Code Writer Alternatives

Code Writer is described as 'Free text and code editor app for the Windows platform, downloadable from the Windows Store. Use it as a replacement for Notepad and other quick edit apps' and is a Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Code Writer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Code Writer alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Code Writer are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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  1. Jane icon
     8 likes

    Jane is Just Another Nasty Editor, designed to view and edit all kind of ASCII files. There are millions of similar editors already available, but the choice is yours: those who try this might discover nice features they'll soon don't want to miss anymore.

    105 Jane alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. MadEdit icon
     13 likes

    MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.

    133 MadEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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  3. ATPad icon
     3 likes

    ATPad is a simple Notepad replacement written in pure C and Windows API. Keeping simplicity of Notepad it provides many additional features. 90kb UPX repacked.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • The Portable Freeware Collection
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  4. Eric icon
     14 likes

    Eric is a full-featured IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Python and Ruby, This is one of the best options for programming in Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. BowPad icon
     10 likes

    BowPad is a small and fast text editor with a ribbon user interface and syntax highlighting.

    105 BowPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. Tilde icon
     2 likes

    Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.

    126 Tilde alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. codebox.io icon
     8 likes

    Powerful, Collaborative Online/Offline web IDE

    The IDE component is also available as an open source project on GitHub: https://github.com/FriendCode/codebox.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
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  9. NoteTab icon
     20 likes

    NoteTab is a leading text editor, popular Windows Notepad replacement, and powerful code-based HTML editor for Windows.

    142 NoteTab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. HippoEDIT icon
     10 likes

    HippoEDIT is a powerful, fast and easy to use Windows text editor, primarily targeted at power users and programmers. It has modern and lightweight user interface, which supports different interface schemes, Multi Tab environment, seamless web and help browser, File Explorer and...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Notepas icon
     9 likes

    Notepas is a fast portable native multiplatform text editor written in Lazarus and can be compiled for multiple platforms and widget sets using the advanced native Free Pascal Compiler.

    109 Notepas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Eclipse Orion icon
     14 likes

    Orion is an open source project under the Eclipse top-level project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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