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 Apr 8, 2024
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  1. NoteTab icon
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    NoteTab is a leading text editor, popular Windows Notepad replacement, and powerful code-based HTML editor for Windows.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows

    NoteTab Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Search and Replace

    NoteTab VS TextEdit

     
  2. RJ TextEd icon
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    RJ TextEd is a full featured text and source editor with Unicode support, syntax highlighting and code folding. The functionality extends beyond text files and includes support for HTML editing with integrated preview, spell checking, auto completion, HTML validation, templates...

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    RJ TextEd Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Syntax Highlighting

    RJ TextEd VS TextEdit

     
  3. SlickEdit icon
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    SlickEdit is a cross-platform, multi-language code editor that gives programmers the ability to code in over 40 languages on 7 platforms.

    90 SlickEdit alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    SlickEdit Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    SlickEdit VS TextEdit

     
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    Celebrating transience, Buffer provides a minimal editing space for all those things that don't need keeping. Designed for keyboard workflows on desktop.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free

    Buffer Text Editor VS TextEdit

     
  5. Intype icon
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    Intype is a powerful and intuitive code editor for Windows with lightning fast response. It is easily extensible and customizable, thanks in part to its support for scripting and native plug-ins. It makes development in any programming or scripting language quick and easy.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Development seems to be discontinued. Latest activity on Twitter dates back to June 2013. Last version, 1.0.1, released on March 2013, can be still bought from the official website.

    Intype VS TextEdit

     
  6. Aquamacs Emacs icon
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    An Editor for Text, HTML, LaTeX, C++, Java, Python, R, Perl, Ruby, PHP, and more...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Aquamacs Emacs Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  EMACS

    Aquamacs Emacs VS TextEdit

     
  7. Scribes icon
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    A text editor for GNOME that combines simplicity with power.

    Scribes focuses on streamlining your workflow. It does so by ensuring common and repetitive operations are intelligently automated. And also by eliminating factors that prevent you from focusing on your tasks.

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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last release on 2011.

    Scribes Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Gtk

    Scribes VS TextEdit

     
  8. Devpad icon
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    Notepad-like VB.Net multi-tab source code editor for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 that supports ASM, ASP.Net, Boo, C#, C++, CSS, HTML, INI, Java, JavaScript, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, VB.Net, XML and plain text files.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Devpad Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting

    Devpad VS TextEdit

     
  9. TowPad icon
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    Modern wordpad app for Windows with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Spell Checking
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  WYSIWYG Support
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Support for MarkDown
    7.  Full-Text Search
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Live Preview
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Text editing

    TowPad VS TextEdit

     
  10. Jane icon
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    Jane is Just Another Nasty Editor, designed to view and edit all kind of ASCII files. There are millions of similar editors already available, but the choice is yours: those who try this might discover nice features they'll soon don't want to miss anymore.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Jane Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Drag and Drop
    3.  Shell integration

    Jane VS TextEdit

     
  11. Kod icon
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    Kod is a programmers' editor for OS X

    Source available at http://github.com/rsms/kod

    Goals and features

    Fully concurrent — loading files, syntax highlighting, etc is distributed across available CPU cores. Minimal waiting time.

    Integrated scripting environment based on No.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    Last update was in 2011. https://github.com/rsms/kod

    Kod VS TextEdit

     
  12. Diakonos icon
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    Diakonos is a powerful and easy to use console-based text editor.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Diakonos Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Console-based

    Diakonos VS TextEdit

     
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