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, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 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, GNU nano, CudaText and Windows Notepad.

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  1. Sublime Text icon

    Sublime Text

     2043 likes

    Powerful editor blending code, markup, and prose editing with enhanced features like multi-tab selection, side-by-side definition viewing, and multiple selection tools for swift code navigation.

    192 Sublime Text alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Most users think Sublime Text is a great TextEdit alternative.

    • Sublime Text is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to TextEdit.

    • Sublime Text is the most popular free alternative to TextEdit.

    • Sublime Text is Freemium and ProprietaryTextEdit is Free and Proprietary
    • Sublime Text is CustomizableTextEdit is not according to our users
  2. gedit icon

    gedit

     694 likes

    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.

    192 gedit alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    • OpenSolaris
    • Flathub
    The Default look under GNOME with Adwaita
     

    • gedit is the most popular Open Source alternative to TextEdit.

    • gedit is Free and Open SourceTextEdit is Free and Proprietary
    • gedit is Customizable and Privacy focusedTextEdit is not according to our users
  4. GNU nano icon

    GNU nano

     289 likes

    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.

    153 GNU nano alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    Comments about GNU nano as an Alternative to TextEdit
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    Nano is a great terminal based editor, but anyone looking for an alternative to TextEdit is of course expecting a GUI application.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Negative
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    GNU nano is a terminal based editor which does not at all resemble TextEdit

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • GNU nano is Free and Open SourceTextEdit is Free and Proprietary
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    EmEditor

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  7. Windows Notepad icon

    Windows Notepad

     182 likes

    Fast, streamlined editor with extensive features, bundled with Windows since 1985. Supports plain text, UTF-8, and over 100 languages with enhanced functionality since 2018, including dark mode, Bing search, and large file handling.

    143 Windows Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Windows Notepad as an Alternative to TextEdit
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    Notepad lacks rich text editing

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Windows Notepad is Free and ProprietaryTextEdit is also Free and Proprietary
    • Windows Notepad is MinimalisticTextEdit is not according to our users
  8. Aptana Studio icon

    Aptana Studio

     332 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. PSPad icon

    PSPad

     204 likes

    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.

    172 PSPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window - Project Settings
     
  11. UltraEdit icon

    UltraEdit

     161 likes

    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).

    211 UltraEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    UltraEdit features an integrated FTP browser and supports syntax highlighting for hundreds of languages, with more always in the works. And with an integrated SSH/telnet client, scripting, custom tools, macros and Smart Templates, UltraEdit's ready for any coding session.
     

    • UltraEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to TextEdit.

    • UltraEdit is Paid and ProprietaryTextEdit is Free and Proprietary
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    SciTE

     150 likes

    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...

    157 SciTE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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  14. EmEditor icon

    EmEditor

     77 likes

    Versatile Windows editor offering lightweight, ultra-fast performance with robust support for text, code, and CSV files, AI-assisted writing, macros, Unicode, plugins, syntax highlighting, advanced search, column editing, split views, and file encoding conversion.

    125 EmEditor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  15. ReText icon

    ReText

     49 likes

    ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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