Zikky Alternatives

Apps similar to Zikky include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim. You're spoiled for choice with Text Editors like Zikky: we list more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Linux, Windows, Android and Chrome OS.

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  1. Ouijit icon
     3 likes

    Custom task and session manager using Git worktrees to organize parallel workflows, integrates with agent CLIs and TUIs through hooks and scripts, provides live agent status, automated environment setup, VM sandboxing for secure code, and session-aware automation.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Kanban board view showing tasks with idle and busy agents.
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  2. Leafpad icon
     67 likes

    Leafpad is a lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor.

    117 Leafpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
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  3. Phoenix Code icon
     12 likes

    Phoenix Code is a text editor designed to make coding as intuitive and fun as playing a video game - specially crafted for web developers, designers, and students.

    45 Phoenix Code alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  4. Xed Editor icon
     7 likes

    Xed-Editor is a versatile and extensible text editor for Android, featuring syntax highlighting, LSP-powered code intelligence, a built-in terminal, extensions, and fast project-wide tools for efficient editing.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
    • Android Tablet
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  5. Xed icon
     22 likes

    A text editor forked from Pluma and Gedit. Xed is the default text editor of Linux Mint. It can be customized and is available in multiple languages.

    167 Xed alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. BBEdit icon
     48 likes

    BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text.

    135 BBEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Kakoune icon
     21 likes

    Vim inspired text editor with support for multiple selections and scores of other "out of the box" features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Cygwin
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  8. Textadept icon
     38 likes

    Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and ridiculously extensible cross-platform text editor for programmers. Written in a combination of C and Lua and relentlessly optimized for speed and minimalism over the years, Textadept is an ideal editor for programmers who want endless...

    102 Textadept alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. Nova icon
     8 likes

    The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.

    138 Nova alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
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  10. RustRover icon
     5 likes

    Enjoy full support when running your code inside the Rust IDE, be it for testing purposes, debugging, benchmarking, profiling, or targeting different platforms.

    74 RustRover alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  11. Pragtical icon
     6 likes

    Pragtical is a code editor which was forked from Lite XL (also a fork of lite) written mostly in Lua with a focus on been practical rather than minimalist. The name of the editor is a mixture of the words pragmatic and practical, two words that properly define our development...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
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  12. Vampirio Code icon
     2 likes

    Vampirio Code is a versatile open source editor and IDE with syntax highlighting and multi-language compilation, integrated with various compilers and tools.

    42 Vampirio Code alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Windows
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