Code Alternatives

Code is described as '(formerly known as Scratch) is an advanced text editor built for and bundled with elementary OS. A very intuitive interface keeps complex functionality like Vim emulation, Git and terminal integration accessible but out of the way while' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Code for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Chrome OS and BSD apps. The best Code alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Code are VSCodium, Lite XL, Notepad3 and CudaText.

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  1. 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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  2. Ynote Classic icon
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    Ynote Classic is an easy to use fast and advanced text editor with a tabbed interface and multiview. It has intelligent Syntax Highlighting, Code Folding , Auto Indent and autocompletion. It can highlight any language you like using Regular Expressions.

    157 Ynote Classic alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. JOE icon
     17 likes

    JOE is a full featured terminal-based screen editor which is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). JOE has been around since 1988 and comes standard with many Linux distributions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Cold Turkey Writer won't let you quit until you finish your work. Like, literally will not quit.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  5. Text.app icon
     11 likes

    Text.app is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It's fast, lets you open multiple files at once, has syntax highlighting, and saves to Google Drive on Chrome OS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
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  6. SSuite NoteBook Editor is a free portable text editor that has all the functionality to start you on writing that important novel, short-story or article, with enough bells and whistles to help out. It also includes all the necessary editing short-cut keys for power users and...

    161 SSuite NoteBook Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. ATPad icon
     3 likes

    ATPad is a simple Notepad replacement written in pure C and Windows API. Keeping simplicity of Notepad it provides many additional features. 90kb UPX repacked.

    182 ATPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • The Portable Freeware Collection
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  8. BowPad icon
     10 likes

    BowPad is a small and fast text editor with a ribbon user interface and syntax highlighting.

    105 BowPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Notepas icon
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    Notepas is a fast portable native multiplatform text editor written in Lazarus and can be compiled for multiple platforms and widget sets using the advanced native Free Pascal Compiler.

    109 Notepas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Thunderpad icon
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    Thunderpad (formerly Textpad) is a simple, general-purpose and cross-platform text editor written in C++ using the Qt libraries. Thunderpad aims to be faster and more lightweight than most text editors, but as useful as them.

    109 Thunderpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Pe, short for Programmer’s Editor, is an open source text editor for BeOS. It is targeted towards source-code editing, and features syntax highlighting for a large number of programming languages. It also works as a basic source-level HTML editor, with some HTML autocompletion...

    105 Pe (Programmer’s Editor) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Haiku
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  12. Devpad icon
     6 likes

    Notepad-like VB.Net multi-tab source code editor for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 that supports ASM, ASP.Net, Boo, C#, C++, CSS, HTML, INI, Java, JavaScript, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, VB.Net, XML and plain text files.

    164 Devpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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