Leafpad Alternatives

Leafpad is described as 'Lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor' and is a popular Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Leafpad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Leafpad alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Leafpad are Vim, Zed Editor, Kate and Neovim.

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  1. TEA icon
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    TEA is free text editor for Linux, *BSD, OS/2, Windows, Haicu. It depends on Qt 4.6+ or Qt 5 or Qt6, zlib and, optionally, on Aspell or Hunspell. The old (but renewed) branch, TEA-GTK depends on GTK+ 3 and GtkSourceView 3.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Tilde icon
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    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

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    • Linux
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  3. RustRover icon
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    Enjoy full support when running your code inside the Rust IDE, be it for testing purposes, debugging, benchmarking, profiling, or targeting different platforms.

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  4. NotepadX icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  5. Devpad icon
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    Notepad-like VB.Net multi-tab source code editor for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 that supports ASM, ASP.Net, Boo, C#, C++, CSS, HTML, INI, Java, JavaScript, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, VB.Net, XML and plain text files.

    164 Devpad alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  6. MetroTextual icon
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    MetroTextual is a Windows text editor inspired by Microsoft’s Metro Design Language. It’s designed to be a visually appealing replacement for Notepad; with significant improvements to performance and aesthetics.

    111 MetroTextual alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  7. edile icon
     1 like

    Edile is a basic but useful text editor for Linux, Mac OSX and other unix-like operating systems. Written in Python, Edile is implemented in a single source code file and requires no installation - you simply execute the source code file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Nota is a convergent text editor. Nota is easy to use, with a simple interface by default. Nota supports syntax highlighting for various languages, focus mode, annotations, configurable fonts, colors, a integrated side panel and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  9. Liri Text icon
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    Material Design text editor.

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    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  10. BowPad icon
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    BowPad is a small and fast text editor with a ribbon user interface and syntax highlighting.

    105 BowPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  11. EdytorNC icon
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    EdytorNC is text editor for CNC programmers. Some features : bolt holes calculation; solutions of triangles calculation; speed, feed calculation; conversion inch/mm, mm/inch; code colouring; RS232 data transmission with automatic file saving and possibility to download new CNC...

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Text Edit Plus is a lightweight tool that enables users to easily create new text documents or to modify existing ones. The application is designed as an alternative to Notepad, by offering a wider set of features. Some of the features: Adding date and time.

    119 Text Edit Plus alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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