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. CodeRunner icon
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    A simple programmer's editor with a tightly-integrated console.

    It's excellent for rapidly prototyping code with its super fast edit-run-edit -run-save workflow, and its Cocoa integration gives it a real edge over the command line.

    It has syntax highlighting and code co.

    17 CodeRunner alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  2.  2 likes

    A native macOS text editor with syntax highlighting for 50+ languages, Markdown WYSIWYG, JSON/YAML support, regex and Column Mode, custom scripts, batch processing, and optional AI assistance.

    50 notePad++++ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. Create visually appealing websites effortlessly using customizable templates and a drag-and-drop editor. Features include real-time previews, responsive design, built-in photo editor, and a library of royalty-free images. Add interactivity with animations and SEO-friendly features, all without coding skills.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. PlainForge icon
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    PlainForge opens, edits, and saves local files with a focus on privacy, control, and productivity. No ads, no tracking, no login, and no internet permission.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
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  5. Codiad icon
     32 likes

    Codiad is an open source, web-based, cloud IDE and code editor with minimal footprint and requirements

    46 Codiad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Dropkick icon
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    Create websites for any device for free and without coding.

    If you are an entrepreneur and want a quick site made or are a designer and want to build your own site or for a client, you could programme it yourself or use a cookie cutter site builder. Dropkick gives you another ch.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
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  7. Scribe icon
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    Vim-flavoured modal editor with the parts a writer actually needs and a few features vim never had. Single static binary, sub-10 ms startup, soft-wrap by default, Claude Code in the editor, syntax highlighting, hunspell spellcheck, Goyo-style reading mode, persistent registers...

    51 Scribe alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust
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  8. 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.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. Lines is a modern and minimalist text editor - IDE with support for over 150 programming languages, embedded code inspectors and many other cool tools to help you write better code.

    176 Lines code editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Smultron icon
     71 likes

    Smultron is a text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs - like web programming, script editing, making a to do...

    71 Smultron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Judge0 IDE icon
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    Judge0 IDE is a free and open-source online code editor that allows you to write and execute code from a rich set of languages. It's perfect for anybody who just wants to quickly write and run some code without opening a full-featured IDE on their computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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