Nova Alternatives

Nova is described as 'The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic' and is a Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Nova for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Nova alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nova are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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  1. Leafpad icon
     67 likes

    Leafpad is a lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor.

    114 Leafpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
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  2. Vim Classic icon
     5 likes

    Vim Classic is a fork of Vim 8.x for long-term maintenance, providing a stable, dependable editor — maintained entirely by humans.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
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  3. Xed Editor icon
     7 likes

    Xed Editor is a versatile text and code editor designed specifically for Android devices, offering users the ability to create, edit, and manage their text and code files with ease on their mobile devices.

    60 Xed Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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  4. Kompad icon
     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
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  5. Icecoder icon
     25 likes

    A lightweight yet powerful IDE/code editor that comes in both Web and desktop editions, the latter written with PHP and including choices for several platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac).

    65 Icecoder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Vampirio Code icon
     2 likes

    Vampirio Code is a versatile open source editor and IDE with syntax highlighting and multi-language compilation, integrated with various compilers and tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. BBEdit icon
     48 likes

    BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text.

    131 BBEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. RubyMine icon
     38 likes

    Comprehensive IDE specialized for Ruby and Rails, offering smart code completion, advanced navigation, error analysis, refactoring tools, integrated debugging, test frameworks, and web development support alongside extensive VCS integration and plugin extensibility.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Light Table icon
     60 likes

    Light Table is a new interactive IDE that lets you modify running programs and embed anything from websites to games. It provides the real time feedback we need to not only answer questions about our code, but to understand how our programs really work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
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  10. Textastic icon
     16 likes

    Textastic is an advanced code editor for iOS and macOS with support for syntax highlighting, remote file transfer, and SSH.

    74 Textastic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. Pluma icon
     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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. 1DevTool icon
     2 likes

    1DevTool saves developers 40+ minutes every day by eliminating the constant switching between Chrome, terminal, AI tools, and notes apps. One workspace. Zero interruptions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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