A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Releases are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
TextPad Alternatives
Apps similar to TextPad include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim. There's no shortage of Text Editors like TextPad, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Chrome OS and the web.
Alternatives list
166 Xed alternativesA text editor forked from Pluma and Gedit. Xed is the default text editor of Linux Mint. It can be customized and is available in multiple languages.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
Ireland
EU
+4
136 Programmer's Notepad alternativesNotepad more focused on developing than just scribble down notes.
These is not an exhaustive feature list, but gives you some idea of the features present in Programmer’s Notepad.
- Syntax Highlighting for lots of languages, configured with schemes
- Multi-language use.
Platforms
- Windows
United Kingdom
+7
89 ReText alternativesReText 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
89 wxMEdit alternativeswxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor, derived from MadEdit . It adds automatic updates, bookmarks, selecting lines with a tripple click, a FreeBASIC syntax file, more supported encodings (L1, CP850, CP437 etc, KOI8, UTF-x), better...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
China
148 jEdit alternativesjEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it. jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use AND it is released as free software with full source code...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Global
126 RJ TextEd alternativesRJ 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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Sweden- EU
+4
170 SynWrite alternativesSynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.
Platforms
- Windows
- Total Commander
Russia
92 SlickEdit alternativesSlickEdit is a cross-platform, multi-language code editor that gives programmers the ability to code in over 40 languages on 7 platforms.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
United States
70 Lime Text alternativesExperimental Sublime Text clone. The Backend is written in Go (Programming Language). If you are fluent in go, go ahead fork the projekt. This project is at an early stage. It is a chance and a challenge.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Sweden
- EU
89 TwistPad alternativesTwistpad is a fully featured text and code editor for Windows. Twistpad can be used as a simple notepad replacer, or a featured packed editor targeting web and software developers.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Germany- EU
+9
125 EditPad Lite alternativesEditPad Lite is a compact general-purpose text editor. Use EditPad Lite to easily edit any kind of plain text file. EditPad Lite has all the essential features to make text editing a breeze:
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- United Kingdom
