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!
Platforms
- Windows
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
- 92 BDV Notepad alternatives
72 Mystix alternativesMystix is a text editor with customizable syntax highlighting, customizable code folding and other text editing features.
Platforms
- Windows
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Australia
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109 Thunderpad alternativesThunderpad (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.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Mexico
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126 Tilde alternativesTilde 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
Netherlands
EU
A simple, opinionated plain text editor designed for writers, journalists and researchers. Jottr is not meant to be a full-featured text editor, but rather a simple and easy to use tool for writing. It's not aimed at developers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
United States
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Haiku
Germany- EU
35 NEdit alternativesNEdit 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- United States
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61 Hekapad alternativesHekapad is a free fully featured lightweight text editor for Windows. It can be used to replace the classic Notepad with some cool features.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Italy- EU
107 Alternate TextBrowser alternativesAlternate TextBrowser allows a fast navigation through text-files. The program offers the possibility to open multiple text-files at once.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Germany
- EU
122 Appy Text alternativesAppy 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.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Phone
110 DevTEd Lite alternativesDevTEd Lite is a free source code editor that supports several languages. System requirements: MS WIndows 10 or later.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
