Notepad++ Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Lightweight Autocompletion Block edit Code formatting ... Color coding Configurable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for FTP Live Preview Macros Feature Multiple languages Plugin manager Portable Support for regular expressions Side-by-Side comparison Tabbed interface Add a feature 4122 Like
Visual Studio Code Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE. Free Open Source Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell Mac OS X Lightweight Built-in Terminal Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable ... Intellisense Syntax Highlighting Code completion Dark theme GIT support Support for Javascript Multiple cursors Autocompletion Bugs C# Scripting Embedded debugger Git integration MarkDown support Mercurial support Plugin support Version and Source control Add a feature 407 Like
Vim Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Haiku ... OpenSolaris Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting Configurability ... Keyboard focused Lightweight Modal editor Plugin manager Small size Spell checking Terminal-based Visual Mode Word completion Works on all OSs Add a feature 1029 Like
TextMate TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both... Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac OS X Automatic Indentation Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Search and replace Syntax Highlighting ... Support for Themes Add a feature 245 Like
Notepad Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Not available for download; bundled with all versions of Windows. Free Windows Support for Unicode Bundled with Windows Add a feature 152 Like
UltraEdit UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports... Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 145 Like
TextWrangler TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool. At its most basic, a text editor is a tool for simply editing... Free Mac OS X Search and replace Support for Unicode Add a feature 145 Like Discontinued The developers announced that development of TextWrangler has stopped, in favor of concentrating their efforts on the development of BBEdit. Quoted from the TextWrangler webpage, "We are sunsetting TextWrangler, and we encourage anyone interested in TextWrangler to download and use BBEdit instead."
SynWrite SynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. SynWrite features: syntax highlighting for lots of languages;... Free Open Source Windows Total Commander Portable Syntax Highlighting Add a feature 28 Like
Scratch Scratch is the text editor that works for you. It auto-saves your files, meaning they're always up-to-date. Plus it remembers your tabs so you never lose your spot... Free Open Source Linux Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Scripting Syntax Highlighting ... Tabbed interface Add a feature 17 Like
Editra Editra is a multi-platform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy to use interface and features that aid in code development. Currently it... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 21 Like Discontinued The latest version available for download from the website is nearly 5 years old, from 2013. The last sign of activity on the blog ( a blog post ) is from 2015.
Notepad3 Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight Scintilla-based text editor with syntax highlighting. It has a small memory footprint, but is powerful enough to handle most... Free Open Source Windows Portable Small size Add a feature 6 Like
Smultron Smultron is a text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It... Commercial Mac OS X No features added Add a feature 71 Like
CudaText CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus. Features include: Syntax highlight for many languages: C, C++, Java, Pascal, JavaScript, HTML, CSS... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 4 Like
Syncplify.me Notepad! Notepad! is the free, powerful, feature-rich replacement for your Windows Notepad. This software is completely free to use, for both personal and business purposes. With... Free Windows Support for Large File Portable Support for regular expressions Syntax Highlighting ... Tabbed interface Add a feature 9 Like
FoldingText FoldingText makes you productive in easily formatted plain text. Turn your ideas into plans. Your to-dos into results. Your writing into clear, focused documents. Commercial Mac OS X No features added Add a feature 6 Like
