TextMate Alternatives for Windows

TextMate is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to TextMate and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to TextMate are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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TextMate alternatives are mainly Code Editors but may also be Text Editors or IDEs.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of TextMate.
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TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice...

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TextMate alternatives page was last updated Mar 14, 2024
  1. SlickEdit icon
     14 likes

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

    94 SlickEdit alternatives
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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
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  2. RJ TextEd icon
     29 likes

    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...

    128 RJ TextEd alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    RJ TextEd Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
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  3. CodeLobster PHP Edition icon
     26 likes

    CodeLobster - Free portable PHP IDE with support Drupal, Smarty, WordPress, Joomla, JQuery, CodeIgniter, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CakePHP, Facebook, Symfony

    75 CodeLobster PHP Edition alternatives
    CodeLobster PHP Edition screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Portable
    3.  PHP IDE
    4.  Embedded debugger
    Discontinued

    The company seems to have stopped the support for CodeLobster PHP Edition: they recommend to use CodeLobster IDE icon CodeLobster IDE (see http://www.codelobster.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24735) . Last version, 5.15, released in April 2019, can be still downloaded from the official website

    CodeLobster PHP Edition iconTextMate Icon

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  4. Intype icon
     32 likes

    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.

    95 Intype alternatives
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    • 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.

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  5. Devpad icon
     7 likes

    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.

    171 Devpad alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Devpad Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
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  6. Jane icon
     8 likes

    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.

    110 Jane alternatives
    Main Window
    Jane screenshot 2

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Jane Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Drag and Drop
    3.  Shell integration
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  7. Text icon
     11 likes

    Text.app is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It's fast, lets you open multiple files at once, has syntax highlighting, and saves to Google Drive on Chrome OS.

    100 Text alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome

    Properties

    1.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Google Drive integration
    3.  Sync with Dropbox
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  8. TEA icon
     7 likes

    TEA is free text editor for Linux, *BSD, OS/2, Windows, Haicu. It depends on Qt 4.6+ or Qt 5 or Qt6, zlib and, optionally, on Aspell or Hunspell. The old (but renewed) branch, TEA-GTK depends on GTK+ 3 and GtkSourceView 3.

    66 TEA alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TEA Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  C++
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Built-in File Manager
    5.  Built-in Image converter
    6.  Built-in Image viewer
    7.  Built-in archiver
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  9. Thunderpad icon
     10 likes

    Thunderpad (formerly Textpad) is a simple, general-purpose and cross-platform text editor written in C++ using the Qt libraries. Thunderpad aims to be faster and more lightweight than most text editors, but as useful as them.

    117 Thunderpad alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Distraction-free
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed since 2015. Latest versions can be still downloaded from SourceForge and GitHub

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  10. SuperbEdit icon
     7 likes

    Extensible and light programmers' text editor.

    SuperbEdit features Syntax Highlighting, Folder Management, Source Control Integration and much more...

    Extensible SuperbEdit has been developed from the start to be extensible via Plugins (called Packages)

    It's easy to cr.

    55 SuperbEdit alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    SuperbEdit iconTextMate Icon

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  11. Vy icon
     2 likes

    vy is a modal editor with a very modular architecture. vy is built on top of Tkinter which is one of the most productive graphical toolkits; It permits vy to have such a great programming interface for plugins.

    171 Vy alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update and release on Nov 2020.

    Vy iconTextMate Icon

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  12. BDV Notepad icon
     3 likes

    It is a comfortable text editor and a Windows Notepad replacement. In this program are combined: extended functionality, comfortable interface, flexible adjustment and all of this is absolutely free-of-charge!

    98 BDV Notepad alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    No changes since 2009. See http://www.bdvnotepad.com/products/bdv-notepad/

    BDV Notepad iconTextMate Icon

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