Mousepad Alternatives

Mousepad is described as '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' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Mousepad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Mousepad alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mousepad are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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  2. Windows Notepad icon

    Windows Notepad

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    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.

    147 Windows Notepad alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  4. Lapce icon

    Lapce

     27 likes

    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    204 Lapce alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • CN flagChina
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  5. Bluefish Editor icon

    Bluefish Editor

     164 likes

    Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

    229 Bluefish Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Global
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  6. Squircle CE icon

    Squircle CE

     13 likes

    Squircle CE is a fast, lightweight code editor and file manager with support for over 30 programming languages, remote file access via SFTP/FTP(S) and Git VCS integration. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, or professional developer, Squircle CE lets you write, manage, and...

    86 Squircle CE alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • RU flagRussia
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  8. SciTE icon

    SciTE

     149 likes

    SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration...

    172 SciTE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • AU flagAustralia
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  9. Notepad.js icon

    Notepad.js

     12 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)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • IN flagIndia
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  10. Zasper icon

    Zasper

     10 likes

    A powerful IDE for data science, Zasper excels with massive concurrency support, enabling numerous simultaneous connections, minimal memory usage, and speedy performance. Suited for REPL-style data apps like Jupyter notebooks, fully supported on Mac with limited Linux support.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • IN flagIndia
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  12. Leafpad icon

    Leafpad

     67 likes

    Leafpad is a 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.

    114 Leafpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
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  13. Xed icon

    Xed

     22 likes

    A text editor forked from Pluma and Gedit. Xed is the default text editor of Linux Mint. It can be customized and is available in multiple languages.

    165 Xed alternatives

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    • Linux
    • IE flagIreland
    • European Union flagEU
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  14. Pluma icon

    Pluma

     17 likes

    Pluma, fork of gedit , is a text editor part of MATE Desktop Environment. It supports most standard editor features, extending this basic functionality with other features not usually found in simple text...

    161 Pluma alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Global
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