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 Jan 27, 2021
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  1. Aubrey's gVim icon
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    Aubrey’s gVim is, well, Aubrey's gVim! The project arose out the his personal desire to use Vim as my HTML, CSS, PHP & Javascript editor.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Aubrey's gVim Features

    1.  Portable

    Aubrey's gVim VS TextEdit

     
  2. JujuEdit icon
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    JujuEdit is a file editor, or alternatively a text editor with knobs-on. It is an application designed for me and people like me. At its simplest, it makes a fine replacement for Notepad. It may appeal more to computer nerds who like syntax hilighting and advanced find/replace...

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.44, released in September 2006, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    JujuEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex-Based map
    3.  Support for Large File

    JujuEdit VS TextEdit

     
  3. FoldingText icon
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    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.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    FoldingText Features

    1.  No Subscription
    2.  Outline folding
    3.  Timer
    4.  Tagging
    5.  Coding

    FoldingText VS TextEdit

     
  4. 4coder icon
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    4coder is a minimalist, cross platform, programmable, code editing environment, catering to the needs of low level programmers. It allows you to use one work flow across Windows, Linux, and Mac (with the exception of your debugger... for now.).

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    4coder Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable

    4coder VS TextEdit

     
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    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 multi-document editing, split editing (two views of the same document, side by side, with synchronized...

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Syncplify.me Notepad! Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable
    3.  Support for regular expressions
    4.  Support for Large File
    5.  Tabbed interface

    Syncplify.me Notepad! VS TextEdit

     
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    This tool can transform texts into a variety of formats/structures. It can assist tasks of data formatting and coding. Formatting steps can be stored and reused. The tool includes text-to-speech of various languages.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Little Transformer: Text Editor with TTS Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    2.  Text editing

    Little Transformer: Text Editor with TTS VS TextEdit

     
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    Acme is a powerful text editor, development environment and textual-user-interface platform developed by Rob Pike originally for Plan 9 from Bell Labs research operating system, and now has ports available for all major platforms.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    acme VS TextEdit

     
  8. Eddie icon
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    Eddie is a programmers editor for Mac OSX and Gnome Linux. Inspired by the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, Eddie brings some of it's powerful features into a modern lightweight and capable programmer's editor.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Eddie VS TextEdit

     
  9. Ynote Classic icon
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    Ynote Classic is an easy to use fast and advanced text editor with a tabbed interface and multiview. It has intelligent Syntax Highlighting, Code Folding , Auto Indent and autocompletion. It can highlight any language you like using Regular Expressions.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The last release was in July 2018.

    Ynote Classic Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Support for Large File
    4.  Automatic Indentation
    5.  Support for regular expressions

    Ynote Classic VS TextEdit

     
  10. Turbo Editor icon
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    Simple, Powerful and Open Source Text Editor for Android. Built following the latest Android Guidelines to make the experience the most intuitive on the Store, also on Tablets!

    6 Turbo Editor alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android

    Turbo Editor Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Tablet support

    Turbo Editor VS TextEdit

     
  11. Angel Writer icon
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    Angel Writer is a free text editor allowing you to create impressive documents that contain formatted text, graphics and tables. You can learn how to work with Angel Writer in five minutes since it is very similar to Microsoft Word.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 3.2, released in 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    Angel Writer Features

    1.  Rich Text Editor
    2.  Rich text editing
    3.  Text editing

    Angel Writer VS TextEdit

     
  12. NotepadX icon
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    NotepadX is a simple text editor. With NotepadX you're be able to create standard text files, open text files and edit them. The finished file can be sent directly from the app via E-Mail, stored locally or uploaded online to OneDrive.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    NotepadX Features

    1.  Code Formatting

    NotepadX VS TextEdit

     
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