Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.

TextPad is described as 'Is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. It can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, and it will work with the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Server 2003 and 2008' and is a popular Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to TextPad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best TextPad alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TextPad are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.
Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.

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.




Mystix is a text editor with customizable syntax highlighting, customizable code folding and other text editing features.


StNotepad Touch is a Multi-touch enabled plain text editor for Microsoft Windows 7. The program's name refers to the fact that it is a semi-transparent (glassy) text editor with Multi-touch Capability.

MetroTextual is a Windows text editor inspired by Microsoft’s Metro Design Language. It’s designed to be a visually appealing replacement for Notepad; with significant improvements to performance and aesthetics.




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!


NEdit is a multi-purpose text editor for the X Window System, which combines a standard, easy to use, graphical user interface with the thorough functionality and stability required by users who edit text eight hours a day.







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.

Alternate TextBrowser allows a fast navigation through text-files. The program offers the possibility to open multiple text-files at once.



Hekapad is a free fully featured lightweight text editor for Windows. It can be used to replace the classic Notepad with some cool features.



Appy Text is a super fast + lightweight text editor. Immersive too - more content, less chrome. If you're a Notepad user but have been looking for a charmingly simple, modern and free alternative then look no further. Made (carefully) for PC, tablet and phone.


