Notepad++ Alternatives

Notepad++ is described as 'Free open-source code editor and Notepad replacement supporting multiple languages, featuring high speed, low resource usage, privacy focus, and plugin extensibility' and is a leading Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Notepad++ for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Notepad++ alternative is Sublime Text, which is free. Other great apps like Notepad++ are Visual Studio Code, Geany, Kate and Vim.

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Notepad++ alternatives are mainly Text Editors, but if you're looking for Code Editors or IDEs you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Linux, iPad, Mac, Open Source, iPad + Code Editor and Android + Text Editors. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Notepad++.
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  1. Liri Text icon
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    Material Design text editor.

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    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  2. Deepin Editor is a desktop text editor that supports common text editing features.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Deepin
     
  3. A new code editor for Chrome and ChromeOS.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
     
  4. 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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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Free online HTML editor without registration and nothing to download. Create webpages and HTML documents, preview and copy the source code to use in your webpages and HTML documents.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Search & Replace Master is a freeware. It looks through multiple files for a string or pattern and can also replace it with another string or pattern.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. EncryptPad icon
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    EncryptPad is an application for viewing and editing symmetrically encrypted text. Using a simple and convenient graphical and command line interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Nextpad icon
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    Nextpad is Fast, Beautiful and lightweight Notepad app designed for Windows 10. It lets you create, edit, view or print your file very easily and efficiently.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. jdTextEdit icon
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    jdTextEdit is a powerful texteditor with a lot of features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. XML Marker icon
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    The simple yet actually fast source-level XML Editor XML Marker uses a combination of syntax-highlighting editor, tree view, and table views to help you get better insights of your XML code.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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