Simple distraction-free text editor without any rich text nonsense. The simplicity is a feature.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Mac
Norway
SciTE Alternatives
SciTE is described as 'SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration' and is a very popular Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to SciTE for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best SciTE alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SciTE are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.
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- 57 Plain Text Editor alternatives
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MPL-2.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Rust
Nextpad is Fast, Beautiful and lightweight Notepad app designed for Windows 10. It lets you create, edit, view or print your file very easily and efficiently.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
111 Syncplify.me Notepad! alternativesNotepad! is the free, powerful, feature-rich replacement for your Windows Notepad. This software is completely free to use, for both personal and business purposes. With multi-document editing, split editing (two views of the same document, side by side, with synchronized...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
United States
126 Tilde alternativesTilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
Netherlands
EU
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Haiku
Germany- EU
FavoText is a text editor, which supports editing file with text/hex format, syntax highlighting and auto completion; it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Windows
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- 50 notePad++++ alternatives
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.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Mac
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142 NoteTab alternativesNoteTab is a leading text editor, popular Windows Notepad replacement, and powerful code-based HTML editor for Windows.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Switzerland
105 Jane alternativesJane is Just Another Nasty Editor, designed to view and edit all kind of ASCII files. There are millions of similar editors already available, but the choice is yours: those who try this might discover nice features they'll soon don't want to miss anymore.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Windows
A programming editor for DOS environments. More specifically, it is something that looks like a programming editor for DOS environments.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- MS-DOS
- Windows
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118 FoldingText alternativesFoldingText makes you productive in easily formatted plain text. Turn your ideas into plans. Your to-dos into results. Your writing into clear, focused documents.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
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