Alternatives to TextEdit for all platforms with any license

jEdit

jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with a large collection of plugins.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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ReText

ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview. It is written in Python using Qt...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD
No features added Add a feature

37 Like
EmEditor

EmEditor is a fast Unicode text editor for Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 supporting large files, scriptable macros, CSV files, keyword highlighting and more.

Commercial Windows
Import CSV data Windows Explorer integration Support for Large File Support for Unicode Add a feature

61 Like
WordPad

WordPad is a simple word processor that is included with almost all versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 95 onwards. It is the successor of Windows 3.1s Write....

Commercial Windows
Text editing Add a feature

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Programmer's Notepad

Notepad more focused on developing than just scribble down notes. These is not an exhaustive feature list, but gives you some idea of the features present in...

Free Open Source Windows
Syntax Highlighting Multiple languages Portable Support for regular expressions ... Search and replace Tabbed interface Add a feature

54 Like
Scratch

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

18 Like
wxMEdit

wxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor, derived from MadEdit .

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD
Portable Add a feature

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EditPad Lite

EditPad Lite is a general-purpose text editor, designed to be small & compact, yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor. It is a step...

Free Personal Windows
Support for Large File Minimalistic Multiple languages Portable Add a feature

39 Like
SynWrite

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
Portable Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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CotEditor

Syntax Highlighting: Colorize more than 50 pre-installed major languages like HTML, PHP, Python, Ruby or Markdown. You can also create your own settings. Scriptable:...

Free Open Source Mac OS X
macOS-like Colored Text File Versioning Add a feature

21 Like
Jota Text Editor

Jota, pronouced as "i-o-ta", is a text editor designed for a long text file. Functions - Support until 1 million characters. - Auto-Detect multiple...

Free Open Source Android
Capture Screen / Take screenshots Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Text to Speech Add a feature

17 Like
slap

slap is a Sublime-like terminal-based text editor that strives to make editing from the terminal easier. It has: * first-class mouse support * GUI editor-like...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Node.JS
Command line interface Portable Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

19 Like
Editra

Editra is a multi-platform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy to use interface and features that aid in code development. Currently it...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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- Discontinued The latest version available for download from the website is nearly 5 years old, from 2013. The last sign of activity on the blog ( a blog post ) is from 2015.
TextPad

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

54 Like
BBEdit

BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, this award-winning...

Freemium $ $ $ Mac
No features added Add a feature

35 Like