Simple Code Editor Alternatives

Simple Code Editor Alternatives

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15 best simple code editor alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and more. Simple Code Editor alternative list source: simplecodeeditor.neocities.org

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Compare top-ranked Simple Code Editor alternatives by score, license, and supported platforms.

AlternativeScoreLicensePlatforms
Notepad++100% 8445 votesFree, Open SourceWindows
Sublime Text100% 3447 votesFreemiumWindows, Mac, Linux
Vim100% 2135 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
Atom100% 1813 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
Gedit99% 1261 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
Visual Studio Code99% 1027 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
Geany99% 933 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
Brackets99% 759 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
GNU Emacs99% 595 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
Notepad299% 565 votesFree, Open SourceWindows
PhpStorm98% 439 votesCommercialWindows, Mac, Linux
Komodo Edit98% 429 votesFree, Open SourceWindows, Mac, Linux
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Notepad++

Score: 100%

FreeOpen SourceWindows
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Notepad is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad ++ is written in C and uses pure Win32 API and STL to ensure a higher execution speed and smaller program size. User-friendly by optimizing as many routines as possible without loss of the Editor, and to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows,
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Sublime Text

Score: 100%

FreemiumWindowsMacLinux
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Any HTML and prose Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code text file. Youll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. To Sublime Text can be evaluated without a time limit the last can be downloaded for free, however a license must be purchased to continue use. Features:Freemium,Mac,Windows,Linux
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Vim

Score: 100%

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Vim "VI improved" - syntax, word completion, carry a large amount of content and advanced text-editor. Energy-efficiency for the processing by a plurality of "modes". This nonuserfriendly vim application, but at the same time. Task-oriented commands for normal mode and alpha numeric keys binds. In the visual mode, text is highlighted. Command-mode provides more tools for the search and replace functions, etc. define. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD,Haiku
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Atom

Score: 100%

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21. A hackable text editor for centuries. GitHub, by the way we want, we will build a text editor. You can customize it to do something, but on the first day, without ever a vehicle touching at the same time efficient to use a configuration file. The nucleus of an atom, modern, accessible, and can be broken. We cant wait to see what you build. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD,Electron,/,Atom,Shell
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Gedit

Score: 99%

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Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for multiple languages. Plugins can be extended. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD,GNOME
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Visual Studio Code

Score: 99%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
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Rich IDE help you code a full code, without the need of experience, combined with a modern user interface and optimised navigation, and integrated debugging editor. Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows,Linux,Electron,/,Atom,Shell,Mac
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Geany

Score: 99%

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Geany small and lightweight integrated development environment. Only a few more packages with dependencies that was developed in a small and fast IDE, is available. Other purpose requires only the GTK2 runtime libraries Geany special desktop environment like KDE or Gnome was as independent as possible. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD,
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Brackets

Score: 99%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
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Web brackets with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for an open source editor built on web technologies such as the design and development. The project was created and is maintained by Adobe, and is released under the mit license. Focused visual tools and language support with the brackets in the browser makes it easily possible, the design of a modern text editor. Is intended for web designers and front-end developers from the ground. Brackets are lightweight, yet powerful, modern text editor. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Electron,/,Atom,Shell
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GNU Emacs

Score: 99%

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GNU Emacs, and more extensible, customizable text editor. The programming language lisp, extensions, Emacs Lisp, the language, the essence of an interpreter support editing of the text. GNU Emacs-functions-text, source-code and HTML-Code for different file types, including modes, including syntax coloring, editing, content, and sensitive. Fully Integrated documentation, a tutorial for new users. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD
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Notepad2

Score: 99%

FreeOpen SourceWindows
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Quickly and easily, such as Notepad, notepad2, a text editor with syntax highlighting. As simple as possible, but powerful. Full unicode support. Out of the box can be run without installation and does not affect the system. Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows,
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PhpStorm

Score: 98%

CommercialWindowsMacLinux
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Smart PHP code actually understand the building and takes a deep code that supports PHP language features for modern and legacy projects-editor-editor. Best code completion, refactoring, fault-prevention, and more. If you write your code, analyze code quality analysis hundreds of validation controls care of the entire project. Features:Commercial,Mac,Windows,Linux
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429

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Komodo Edit

Score: 98%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
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Komodo edit is a fast, smart, free and open-source code editor. The code editor trusted a difficult transition, but it is (or its Big brother Komodo IDE) a try Komodo edit, it will be worth it. Windows, Mac, Linux? Yes. PHP, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Perl, Tcl, XML, HTML 5, CSS 3? Yes, (private) syntax highlighting, folding, background syntax checking, and excellent auto-complete (the"code intelligence" we call") call tips. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux
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GNU nano

Score: 99%

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GNU Nano is a small and friendly text editor. Basic text editing, Nano, as well as it has many extra features like an interactive search and changing the number of rows and columns, auto-indentation, has the international support and go to the tab file name completion. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD,Haiku
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PyCharm

Score: 99%

Open SourceFreemiumWindowsMacLinux
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Python and Django, refactoring, code completion, code analysis, and other functions, version control integration, deployment, and remote debugging IDE integration with issue Tracker incl. With some restrictions, also an open-source version of PyCharm Community Edition, database /SQL, UML diagrams, code coverage, no support for CSS and JavaScript. Features:Freemium,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD
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Kate

Score: 99%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsLinux
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The KDE desktop environment with support for multiple languages and syntax-highlighting text editor. Plugins can be extended. MDI interface. Kate is a multi document editor, based on a rewritten version of the editing widget of KDE, write your own, a lot of plus offers all of the features. Kate has been moved to the kdesdk package for KDE, and 2.2 since it came out favorite desktop is an integral part of it. Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows,Linux,BSD,KDE

Simple Code Editor alternatives FAQ

What is the best Simple Code Editor alternative?

Notepad++ is currently the top-ranked option on this list based on community votes and item score.

Are there free Simple Code Editor alternatives?

Yes. Free, freemium, or open-source options in this list include Notepad++, Sublime Text, Vim, Atom, gedit.

Which platforms are covered?

The alternatives in this list include options for Windows, Linux, Mac, depending on each product.

How are alternatives ranked?

Alternatives are ordered by community voting signals, item score, and the available product details collected for each option.

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