Thunderpad Alternatives

Thunderpad is described as '(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' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Thunderpad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Thunderpad alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Thunderpad are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Eclipse.

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  1. Araneae icon
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    Lightweight text editor featuring syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, instant browser preview even unsaved, tabbed documents, drag-and-drop for files and images, customizable quick clips, and a streamlined design focused on web coding.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Hekapad icon
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    Hekapad is a free fully featured lightweight text editor for Windows. It can be used to replace the classic Notepad with some cool features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Mystix icon
     3 likes

    Mystix is a text editor with customizable syntax highlighting, customizable code folding and other text editing features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. MetroTextual icon
     3 likes

    MetroTextual is a Windows text editor inspired by Microsoft’s Metro Design Language. It’s designed to be a visually appealing replacement for Notepad; with significant improvements to performance and aesthetics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. BDV Notepad icon
     3 likes

    It is a comfortable text editor and a Windows Notepad replacement. In this program are combined: extended functionality, comfortable interface, flexible adjustment and all of this is absolutely free-of-charge!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. skEdit icon
     2 likes

    Simple, Flexible, Powerful Text Editor for the Web. Handles most common features you want; code completion, saved snippets, subversion support, remote connections, extensible language support, browser preview and much more.

    78 skEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Hacker Pad icon
     1 like

    Hacker Pad is a convenient scratch pad that allows everyone, especially developer, to quickly jot down ideas and snippets. This comes from the need of my colleagues who struggle with how to quickly write down notes in a convenient way.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Embitz icon
     2 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Textplorer icon
     2 likes

    Textplorer supports data field coloring in structured files, ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, MAC or user defined character sets, CRLF detection, bookmarks, fast load of large files,...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. MS Paint IDE icon
     3 likes

    People joke about what IDE they use often, things like Word, MS Notepad, sometimes even Eclipse, and then often times MS Paint. People joke about MS Paint because it's not even a text editor, people joke about it because it doesn't have one feature in common with IDEs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Paint
     
  11. TotalEdit icon
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    TotalEdit is a powerful notepad replacement and text editor. Packed full of features to help everyone from office workers, journalists through to programmers and web site editors.

    105 TotalEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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