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  1. Jottr icon
     2 likes

    A simple, opinionated plain text editor designed for writers, journalists and researchers. Jottr is not meant to be a full-featured text editor, but rather a simple and easy to use tool for writing. It's not aimed at developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    50 alternatives
  2. BabelPad icon
     5 likes

    BabelPad is a free Unicode text editor for Windows that supports the proper rendering of most complex scripts, and allows you to assign different fonts to different scripts in order to facilitate multi-script text editing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    152 alternatives
  3. SynWrite icon
     30 likes

    SynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Total Commander
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    167 alternatives
  4. Quill icon
     3 likes

    Quill is a free, open source WYSIWYG editor built for the modern web. With its modular architecture and expressive API, it is completely customizable to fulfill any need.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
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    33 alternatives
  5. Runestone icon
     4 likes

    A performant, lightweight, and simple plain text editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, search and replace, page guide, and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    +3
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    53 alternatives
  6. Highland icon
     3 likes

    With Highland, crafting a perfectly-formatted screenplay is as simple as writing an email. Just type. Highland will make it look good.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Highland screenshot 1
    Highland screenshot 1
  7. Smultron icon
     71 likes

    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 should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs - like web programming, script editing, making a to do...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    70 alternatives
  8. TextPad icon
     58 likes

    TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. It can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, and it will work with the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Server 2003 and 2008.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Running in Vista
    Running in XP
    125 alternatives
  9. TwistPad icon
     8 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Twistpad editing a PHP\HTML file, with split editing, with the clipboard and the file browser window visible. Notice that the search for 'updated' is highlighted automatically
    HTML Syntax highlight. Twistpad supports most popular document formats.
    Unicode support
    +12
    Windows 8 Taskbar showing the previews of opened documents in Twistpad
    88 alternatives
  10. FeatherPad icon
     4 likes

    FeatherPad (by Pedram Pourang, a.k.a. Tsu Jan tsujan2000@gmail.com) is a lightweight Qt plain-text editor for Linux. It is independent of any desktop environment and has:

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    The active Qt widget style determines the look and feel of every Qt application.
    The following screenshots are taken with a Kvantum theme and the dark color scheme of FeatherPad:
    6 alternatives
  11. Axion-Editor icon
     1 like

    Versatile text editor for Android, offering advanced functionality such as syntax highlighting, extensive customization options, and a streamlined interface for efficient editing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    +9
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    3 alternatives
  12. Light notepad experience as in other Operating Systems. Simple, light, quick, free. Does not try to sync to cloud services or try to replace your favorite text editor. And completely free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Light Notepad screenshot 1
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    14 alternatives
  13. Writeopia icon
     3 likes

    Writeopia is a modern text editor that integrates AI while prioritizing offline functionality and user privacy. Unlike cloud-based AI assistants, Writeopia allows you to choose your own AI model and interact with it locally, ensuring that your data stays on your device.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    Writeopia screenshot 1
    29 alternatives
  14. WriteNext icon
     12 likes

    The writing application that boosts your writing. Increase focus and writing performance and reduce distractions by separating your creative writing from other activities. Let writing be the only activity you perform in the writing application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    16 alternatives
  15. Lines is a modern and minimalist text editor - IDE with support for over 150 programming languages, embedded code inspectors and many other cool tools to help you write better code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Responsive preview, code outline, project explorer, tabs. (new version 5.2)
    Lines on Ubuntu
    Lines code editor screenshot 2
    +7
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    173 alternatives
  16. WriteForward icon
     1 like

    WriteForward is a distraction-free writing tool designed to boost drafting momentum and help perfectionists overcome editing loops. As you write, finished paragraphs move up to a read-only area; only your two most recent paragraphs stay visible for context, with previous...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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    +2
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    16 alternatives
  17. MacVim icon
     32 likes

    MacVim is a port of the text editor Vim to macOS. MacVim supports multiple windows with tabbed editing and a host of other features such as:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    MacVim screenshot 1
    87 alternatives
  18. JotterPad icon
     22 likes

    Designed for creative writers, JotterPad is a plain text editor without the fuss and distraction of a word processor. It is perfect for writing books, novels, lyrics, poems, essays, drafts and screenplays.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    JotterPad Android interface
    JotterPad text editor
    Dark theme
    +13
    Built-in thesaurus, dictionary and rhyming dictionary
    32 alternatives
  19. OmPad icon
     17 likes

    OmPad is a free, simple, powerful, beautiful and minimal writing app that helps you focus and concentrate on writing great content. Format your text with headings, bold, italic, links, images, lists, code and quotes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Default clean theme
    Toolbar for HTML formatting
    Beautiful menu
    34 alternatives