Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Global
Jane Alternatives
Jane is described as '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' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Jane for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Jane alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Jane are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.
Alternatives list
148 jEdit alternativesjEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it. jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use AND it is released as free software with full source code...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Global
136 Programmer's Notepad alternativesNotepad more focused on developing than just scribble down notes.
These is not an exhaustive feature list, but gives you some idea of the features present in Programmer’s Notepad.
- Syntax Highlighting for lots of languages, configured with schemes
- Multi-language use.
Platforms
- Windows
United Kingdom
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125 EditPad Lite alternativesEditPad Lite is a compact general-purpose text editor. Use EditPad Lite to easily edit any kind of plain text file. EditPad Lite has all the essential features to make text editing a breeze:
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- United Kingdom
163 Byword alternativesByword is designed to make writing more enjoyable with Markdown on your Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
Portugal
EU
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106 metapad alternativesMetapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepads features and much...
Platforms
- Windows
United States
+2
170 SynWrite alternativesSynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.
Platforms
- Windows
- Total Commander
Russia
NFOPad is a small, fast and flexible combined text editor and nfo viewer. It is a clone of Microsoft's Notepad but much more customizable and with some additional features. NFOPad fully supports Unicode as well as nfo files with ASCII art.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Sweden- EU
126 TextPad alternativesTextPad 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 typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- United Kingdom
146 QuickNote alternativesVirtual scrapbook for Desktop with a plain text editor. With Quicknote, in its resizable window you can jot down your notes and organize them in categories. Beneath the normal text functions, it can let you directly access frequently run programs, manage windows tasks, and even...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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153 BabelPad alternativesBabelPad 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
- United Kingdom
103 WriteRoom alternativesFor Mac users to write without distractions. WriteRoom is a full screen writing environment. Unlike the cluttered word processors you're used to, WriteRoom lets you focus on writing. Requires Mac OS X 10.
Platforms
- Mac
- United States
