TextEdit Alternatives for Windows
TextEdit is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Sublime Text. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Vim or GNU nano. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to TextEdit and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to TextEdit are gedit, CudaText, Notepad and Aptana Studio.
TextEdit alternatives are mainly Text Editors but may also be Code Editors or IDEs. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of TextEdit.Sublime Text
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Paid • Proprietary
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
- IDE
189 alternatives to Sublime Text- Mac
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- Linux
Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features.
Sublime Text Features
Sublime Text vs TextEdit opinions
Vim
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
193 alternatives to Vim- Mac
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- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
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.
Vim Features
Vim vs TextEdit opinions
ihsan_pradityaTextEdit is best for simple GUI text editing with a control of font size, alignment, non latin alphabeth, and much more but not for code editing. it's seem a minimal package of MS Word. VIM is like Code Editor which you shouldn't put then non latin font, let alone right to left language font.
0Vim is best in class for what it is designed to do (CLI text editing) but is not at all like the GUI TextEdit. The average TextEdit user would not even recognize Vim.
2GNU nano
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
132 alternatives to GNU nano- Mac
- Windows
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- Haiku
GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.
GNU nano vs TextEdit opinions
GNU nano is a terminal based editor which does not at all resemble TextEdit
1Nano is a great terminal based editor, but anyone looking for an alternative to TextEdit is of course expecting a GUI application.
1gedit
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
170 alternatives to gedit- Mac
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- Linux
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- GNOME
- OpenSolaris
Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with plugins.
gedit Features
CudaText
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
182 alternatives to CudaText- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.
CudaText Features
Notepad
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo127 alternatives to Notepad- Free • Proprietary
- Text Editor
- Windows
Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Not available for download; bundled with all versions of Windows.
Notepad Features
Notepad vs TextEdit opinions
Notepad lacks rich text editing
1Aptana Studio
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- IDE
120 alternatives to Aptana Studio- Mac
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- Linux
Aptana Studio is a complete web development environment that combines powerful authoring tools with a collection of online hosting and collaboration services that help you and your team do more. Includes support for PHP, CSS, FTP, and more...
Aptana Studio Features
DiscontinuedThe last update is from Feb 2021 and the last release is from Jul 2018.
PSPad
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Proprietary
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
157 alternatives to PSPad- Windows
PSPad is a freeware programmers editor in 8 languages for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Some features are highlighted syntax, ftp, projects and so on. Code explorer for Pascal, C/C++, INI, HTML, XML, PHP and more in development, internal web browser with APACHE support.
PSPad Features
UltraEdit
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Paid • Proprietary
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
200 alternatives to UltraEdit- Mac
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- Linux
UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later).
UltraEdit Features
SciTE
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
141 alternatives to SciTE- Mac
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- Xfce
SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration...