Textadept Alternatives

Textadept is described as 'Fast, minimalist, and ridiculously extensible cross-platform text editor for programmers. Written in a combination of C and Lua and relentlessly optimized for speed and minimalism over the years, Textadept ideal editor for programmers who want endless' and is a Text Editor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Textadept for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Textadept alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Textadept are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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  1. SciTE icon
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    SciTE is a 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...

    172 SciTE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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  2. Squircle CE icon
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    Squircle CE is a fast, lightweight code editor and file manager with support for over 30 programming languages, remote file access via SFTP/FTP(S) and Git VCS integration. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, or professional developer, Squircle CE lets you write, manage, and...

    86 Squircle CE alternatives

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  3. Zasper icon
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    A powerful IDE for data science, Zasper excels with massive concurrency support, enabling numerous simultaneous connections, minimal memory usage, and speedy performance. Suited for REPL-style data apps like Jupyter notebooks, fully supported on Mac with limited Linux support.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. TextWrangler icon
     152 likes

    TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool.

    105 TextWrangler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. Xed Editor icon
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    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

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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  6. 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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
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  7. Xed icon
     22 likes

    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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    • Linux
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  8. RustRover icon
     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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. 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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
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  10. 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

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    • Linux
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  11. jEdit icon
     114 likes

    jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it. jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use AND it is released as free software with full source code...

    148 jEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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