4.  C++
    5.  Refactoring
    6.  Autocompletion
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Portable
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Spell Checking
    12.  Code Formatting
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  7. TextMate icon
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    TextMate

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    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.

    161 TextMate alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    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
    Discontinued

    Last commit and version is from 2021

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  9. Notepad3 icon
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    Notepad3

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    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    208 Notepad3 alternatives
    Supports RTL languages out of the box.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Select Syntax Scheme
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    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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  10. Lapce icon
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    Lapce

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    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    194 Lapce alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    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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  11. Qt Creator icon
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    Qt Creator

     106 likes
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    Qt Creator is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) built for the maximum developer experience. Qt Creator runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS desktop operating systems and allows developers to create software across desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms.

    137 Qt Creator alternatives
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    License model

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Qt Creator screenshot 1
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    Qt Creator Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Code Formatting
    6.  C++
    7.  QT Based
    8.  Visual studio intergration
    9.  Debugging
    10.  Refactoring
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  12. Bluefish Editor icon
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    Bluefish Editor

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    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.

    216 Bluefish Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Bluefish Editor Features

    1.  Arduino
    2.  PHP IDE
    3.  Support for SFTP
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    Bluefish Editor VS Textastic

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  13. Squircle IDE icon
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    Squircle IDE

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    Squircle IDE currently supports coding in the following programming languages: ActionScript, C, C++, C#, Groovy, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Json, Julia, Kotlin, Lisp, Lua, Markdown, PHP, Python, Ruby, Shell, Smali, SQL, Toml, TypeScript, Visual Basic, XML and YAML.

    67 Squircle IDE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    Squircle IDE Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Lightweight
    4.  Support for MarkDown
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Code Completion
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    Squircle IDE VS Textastic

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    • Squircle IDE is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Textastic.

    • Squircle IDE is Free and Open SourceTextastic is Paid and Proprietary
    • Squircle IDE is LightweightTextastic is not according to our users
  14. JetBrains Fleet icon
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    JetBrains Fleet

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    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.

    193 JetBrains Fleet alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    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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