Light Notepad AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like Light Notepad

Light Notepad is described as 'Light notepad experience as in other Operating Systems. Simple, light, quick, free. Does not try to sync to cloud services or try to replace your favorite text editor. And completely free' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Light Notepad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Android apps. The best Light Notepad alternative is Notepad3, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Light Notepad are TextMate, Windows Notepad, Notepad.js and Notepad Next.

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  1. Notepad3 icon
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    Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

    211 Notepad3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Notepad3 is the most popular Windows alternative to Light Notepad.

    • Notepad3 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Light Notepad.

    • Notepad3 is Free and Open SourceLight Notepad is Free and Proprietary
    • Notepad3 is Privacy focusedLight Notepad is not according to our users
  2. TextMate icon
     270 likes

    TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.

    163 TextMate alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • TextMate is the most popular Mac alternative to Light Notepad.

    • TextMate is Free and Open SourceLight Notepad is Free and Proprietary
  3. Windows Notepad icon
     182 likes

    Fast, streamlined editor with extensive features, bundled with Windows since 1985. Supports plain text, UTF-8, and over 100 languages with enhanced functionality since 2018, including dark mode, Bing search, and large file handling.

    143 Windows Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Notepad.js icon
     11 likes

    An offline capable notepad powered by ServiceWorker. It's quick, distraction-free, dark mode enabled, mobile compatible (Android, iOS) and minimalist in nature.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Notepad.js is the most popular Web-based alternative to Light Notepad.

    • Notepad.js is Free and Open SourceLight Notepad is Free and Proprietary
    • Notepad.js is Privacy focusedLight Notepad is not according to our users
  5. Notepad Next icon
     12 likes

    A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Releases are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

    70 Notepad Next alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Notepad Next is the most popular Linux alternative to Light Notepad.

    • Notepad Next is Free and Open SourceLight Notepad is Free and Proprietary
  6. Mousepad icon
     35 likes

    A simple text editor for the Xfce desktop environment. Mousepad aims to be an easy-to-use and fast editor for quickly editing text files, not a development environment or an editor with a huge bunch of plugins.

    78 Mousepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Xfce
     
  7. Notepad 4 icon
     4 likes

    A lightweight Scintilla based text editor with syntax highlighting, code folding, auto-completion and API list for many programming languages and documents, bundled with file browser plugin matepath.

    53 Notepad 4 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. metapad icon
     43 likes

    Metapad 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. TextEdit icon
     31 likes

    When you need to create text documents, TextEdit is a highly versatile word processor, including tools to format and layout your page, edit and stylize text, check spelling, create tables and lists, import graphics, work with HTML, and even add music and movie files.

    99 TextEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. TED Notepad icon
     17 likes

    Replace notepad with free Unicode notepad replacement, rich in innovative features, text-processing functions, tools and hot-keys.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Jota, pronouced as "i-o-ta", is a text editor designed for a long text file.

    53 Jota Text Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
    • Jota Text Editor is the most popular Android alternative to Light Notepad.

    • Jota Text Editor is Free and Open SourceLight Notepad is Free and Proprietary
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