Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Online


Kate is described as 'The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application' and is a very popular Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Kate for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Kate alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kate are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Sublime Text and Vim.


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.




Ynote Classic is an easy to use fast and advanced text editor with a tabbed interface and multiview. It has intelligent Syntax Highlighting, Code Folding , Auto Indent and autocompletion. It can highlight any language you like using Regular Expressions.



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.





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.

Text.app is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It's fast, lets you open multiple files at once, has syntax highlighting, and saves to Google Drive on Chrome OS.


TotalEdit is a powerful notepad replacement and text editor. Packed full of features to help everyone from office workers, journalists through to programmers and web site editors.

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



A programming editor for DOS environments. More specifically, it is something that looks like a programming editor for DOS environments.




GetDiz is a fully featured text editor which can replace Notepad while maintaining an incredible speed, ease of use and small size. You can display and edit any text files with GetDiz. Additionally it offers enhanced functionality with DIZ and NFO files, which are often included...


