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. Textplorer icon
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    Textplorer supports data field coloring in structured files, ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, MAC or user defined character sets, CRLF detection, bookmarks, fast load of large files,...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. DtPad icon
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    DtPad is a Windows text editor, developed with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and identified by many advanced features, including HTML and XML code management, search in files, search with regular expressions, note mode (light window in foreground), built-in multilanguage support...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Janus is a simple, native Linux text editor. Supports UTF-8 and binary data through it's binary editing mode. Spiritual successor to Leafpad.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. Text Editor for Plain Text that can edit even huge texts. It has a navigation history, macros, templates, hyperlinks, bookmarks, chapters, expanders, versioning, long path and emojy support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. CIMCO Edit comes with all the essential features needed for modern NC program editing including NC specific functions, math, transforms, drag/drop editing and more.

    5 CIMCO Edit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. XML editor ( XML Viewer ) is an online web-based tool, designed to create, view, format, edit, save and share xml file. This tool provides multiple features which will help you, to create simple and complex xml easily.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Jollpi icon
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    Jollpi is a lightweight, simple, and reliable text editor, built with Python 3, GTK4, and GtkSourceView 5. This version is a modern rewrite of the original 2010 Python 2 + PyGTK Jollpi text editor - now refreshed for modern Linux distributions.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. XML Viewer is a program that can be used to examine XML files in an intuitive environment. It is free for personal/non-commercial use. A license that lets you use it for commercial activities can be obtained by following the links in the About dialog.

    18 XML Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. XMLFox icon
     Like

    XMLFox XML/XSD editor is the Windows based graphical tool for authoring, updating, exploring, well-formedness checking or validating XML documents. XMLFox is a graphical XML editing and validation tool for creating valid, well-formed XML documents and/or XSD Schema.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10.  Like

    ad (pronounced A.D.) is an attempt at combining a modal editing interface of likes of vi and kakoune with the approach to extensibility of Plan9's Acme. Inside of ad text is something you can execute as well as edit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  11. Mesh Editor is a lightweight code editor. It is user-friendly and can be used on the go since it is really lightweight. It supports multiple programming languages with syntax highlighting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. EdytorNC icon
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    EdytorNC is text editor for CNC programmers. Some features : bolt holes calculation; solutions of triangles calculation; speed, feed calculation; conversion inch/mm, mm/inch; code colouring; RS232 data transmission with automatic file saving and possibility to download new CNC...

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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