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 Sep 9, 2022

BowPad
BowPad is a small and fast text editor with a ribbon user interface and syntax highlighting.
105 BowPad alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
BowPad Features
Syntax Highlighting
Ribbon Interface
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BowPad VS Thunderpad
Is BowPad a good alternative to Thunderpad?

Notepas
Notepas is a fast portable native multiplatform text editor written in Lazarus and can be compiled for multiple platforms and widget sets using the advanced native Free Pascal Compiler.
115 Notepas alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+6
Notepas Features
1. Syntax Highlighting
2. Portable
3. Search and Replace
4. Support for Unicode
5. GPLv3
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Discontinued
Cannot run on macOS Monterey and the last update is from 2016.
Notepas VS Thunderpad
Is Notepas a good alternative to Thunderpad?

Vy
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Discontinued
Last update and release on Nov 2020.
Vy VS Thunderpad
Is Vy a good alternative to Thunderpad?

HTML-Kit
HTML Kit is a full-featured free editor for HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and other text files. 400+ plugins are available for it, including HTML Tidy for creating standards-compliant web pages. HTML-Kit has received 95% thumbs up on Download.
91 HTML-Kit alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Code Editor
- IDE
Platforms
- Windows
HTML-Kit VS Thunderpad
Is HTML-Kit a good alternative to Thunderpad?

Hekapad
Hekapad is a free fully featured lightweight text editor for Windows. It can be used to replace the classic Notepad with some cool features.
67 Hekapad alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
Hekapad Features
Lightweight
Multiple languages
Tabbed interface
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Hekapad VS Thunderpad
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EverEdit
EverEdit is a fast, lightweight, extendable text, source and binary editor for Windows (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003+). While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.
45 EverEdit alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
+8
EverEdit Features
1. Lightweight
2. Syntax Highlighting
3. Autocompletion
4. Portable
5. Support for Unicode
6. Tabbed interface
7. Drag and Drop
8. Support for regular expressions
9. Snippets
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EverEdit VS Thunderpad
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BDV Notepad
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
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
Discontinued
No changes since 2009. See http://www.bdvnotepad.com/products/bdv-notepad/
BDV Notepad VS Thunderpad
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MS Paint IDE
People joke about what IDE they use often, things like Word, MS Notepad, sometimes even Eclipse, and then often times MS Paint. People joke about MS Paint because it's not even a text editor, people joke about it because it doesn't have one feature in common with IDEs.
179 MS Paint IDE alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- IDE
Platforms
- Windows
- Microsoft Paint
MS Paint IDE Features
OCR
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+5
MS Paint IDE VS Thunderpad
Is MS Paint IDE a good alternative to Thunderpad?

iD3
iD3 is an open-source, cross-platform desktop IDE for D3.js development. It's designed to simplify data visualization with D3 and sports a Python based data management system and custom generated attribute controls.
44 iD3 alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- IDE
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
Discontinued
The official website is unavailable, and the last update was in September 2017.
iD3 VS Thunderpad
Is iD3 a good alternative to Thunderpad?
- iD3 is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Thunderpad.
- iD3 is Free and Open SourceThunderpad is also Free and Open Source

HAPedit
HAPedit is an acronym for Html Asp Php editor; a win32 text-mode editor useful for all developers of dynamic web pages.
133 HAPedit alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
HAPedit Features
Portable
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Discontinued
No change since 2004. See http://hapedit.free.fr/news.php
HAPedit VS Thunderpad
Is HAPedit a good alternative to Thunderpad?

4coder
4coder is a minimalist, cross platform, programmable, code editing environment, catering to the needs of low level programmers. It allows you to use one work flow across Windows, Linux, and Mac (with the exception of your debugger... for now.).
169 4coder alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
4coder Features
Syntax Highlighting
Portable
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4coder VS Thunderpad
Is 4coder a good alternative to Thunderpad?

JujuEdit
JujuEdit is a file editor, or alternatively a text editor with knobs-on. It is an application designed for me and people like me. At its simplest, it makes a fine replacement for Notepad. It may appeal more to computer nerds who like syntax hilighting and advanced find/replace...
156 JujuEdit alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
JujuEdit Features
Syntax Highlighting
Hex-Based map
Support for Large File
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Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.44, released in September 2006, can be still downloaded from the official website.
JujuEdit VS Thunderpad
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