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, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Notepad++ alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Notepad++ are Geany, Vim, VSCodium and Sublime Text.

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  1. Xed icon

    Xed

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    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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  2. EditPlus icon

    EditPlus

     30 likes

    EditPlus is a text editor, HTML editor and programmers editor for Windows. While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.

    65 EditPlus alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Main window
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  4. wxMEdit icon

    wxMEdit

     27 likes

    wxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor, derived from MadEdit . It adds automatic updates, bookmarks, selecting lines with a tripple click, a FreeBASIC syntax file, more supported encodings (L1, CP850, CP437 etc, KOI8, UTF-x), better...

    88 wxMEdit alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • CN flagChina
    wxMEdit screenshot 1
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    HTMLPad

    HTML, CSS, JavaScript editor featuring AI-assisted code improvements, HTML validator, spell check, FTP access, snippet library, and multi-browser previews for effective web development.

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    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
    Pluma screenshot 1
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  7. RustRover icon

    RustRover

     5 likes

    Enjoy full support when running your code inside the Rust IDE, be it for testing purposes, debugging, benchmarking, profiling, or targeting different platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU
    RustRover screenshot 1
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  9. Mousepad icon

    Mousepad

     35 likes

    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.

    80 Mousepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Xfce
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
    Mousepad screenshot 1
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  10. Kompad icon

    Kompad

     2 likes

    Open source note application with desktop, web, and mobile web access features intuitive file organization, folder grouping, color-coded tags, side panel search, auto updates, word and character counts, reading time estimates, and customizable themes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • VN flagVietnam
    Kompad screenshot 1
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  11. Codeit icon

    Codeit

     2 likes

    Codeit is a mobile code editor connected to Git. Runs on the web, open source and free. Supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Bootstrap, XML and more. Easy to use without how to.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • NO flagNorway
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  13. FeatherPad icon

    FeatherPad

     5 likes

    FeatherPad (by Pedram Pourang, a.k.a. Tsu Jan tsujan2000@gmail.com) is a lightweight Qt plain-text editor for Linux. It is independent of any desktop environment and has:

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    • Linux
    • JP flagJapan
    The active Qt widget style determines the look and feel of every Qt application.
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  14. EditPad Pro icon

    EditPad Pro

     21 likes

    EditPad Pro is a powerful and versatile text editor or word processor. Designed to make text editing as convenient as possible, using EditPad Pro to edit text files will save you a lot of time and frustration. There is also a free .

    33 EditPad Pro alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Editing a Text File in EditPad Pro
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  15. Editor.do icon

    Editor.do

     1 like

    Editor.do is an all-in-one online IDE and hosting solution for creating, coding, and deploying static websites quickly. With over 1000 templates and libraries, it's ideal for developers of all levels.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    editor.do IDE
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