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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  1. Micro icon
     85 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.

    45 Micro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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    Comments about Micro as an Alternative to Notepad++
    Guest
    Positive
    0

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Micro icon
    Micro icon
    • Micro is Free and Open SourceNotepad++ is also Free and Open Source
    • Micro is CustomizableNotepad++ is not according to our users
  2. Edit icon
     19 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Lite XL icon
     52 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)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Notepadqq icon
     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.

    32 Notepadqq alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Notepadqq as an Alternative to Notepad++
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    4

    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    david12345
    Positive
    0

    It is the program most like Notepad++ For Linux

    Guest
    Positive
    0

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Notepadqq is a great Notepad++ alternative.

    • Notepadqq is Free and Open SourceNotepad++ is also Free and Open Source
  5. 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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
     
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  6. Notepad3 icon
     63 likes

    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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. PSPad icon
     204 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.

    172 PSPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    Comments about PSPad as an Alternative to Notepad++
    Guest
    Positive
    1

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks PSPad is a great Notepad++ alternative.

    • PSPad is Free and ProprietaryNotepad++ is Free and Open Source
  8. CudaText icon
     54 likes

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

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
     
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    Comments about CudaText as an Alternative to Notepad++
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    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....

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    johnhk
    Positive
    0

    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
  9. Notepads icon
     46 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.

    24 Notepads alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. UltraEdit icon
     161 likes

    UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later).

    211 UltraEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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  11. Bluefish Editor icon
     162 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.

    212 Bluefish Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • Haiku
     
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