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TextMate alternatives page was last updated Mar 14, 2024
  1. Visual Studio Code icon
     1279 likes

    Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.

    209 Visual Studio Code alternatives
    Visual Studio Code screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS

    Top Visual Studio Code Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  IDE
    5.  Built-in terminal emulation
    6.  Syntax Highlighting
    7.  Code Completion
    8.  Multiple languages
    9.  Git Support
    10.  GitHub Integration
    11.  Support for Themes
    12.  Dark Mode
    Visual Studio Code iconTextMate Icon

    Visual Studio Code VS TextMate

    Is Visual Studio Code a good alternative to TextMate?
     
    • Most users think Visual Studio Code is a great TextMate alternative.

    • Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Linux alternative to TextMate.

    • Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryTextMate is Free and Open Source
    • Visual Studio Code is CustomizableTextMate is not according to our users
  2. Sublime Text icon
     1999 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.

    197 Sublime Text alternatives
    Sublime Text screenshot 1

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top Sublime Text Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Customizable
    4.  Package Control
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  IDE
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Support for MarkDown
    10.  Distraction-free
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Git Support
    Sublime Text iconTextMate Icon

    Sublime Text VS TextMate

    Is Sublime Text a good alternative to TextMate?
     
    Comments about Sublime Text as an Alternative to TextMate
     
    Guest

    Sublime is a good alternative because you can still code like wow

    Positive commentSep 14, 2020
    0
    Guest

    It support multi language and with a lot of feature with ton of package, it lightweight and fast

    Positive commentDec 2, 2018
    0
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    • Almost everyone thinks Sublime Text is a great TextMate alternative.

    • Sublime Text is the most popular commercial alternative to TextMate.

    • Sublime Text is Paid and ProprietaryTextMate is Free and Open Source
    • Sublime Text is CustomizableTextMate is not according to our users
  3. VSCodium icon
     317 likes

    This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.

    198 VSCodium alternatives
    VSCodium screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron

    Top VSCodium Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Prevent telemetry
    3.  IDE
    4.  Customizable
    5.  Privacy focused
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  No registration required
    9.  MIT License
    10.  Autocompletion
    11.  Support for Themes
    12.  Git integration
    VSCodium iconTextMate Icon

    VSCodium VS TextMate

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  4. Vim icon
     1304 likes

    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.

    209 Vim alternatives
    Vim screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft

    Top Vim Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Keyboard focused
    3.  Customizable
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Hackable
    7.  Command line interface
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Support for MarkDown
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Portable
    12.  Batch Editing
    Vim iconTextMate Icon

    Vim VS TextMate

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  5. Eclipse icon
     1137 likes

    Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...

    160 Eclipse alternatives
    eclipse on windows 10

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Top Eclipse Features

    1.  IDE
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Java IDE
    4.  C++
    5.  Refactoring
    6.  Autocompletion
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Portable
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Spell Checking
    12.  Code Formatting
    Eclipse iconTextMate Icon

    Eclipse VS TextMate

    Is Eclipse a good alternative to TextMate?
     
    Comments about Eclipse as an Alternative to TextMate
     
    Guest

    TextMate is a text editor while Eclipse is an IDE for developers.

    Negative commentJun 6, 2016
    5
    Guest

    One is an IDE, the other is text editor.

    Negative commentSep 28, 2016
    3
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    • Eclipse is Free and Open SourceTextMate is also Free and Open Source
  6. Neovim icon
     166 likes

    Refactored version of Vim, simplifying maintenance, improving developer contributions, and enabling new user interfaces. Features extensible plugin architecture, lightweight resource usage, syntax highlighting, no registration, ad-free, and distraction-free mode.

    100 Neovim alternatives
    Neovim screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top Neovim Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Configurable
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Lua scripting
    5.  Terminal-based
    6.  Syntax Highlighting
    7.  Asynchronous
    8.  Distraction-free
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Autocompletion
    12.  Code Formatting
    Neovim iconTextMate Icon

    Neovim VS TextMate

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  7. Kate icon
     288 likes

    The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application.

    142 Kate alternatives
    Kate screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft

    Top Kate Features

    1.  Native application
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Themes
    4.  Editable text color schemes
    5.  Built-in terminal emulation
    6.  IDE
    7.  Tabbed interface
    8.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    9.  Git Support
    10.  Lightweight
    11.  Code Formatting
    12.  Spell Checking
    Kate iconTextMate Icon

    Kate VS TextMate

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  8. Zed Editor icon
     46 likes

    Zed is a blazing fast, multi-user, productivity-focused text editor. From the creators of Atom, Electron and Tree-sitter, the editor features built-in Vim mode with tooltips for key-bindings, language-aware...

    67 Zed Editor alternatives
    Zed Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top Zed Editor Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Optimal performance
    4.  IDE
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Built-in terminal emulation
    7.  Autocompletion
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Real time collaboration
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Support for Themes
    12.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    Zed Editor iconTextMate Icon

    Zed Editor VS TextMate

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  9. GNU Emacs icon
     377 likes

    GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:

    174 GNU Emacs alternatives
    The GNU Emacs Manual calls Emacs the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Homebrew
    • Snapcraft
    • Debian
    • MacPorts

    Top GNU Emacs Features

    1.  Extensibility
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Org-mode
    5.  Self-documenting
    6.  IDE
    7.  Terminal-based
    8.  Multi OS
    9.  Syntax Highlighting
    10.  Support for scripting
    11.  Command line interface
    12.  No Tracking
    GNU Emacs iconTextMate Icon

    GNU Emacs VS TextMate

    Is GNU Emacs a good alternative to TextMate?
     
    • GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to TextMate.

    • GNU Emacs is Free and Open SourceTextMate is also Free and Open Source
    • GNU Emacs is CustomizableTextMate is not according to our users
  10. Pulsar Editor icon
     38 likes

    A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, built on Electron. and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.

    67 Pulsar Editor alternatives
    Welcome tab

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Electron / Atom Shell

    Top Pulsar Editor Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Community-based
    3.  Hackable
    4.  IDE
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Customizable
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Support for MarkDown
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Distraction-free
    12.  Git Support
    Pulsar Editor iconTextMate Icon

    Pulsar Editor VS TextMate

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  11. Lite XL icon
     43 likes

    Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.

    50 Lite XL alternatives
    Lite XL screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top Lite XL Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Customizable
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Syntax Highlighting
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Portable
    9.  Autocompletion
    10.  Support for MarkDown
    11.  Full-Text Search
    12.  Support for scripting
    Lite XL iconTextMate Icon

    Lite XL VS TextMate

    Is Lite XL a good alternative to TextMate?
     
  12. Notepad3 icon
     52 likes

    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    208 Notepad3 alternatives
    Supports RTL languages out of the box.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top Notepad3 Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Unicode
    3.  Small-footprint
    4.  Multiple languages
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Search and Replace
    7.  Portable
    8.  Support for regular expressions
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Dark Mode
    Notepad3 iconTextMate Icon

    Notepad3 VS TextMate

    Is Notepad3 a good alternative to TextMate?
     
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