BabelMap Alternatives

BabelMap is described as 'Free character map application for Windows that allows you to browse through the entire Unicode character repertoire of over 107,000 characters, or search for a particular character by name or by code point' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to BabelMap for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, iPhone and Linux apps. The best BabelMap alternative is WinCompose, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BabelMap are Unicode Companion, UnicodePad, Character Map and Codepoint.

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  1. Opcion font viewer is a free and open source font viewer written in Java. It allows you to view both installed and uninstalled fonts and makes selecting the right font for your project quick and easy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. SymWin icon
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    A small and quick tool for typing special symbols.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. UnicodePlus icon
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    UnicodePlus is a free tool providing information about any Unicode character: name, codepoint, classification, conversion, UTF encodings, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. FindThatFont! icon
     4 likes

    FindThatFont! is a handy tool that allows to preview fonts that are installed on your system and to classify them into over 30 different categories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. PopChar icon
     11 likes

    The character map that works! PopChar is an application that lets you insert special characters, umlauts and foreign letters into any document. With this character map, there is no need to search for or remember complex keystrokes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  6. Gucharmap icon
     7 likes

    Open source character map for the GNOME desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
    • GNOME
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  7. CharacterCodes.net is a comprehensive online resource for finding HTML character codes, ASCII codes, and Unicode characters.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  8. Small and fast utility that can generate a whole range of Unicode symbols or the range that you set for it. The app can export the list of symbols horizontally (by default) or vertically (in that case you also can show index number as option).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Handy online Unicode character table with search tool, short information about origin and history of most characters in eight languages and some great compose-tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Holdkey icon
     2 likes

    Holdkey is a Windows program that makes it easy to type characters with accents.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. WizKey icon
     3 likes

    WizKey makes it easy to type accented and other special Unicode characters using a standard US/UK keyboard with easy to remember keyboard shortcuts.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Extra Keys icon
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    Extra Keys is a software input panel for typing international accented and other special characters.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
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