TextEdit Alternatives

TextEdit is described as 'When you need to create text documents, TextEdit is a highly versatile word processor, including tools to format and layout your page, edit and stylize text, check spelling, create tables and lists, import graphics, work with HTML, and even add music and movie files' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to TextEdit for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best TextEdit alternative is Sublime Text, which is free. Other great apps like TextEdit are gedit, GNU nano, TextMate and CudaText.

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TextEdit alternatives page was last updated Feb 23, 2025
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  1. EditPad Lite icon

    EditPad Lite

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    EditPad Lite is a compact general-purpose text editor. Use EditPad Lite to easily edit any kind of plain text file. EditPad Lite has all the essential features to make text editing a breeze:

    122 EditPad Lite alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    EditPad Lite screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Support for Large File
    4.  Support for regular expressions

    EditPad Lite VS TextEdit

     
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    metapad

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    Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepads features and much...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window and Settings
    Discontinued

    The last update was in 2012.

    metapad Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Simple text editor

    metapad VS TextEdit

     
  4. SynWrite icon

    SynWrite

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    SynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Total Commander
    SynWrite screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last update was on 29-08-2017. Synwrite is continued on CudaText.Only there is no Total Commander plug-in with CudaText.

    SynWrite Features

    1.  Spell Checking
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Portable
    4.  Tree structure

    SynWrite VS TextEdit

     
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    EmEditor

    EmEditor is a versatile text, code, and CSV editor designed for Windows. It offers lightweight, user-friendly, and extendable platform, with both 32-bit and 64-bit builds. The software also features AI-assisted writing.

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    BabelPad

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    BabelPad is a free Unicode text editor for Windows that supports the proper rendering of most complex scripts, and allows you to assign different fonts to different scripts in order to facilitate multi-script text editing.

    152 BabelPad alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    BabelPad screenshot 1

    BabelPad Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for Unicode
    3.  Multiple languages

    BabelPad VS TextEdit

     
  7. TextPad icon

    TextPad

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    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, and it will work with the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Server 2003 and 2008.

    125 TextPad alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Running in Vista

    TextPad Features

    1.  Search and Replace

    TextPad VS TextEdit

     
  8. TwistPad icon

    TwistPad

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    Twistpad is a fully featured text and code editor for Windows. Twistpad can be used as a simple notepad replacer, or a featured packed editor targeting web and software developers.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Twistpad editing a PHP\HTML file, with split editing, with the clipboard and the file browser window visible. Notice that the search for 'updated' is highlighted automatically

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Full-Text Search
    5.  Spell Checking
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Portable
    9.  Autocompletion
    10.  No Tracking
    11.  Support for Unicode
    12.  Tabbed interface

    TwistPad VS TextEdit

     
  10. TED Notepad icon

    TED Notepad

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    Replace notepad with free Unicode notepad replacement, rich in innovative features, text-processing functions, tools and hot-keys.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    TED Notepad screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Color coding

    TED Notepad VS TextEdit

     
  11. Jottr icon

    Jottr

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    A simple, opinionated plain text editor designed for writers, journalists and researchers. Jottr is not meant to be a full-featured text editor, but rather a simple and easy to use tool for writing. It's not aimed at developers.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Jottr screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Distraction-free
    4.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Built-in Dictionary
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Full-Text Search
    8.  Word counter
    9.  Integrated Web Browser
    10.  Distraction-free Writing

    Jottr VS TextEdit

     
  12. GetDiz icon

    GetDiz

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    GetDiz is a fully featured text editor which can replace Notepad while maintaining an incredible speed, ease of use and small size. You can display and edit any text files with GetDiz. Additionally it offers enhanced functionality with DIZ and NFO files, which are often included...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    GetDiz screenshot 1

    GetDiz Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  ASCII Art

    GetDiz VS TextEdit

     
  13. Jota Text Editor icon

    Jota Text Editor

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    Jota, pronouced as "i-o-ta", is a text editor designed for a long text file.

    51 Jota Text Editor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Android
    Jota Text Editor screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last update was 2018-07-29

    Jota Text Editor Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Text to Speech
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Spell Checking
    5.  Word counter

    Jota Text Editor VS TextEdit

     

    • Jota Text Editor is the most popular Android alternative to TextEdit.

    • Jota Text Editor is Free and Open SourceTextEdit is Free and Proprietary
  14. Tilde icon

    Tilde

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    Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Tilde screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Terminal-based

    Tilde VS TextEdit

     
  15. MadEdit icon

    MadEdit

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    MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    Main window
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    MadEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex Editor

    MadEdit VS TextEdit

     
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