Zee AlternativesText & Code Editors like Zee

Zee is described as 'Modern editor for the terminal, written in Rust. It is a highly experimental code. In the old tradition of text editor demos, here's what it currently looks like editing its own source code' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Zee for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Zee alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Zee are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Neovim.

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Zee is a modern editor for the terminal, written in Rust. It is a highly experimental code. In the old tradition of text editor demos, here's what it currently looks like editing its own source code.

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  1. Notepad++ icon
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    Notepad++

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

    231 Notepad++ alternatives
    Notepad++ screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    TextFX plugin menu

    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
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    • Notepad++ is the most popular Windows alternative to Zee.

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

    • Notepad++ is Free and Open SourceZee is also Free and Open Source
    • Notepad++ is LightweightZee is not according to our users
  2. Visual Studio Code icon
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    Visual Studio Code

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    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
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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    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 iconZee Icon

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    • Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Linux alternative to Zee.

    • Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryZee is Free and Open Source
    • Visual Studio Code is CustomizableZee is not according to our users
  4. VSCodium icon
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    VSCodium

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    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

    • Free • Open 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
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  5. Vim icon
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    Vim

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    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
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    GVim with netrw+airlines+ctrlspace+xkb-switch+monokai theme+Source Pro font
    Plugin Gitgutter shows added lines as '+' and altere as '~'.

    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
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  6. Neovim icon
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    Neovim

     166 likes
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    Refactored version of Vim, simplifying maintenance, improving developer contributions, and enabling new user interfaces. Features extensible plugin architecture, lightweight resource usage, syntax highlighting, no registration, ad-free, and distraction-free mode.

    100 Neovim alternatives
    Neovim screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Neovim screenshot 1

    Top Neovim Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Configurable
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Lua scripting
    5.  Terminal-based
    6.  Syntax Highlighting
    7.  Asynchronous
    8.  Distraction-free
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Autocompletion
    12.  Code Formatting
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  7. gedit icon
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    gedit

     686 likes
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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    • OpenSolaris
    • Flathub
    gedit screenshot 1
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    +2
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    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
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  9. GNU Emacs icon
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    GNU Emacs

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    GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:

    174 GNU Emacs alternatives
    The GNU Emacs Manual calls Emacs the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Homebrew
    • Snapcraft
    • Debian
    • MacPorts
    Beyond just being able to edit plain text files, Emacs includes special features to help you write in many different human languages and programming/markup languages
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    Top GNU Emacs Features

    1.  Extensibility
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Org-mode
    5.  Self-documenting
    6.  IDE
    7.  Terminal-based
    8.  Multi OS
    9.  Syntax Highlighting
    10.  Support for scripting
    11.  Command line interface
    12.  No Tracking
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    • GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to Zee.

    • GNU Emacs is Free and Open SourceZee is also Free and Open Source
    • GNU Emacs is CustomizableZee is not according to our users
  10. GNU nano icon
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    GNU nano

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    GNU nano screenshot 1
    Color syntax
    +1
    GNU nano screenshot 3

    GNU nano Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Lightweight
    5.  Automatic Indentation
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  11. Micro icon
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    Micro

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    Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals.

    38 Micro alternatives
    Micro screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    Micro screenshot 1
    Micro screenshot 2
    +2
    Micro screenshot 3

    Top Micro Features

    1.  User friendly
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Intuitive
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Zero configuration
    6.  Lightweight
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Distraction-free
    11.  Support for Themes
    12.  Command line interface
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  12. CudaText icon
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    CudaText

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

    193 CudaText alternatives
    Multi-selections, Replace dialog at bottom

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    Dark theme, Minimap
    2 groups shown, picture file opened, JavaScript fragment in HTML
    +3
    Code Tree for Pascal lexer

    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 iconZee Icon

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  13. Lapce icon
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    Lapce

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    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    194 Lapce alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open 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
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  14. JetBrains Fleet icon
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    JetBrains Fleet

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    Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI.

    193 JetBrains Fleet alternatives
    JetBrains Fleet screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    JetBrains Fleet Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Support for MarkDown
    5.  Autocompletion
    6.  Code Formatting
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    JetBrains Fleet iconZee Icon

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