Thunderpad Alternatives

Thunderpad is described as '(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' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Thunderpad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Thunderpad alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Thunderpad are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Eclipse.

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Thunderpad alternatives are mainly Text Editors but may also be Code 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 Thunderpad.

Thunderpad

Text Editor
Free • Open Source

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.

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Thunderpad alternatives page was last updated Feb 15, 2023

RJ TextEd
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
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
RJ TextEd Features
Portable
Syntax Highlighting
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TextEdit
When you need to create text documents, TextEdit is a highly versatile word processor, including tools to format and layout your page, edit and stylize text, check spelling, create tables and lists, import graphics, work with HTML, and even add music and movie files.
101 TextEdit alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
TextEdit Features
Rich text editing
Graphical User Interface
Plain text file
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Devpad
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
Devpad Features
Syntax Highlighting
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EmEditor
EmEditor is a fast Unicode 64bit text editor for Windows 11/10/7/Vista/XP/2000 supporting extremely large files (up to 248 GB), binary files, comparison, multiline editing, easy numbering, scriptable macros, CSV files, script key...

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Intype
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
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- 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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Jane
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
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
Jane Features
Portable
Drag and Drop
Shell integration
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Diakonos
Diakonos is a powerful and easy to use console-based text editor.
151 Diakonos alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Diakonos Features
Command line interface
Console-based
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Scribes
A text editor for GNOME that combines simplicity with power.

Scribes focuses on streamlining your workflow. It does so by ensuring common and repetitive operations are intelligently automated. And also by eliminating factors that prevent you from focusing on your tasks.

The res.
113 Scribes alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Linux
Scribes Features
Syntax Highlighting
Gtk
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Discontinued
Last release on 2011.
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Plain Text Editor
Simple distraction-free text editor without any rich text nonsense. The simplicity is a feature.
53 Plain Text Editor alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
Plain Text Editor Features
1. Lightweight
2. Dark Mode
3. Distraction-free
4. Simple text editor
5. Distraction-free Writing
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Plain Text Editor VS Thunderpad
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Vis
Vis aims to be a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. It extends vi's modal editing with built-in support for multiple cursors/selections and combines it with sam's structural regular expression based command...
155 Vis alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
Vis Features
Console-based
Support for regular expressions
Modal editor
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medit
medit is a programming and around-programming text editor.

Started originally as a simple built-in editor component in GGAP, it grew up to a real text editor.
54 medit alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Xfce
medit Features
Syntax Highlighting
Tabbed interface
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TEA
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.
65 TEA alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- IDE
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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Kod
Kod is a programmers' editor for OS X

Source available at http://github.com/rsms/kod

Goals and features

Fully concurrent — loading files, syntax highlighting, etc is distributed across available CPU cores. Minimal waiting time.

Integrated scripting en...
52 Kod alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
Discontinued
Last update was in 2011. https://github.com/rsms/kod
Kod VS Thunderpad
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