Vim
Open Source
Vim is an open source advanced text editor.
gedit
Open Source
gedit is a free and open-source code editor.
GNU Emacs
Open Source
GNU Emacs is the most popular and most ported Emacs text editor.
GNU nano
Open Source
GNU nano is a text editor for Unix-like computing systems or operating environments using a command line interface.
UltraEdit
Commercial
UltraEdit is the world's best text editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Leafpad
Open Source
Leafpad is an open source text editor for Linux, BSD, and Maemo.
Textadept
Open Source
Textadept is a free software minimalist text editor designed for computer programming.
Scratch
Open Source
Scratch is the text editor that works for you. It auto-saves your files, meaning they're always up-to-date.
Atom
Open Source
Atom is a free open-source code editor from Github.
Geany
Open Source
Geany is a text editor using the GTK+ toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment.
Visual Studio Code
Open Source
Visual Studio Code is a source code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS.
Kate
Open Source
KDE Advanced Text Editor (KATE) is a free and opensource text editor.
SciTE
Open Source
SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor.
VSCodium
Open Source
VSCodium is an OpenSource repo of Free or Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VSCode.
Editra
Open Source
Editra is a cross-platform, open-source text editor, released under a wxWindows license.
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