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The best Code Editor alternative to TwistPad is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to TwistPad and many of them are Code Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Code Editor alternatives to TwistPad are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Geany.

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Twistpad is a fully featured text and code editor for Windows. Twistpad can be used as a simple notepad replacer, or a featured packed editor targeting web and software developers.

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TwistPad alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  1. Notepad++ icon
     4831 likes

    Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

    231 Notepad++ alternatives
    Notepad++ screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Top Notepad++ Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Code Formatting
    3.  Portable
    4.  Tabbed interface
    5.  Search and Replace
    6.  Text formatting
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Multiple Open Tabs
    9.  Multiple languages
    10.  Color coding
    11.  Support for Javascript
    12.  Configurable
    Notepad++ iconTwistPad Icon

    Notepad++ VS TwistPad

    Is Notepad++ a good alternative to TwistPad?
     
    • Notepad++ is the most popular Windows alternative to TwistPad.

    • Notepad++ is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to TwistPad.

    • Notepad++ is Free and Open SourceTwistPad is Paid and Proprietary
    • Notepad++ is LightweightTwistPad is not according to our users
  2. Visual Studio Code icon
     1279 likes

    Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.

    209 Visual Studio Code alternatives
    Visual Studio Code screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS

    Top Visual Studio Code Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  IDE
    5.  Built-in terminal emulation
    6.  Syntax Highlighting
    7.  Code Completion
    8.  Multiple languages
    9.  Git Support
    10.  GitHub Integration
    11.  Support for Themes
    12.  Dark Mode
    Visual Studio Code iconTwistPad Icon

    Visual Studio Code VS TwistPad

    Is Visual Studio Code a good alternative to TwistPad?
     
    • Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Linux alternative to TwistPad.

    • Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryTwistPad is Paid and Proprietary
    • Visual Studio Code is CustomizableTwistPad is not according to our users
  3. VSCodium icon
     317 likes

    This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.

    198 VSCodium alternatives
    VSCodium screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron

    Top VSCodium Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Prevent telemetry
    3.  IDE
    4.  Customizable
    5.  Privacy focused
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  No registration required
    9.  MIT License
    10.  Autocompletion
    11.  Support for Themes
    12.  Git integration
    VSCodium iconTwistPad Icon

    VSCodium VS TwistPad

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  4. Vim icon
     1304 likes

    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 GUI version called GVim.

    209 Vim alternatives
    Vim screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft

    Top Vim Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Keyboard focused
    3.  Customizable
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Hackable
    7.  Command line interface
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Support for MarkDown
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Portable
    12.  Batch Editing
    Vim iconTwistPad Icon

    Vim VS TwistPad

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  5. Geany icon
     556 likes

    Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow.

    147 Geany alternatives
    Geany screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft

    Top Geany Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Multiplatform
    4.  IDE
    5.  Minimalistic
    6.  Syntax Highlighting
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Support for LaTeX
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Distraction-free
    11.  Autocompletion
    12.  Code Formatting
    Geany iconTwistPad Icon

    Geany VS TwistPad

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  6. gedit icon
     686 likes

    Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with plugins.

    186 gedit alternatives
    The Default look under GNOME with Adwaita

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    • OpenSolaris
    • Flathub

    Top gedit Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Customizable
    5.  Autocompletion
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Spell Checking
    10.  Privacy focused
    11.  Support for Unicode
    gedit iconTwistPad Icon

    gedit VS TwistPad

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  7. GNU nano icon
     283 likes

    GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.

    142 GNU nano alternatives
    GNU nano screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku

    GNU nano Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Lightweight
    5.  Automatic Indentation
    GNU nano iconTwistPad Icon

    GNU nano VS TwistPad

    Is GNU nano a good alternative to TwistPad?
     
  8. CudaText icon
     49 likes

    CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.

    193 CudaText alternatives
    Multi-selections, Replace dialog at bottom

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub

    Top CudaText Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Native application
    4.  Customizable
    5.  Minimap
    6.  Command palette
    7.  Autocompletion
    8.  Syntax Highlighting
    9.  Support for Themes
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Portable
    CudaText iconTwistPad Icon

    CudaText VS TwistPad

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  9. Notepad3 icon
     52 likes

    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    208 Notepad3 alternatives
    Supports RTL languages out of the box.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top Notepad3 Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Unicode
    3.  Small-footprint
    4.  Multiple languages
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Search and Replace
    7.  Portable
    8.  Support for regular expressions
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Dark Mode
    Notepad3 iconTwistPad Icon

    Notepad3 VS TwistPad

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  10. Lapce icon
     25 likes

    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    194 Lapce alternatives
    Lapce screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top Lapce Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Built-in terminal emulation
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Git Support
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Support for Themes
    9.  Full-Text Search
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Dark Mode
    Lapce iconTwistPad Icon

    Lapce VS TwistPad

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  11. UltraEdit icon
     161 likes

    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 disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later).

    213 UltraEdit alternatives
    UltraEdit features an integrated FTP browser and supports syntax highlighting for hundreds of languages, with more always in the works. And with an integrated SSH/telnet client, scripting, custom tools, macros and Smart Templates, UltraEdit's ready for any coding session.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    UltraEdit Features

    1.  Column based text editing
    2.  Support for large files
    3.  Hex Editor
    UltraEdit iconTwistPad Icon

    UltraEdit VS TwistPad

    Is UltraEdit a good alternative to TwistPad?
     
    • UltraEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to TwistPad.

    • UltraEdit is Paid and ProprietaryTwistPad is also Paid and Proprietary
  12. PSPad icon
     203 likes

    PSPad is a freeware programmers editor in 8 languages for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Some features are highlighted syntax, ftp, projects and so on. Code explorer for Pascal, C/C++, INI, HTML, XML, PHP and more in development, internal web browser with APACHE support.

    168 PSPad alternatives
    Main Window - Project Settings

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top PSPad Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Support for MarkDown
    3.  Support for scripting
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Portable
    6.  WYSIWYG Support
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Code Formatting
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Lightweight
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Hex Editor
    PSPad iconTwistPad Icon

    PSPad VS TwistPad

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