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Top Alternatives to TextEdit

Looking for TextEdit alternatives? We've curated 33 top alternatives that offer similar functionality. Whether you need options, free plans, or open source solutions, explore our comprehensive list to find the perfect fit for your needs.

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Sublime Text

Sublime Text

Freemium

Sublime Text is a code editor and syntax highlighter with advanced features which can be enhanced with extensions too.

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Vim

Vim

Open Source

Vim is an open source advanced text editor.

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gedit

gedit

Open Source

gedit is a free and open-source code editor.

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Aptana Studio

Aptana Studio

Open Source

Aptana Studio is a free open-source web development IDE

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TextMate

TextMate

Commercial

TextMate is a graphical text editor for OS X 10.8+.

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Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit

Open Source

Komodo Edit is a free text editor for dynamic programming languages.

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PSPad

PSPad

Free

PSPad is a freeware programmer's editor for Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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GNU nano

GNU nano

Open Source

GNU nano is a text editor for Unix-like computing systems or operating environments using a command line interface.

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Notepad

Notepad

Free

Notepad is a simple text editor for Microsoft Windows and a basic text-editing program which enables computer users to create documents.

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TextWrangler

TextWrangler is an all-purpose text and code editor for Mac OS X, based on the same award-winning technology as BBEdit.

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UltraEdit

UltraEdit

Commercial

UltraEdit is the world's best text editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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SciTE

SciTE

Open Source

SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor.

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jEdit

jEdit

Open Source

jEdit is a free software text editor available under the GNU General Public License version 2.0. It is written in Java and runs on any operating system with Java support, including BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows.

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EmEditor

EmEditor

Commercial

EmEditor is a lightweight extensible commercial text editor for Microsoft Windows.

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CSSEdit

CSSEdit

Commercial

CSSEdit CSS editor for Mac.

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Programmer's Notepad

Programmer's Notepad

Open Source

Programmers Notepad(PN1) is an open-source text editor targeted at users who work with source code.

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TextPad

TextPad

Commercial

TextPad is a text editor for the Windows.

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WordPad

WordPad

Commercial

WordPad is a basic word processor that is included with almost all versions of Windows.

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EditPad Lite

EditPad Lite

Free Personal

EditPad Lite a text editor with all the necessary basic features. Free for non-commercial use. An ideal replacement for Notepad.

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Peppermint

Peppermint

Commercial

Peppermint is a Code editor for OSX.

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BBEdit

BBEdit

Commercial

BBEdit is a proprietary text editor.

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ReText

ReText

Open Source

ReText: Simple but powerful editor for Markdown and reStructuredText.

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RJ TextEd

RJ TextEd

Free

RJ TextEd is a freeware Unicode text and source code editor for Windows, that can also be used as a simple web development tool.

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Scribes

Scribes

Open Source

Scribes is a minimalist text editor that combines simplicity with power.

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SynWrite

SynWrite

Open Source

SynWrite is a free source code editor, HTML editor, and Notepad replacement for Windows systems.

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HTML-Kit

HTML-Kit

Commercial

HTML-Kit is an HTML editor for Microsoft Windows.

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Editra

Editra

Open Source

Editra is a cross-platform, open-source text editor, released under a wxWindows license.

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wxMEdit

wxMEdit

Open Source

wxMEdit is a cross-platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ & wxWidgets. wxMEdit is an improved version of MadEdit which has been discontinued.

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Aquamacs Emacs

Aquamacs Emacs

Open Source

Aquamacs is an Emacs text editor for macOS.

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CotEditor

CotEditor

Open Source

CotEditor is a text editor for macOS.

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Jota Text Editor

Jota Text Editor

Open Source

Jota is a text editor designed for a long text file.

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MadEdit

MadEdit

Open Source

MadEdit is a cross-platform text/hex editor.

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HippoEDIT

HippoEDIT

Commercial

HippoEDIT is a fast and easy to use Windows text editor.

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