Simple distraction-free text editor without any rich text nonsense. The simplicity is a feature.


Fastedit is described as 'Introducing Fastedit, designed to make editing and organizing your documents effortless. With the ability to open multiple tabs, you can easily edit or view multiple documents at once. The app also features line numbering and custom designs to personalize your experience' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to Fastedit for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Fastedit alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Fastedit are Sublime Text, Vim, Kate and gedit.
Simple distraction-free text editor without any rich text nonsense. The simplicity is a feature.


NotepadX is a simple text editor. With NotepadX you're be able to create standard text files, open text files and edit them. The finished file can be sent directly from the app via E-Mail, stored locally or uploaded online to OneDrive.




It is a web-based, simple text editor. It is also word counter, character counter and line counter.

Appy Text is a super fast + lightweight text editor. Immersive too - more content, less chrome. If you're a Notepad user but have been looking for a charmingly simple, modern and free alternative then look no further. Made (carefully) for PC, tablet and phone.



Jollpi is a lightweight, simple, and reliable text editor, built with Python 3, GTK4, and GtkSourceView 5. This version is a modern rewrite of the original 2010 Python 2 + PyGTK Jollpi text editor - now refreshed for modern Linux distributions.

