Notepad++ Alternatives

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   Micro

    91 likes

   Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals.

   57 Micro alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Text Editor
   • Code Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • FreeBSD
   • OpenBSD

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Micro vs Notepad++ Comments

   Positive comment by Guest · Sep 29, 2021

   it has alot more features in unix because it has a terminal attatched to it simple easy to use also hackable

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   • Micro is Free and Open SourceNotepad++ is also Free and Open Source
   • Micro is a Text Editor Notepad++ is a Code Editor
   • Micro is CustomizableNotepad++ is not according to our users
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   Notepadqq

    42 likes

   Notepadqq is designed from developers, for developers. With its more than 100 supported languages, it is the ideal text editor for your daily tasks.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Text Editor
   • Code Editor

   Origin

   • International

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • Global

   

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   From the GitHub repository: "This project is not actively maintained anymore. New maintainers are welcome."

   Notepadqq vs Notepad++ Comments

   Top Positive Comment by Guest · Mar 3, 2018

   For those looking to replace Notepad++'s UI and functionality with a similar editor but on Linux, this is by far the most similar to Notepad++. The other alternatives are similar in the sense that they are code/text editors but not that they look abnd work the same.

   Positive comment by david12345 · Oct 17, 2024

   It is the program most like Notepad++ For Linux

   Positive comment by Guest · May 12, 2020

   A lots of common functions with Notepad++, but slower...

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   • Notepadqq is Free and Open SourceNotepad++ is also Free and Open Source
   • Notepadqq is a Text Editor Notepad++ is a Code Editor
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   Lite XL

    59 likes

   Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Text Editor
   • Code Editor

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

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   Helix

    42 likes

   Helix is a fast text editor for the terminal inspired by modal editors like Kakoune and Neovim. Built as a native app using .

   108 Helix alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MPL-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   Edit

    21 likes

   Open-source command-line text editor for Windows with a modern interface inspired by MS-DOS Editor, featuring key bindings, lightweight build under 250KB, multi-file handling with ctrl + P, keyboard-optimized navigation, and direct file editing for developers.

   76 Edit alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Text Editor
   • Code Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Mac

   • United States

   

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   Gram

    12 likes

   Gram is a powerful and modern source code editor. It features solid performance and is highly configurable, yet comes with batteries included out of the box. Gram supports many popular programming languages and file formats, and can use Zed extensions to support additional...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Code Editor
   • Text Editor

   Origin

   • Sweden
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Gentoo
   • Homebrew
   • Windows

   • Sweden
   • EU

   

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    Notepads

     53 likes

    Considering that most text editors are eather too heavy or look too old, the author came up with Notepads, designed to be a modern-looking UWP app.

    33 Notepads alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Text Editor
    • Code Editor

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    TextMate

     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.

    177 TextMate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • United Kingdom

    

    

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    Notepad3

     66 likes

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

    225 Notepad3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Text Editor
    • Code Editor

    Origin

    • South Africa

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • South Africa

    

    

    

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    Athas

     20 likes

    Lightweight, open-source code editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux featuring Vim keybindings, built-in Git support, agentic AI editing with multiple models, syntax highlighting, LSP for intelligent completion, fast performance, and efficient workflows.

    78 Athas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Code Editor

    Origin

    • Türkiye

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    • Türkiye

    

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    PSPad

     203 likes

    PSPad is a freeware programmers editor in 8 languages for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Some features are highlighted syntax, ftp, projects and so on. Code explorer for Pascal, C/C++, INI, HTML, XML, PHP and more in development, internal web browser with APACHE support.

    185 PSPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Origin

    • Czechia
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Czechia
    • EU

    

    

    

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    PSPad vs Notepad++ Comments

    Positive comment by Guest · Oct 17, 2018

    This is just a terrific tool to use when viewing text files. The file comparison tool works brilliantly to identify differences between files. The interface is clean and customizable. You can find all instances of a string of characters and use those to navigate through the file. You can also export that list to a new document. There are too many great features to list. Give it a try and see what you think.

    Positive comment by Guest · Nov 23, 2016

    More stable with huge files. Has implemented great function in Special conversions: "Remove Accent from chars".

    Positive comment by Guest · Jan 18, 2017

    Excellent application, notepad++ sometime crashes and deletes the file contents (editing), PSPad doesn't have this problem.

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    • PSPad is Free and ProprietaryNotepad++ is Free and Open Source
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    CudaText

     56 likes

    CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.

    210 CudaText alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MPL-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Code Editor
    • Text Editor

    Origin

    • Russia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Haiku

    • Russia

    

    

    

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    Positive comment by Guest · Feb 26, 2025

    Cudatext is great, but it NOT working out of the box is the big letdown. You need to faff first and nobody got time for dat....

    Positive comment by johnhk · Jun 13, 2022

    Very serios contender to npp. Developed by the dude that also gave us SynWrite. Very Cool

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    • CudaText is Free and Open SourceNotepad++ is also Free and Open Source
    • CudaText is CustomizableNotepad++ is not according to our users