TextMate Alternatives

TextMate is described as 'Brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike' and is a very popular Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to TextMate for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best TextMate alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TextMate are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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  1. GNOME Text Editor is a simple text editor focused on a pleasing default experience.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  2. 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)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. FoldingText icon
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    FoldingText makes you productive in easily formatted plain text. Turn your ideas into plans. Your to-dos into results. Your writing into clear, focused documents.

    118 FoldingText alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  4. Vy icon
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    vy is a modal editor with a very modular architecture. vy is built on top of Tkinter which is one of the most productive graphical toolkits; It permits vy to have such a great programming interface for plugins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Eddie icon
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    Eddie is a programmers editor for Mac OSX and Gnome Linux. Inspired by the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, Eddie brings some of it's powerful features into a modern lightweight and capable programmer's editor.

    129 Eddie alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. The uncompromising Python code formatter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7.  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

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. Embitz icon
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    Embitz is a free C/C++ IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users working in the field of embedded software development Finally, an IDE with all the features you need and operation across different targets (ARM, MSP430, PIC, ...).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  9.  2 likes

    Climacs is an open source Emacs-like text editor written in Common Lisp. It has a good integration with other CLIM-based applications and uses Common Lisp Interface Manager (CLIM) library, called ESA, that provides an Emacs-style user interface, rather than the normal CLIM UI.

    87 Climacs alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  10. VbsEdit icon
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    VbsEdit, the award-winning VBScript editor that dramatically reduces the time you spend writing .VBS scripts

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Bim is a Vim-inspired, terminal text editor originally built for ToaruOS but also available for Linux, Sortix, FreeBSD, and macOS. Bim aims to be lightweight and featureful with no external dependencies, providing a modern editing experience...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  12. MadEdit icon
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    MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.

    133 MadEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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