18.6
Calmly Writer is a writing editor built to reduce distractions and help users focus.
Free planAndroidWebLinux
Alternatives to gedit
28.2
Zed is a code editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with a free Personal plan and paid Pro and Business options.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
38.1
Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source code editor with AI-assisted development tools for macOS, Linux, Windows and the web.
Free planWebLinuxmacOS
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Neovim
Neovim is a free, Vim-based text editor designed for extensibility and usability.
Free planAndroidAPILinuxmacOS8.1Free plan - 5
GNU Emacs
GNU Emacs is a free, extensible text editor built around an interpreter for Emacs Lisp.
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows8.1Free plan - 6
Lapce
Lapce is a free, open-source code editor written in Rust for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planOpen sourceExtensionLinuxmacOSWindows8.0Free plan - 7
EmEditor
EmEditor is a Windows text editor for text and code, including very large files.
Free planWindows7.8From $5 a month - 8
BBEdit
BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for macOS aimed at writers, web authors, and software developers.
Free planmacOS7.6From $59.99 a month - 9
Microsoft Editor
Microsoft Editor checks spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation, with additional suggestions for clarity, concision, and formality.
WebExtensionmacOSWindows7.6 - 10
Sublime Text
Sublime Text is a text editor for code, markup, and prose, available on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
LinuxmacOSWindows7.4$99, paid once - 11
7.4From $7.91 a month - 12
Bluefish
Bluefish is a free, open-source desktop editor for programmers and web developers writing websites, scripts, and code.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.4Free plan - 13
Micro
Micro is a free terminal-based text editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.4Free plan - 14
Froala Editor
Froala Editor is a paid JavaScript WYSIWYG HTML editor that adds rich-text editing inside applications.
AndroidiOSWebSelf-hosted7.4From $60 a month - 15
Kate
Kate is a free text editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows, suited to both general text files and code.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.3Free plan - 16
Vim
Vim is a configurable text editor for creating and changing text, with uses including programming, composing email and editing configuration files.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.3Free plan - 17
SlickEdit
SlickEdit is a cross-platform code editor for working across programming languages, with SlickEdit 2025 listing support for more than 70 languages on…
LinuxmacOSWindows7.3From $125 a month - 18
TextMate
Free planmacOS7.3Free plan - 19
Textastic
iOSmacOS7.3$9.99, paid once - 20
Lite XL
Lite XL is a free, lightweight text editor written in C and Lua, with a bundle smaller than 5MB.
Free planAndroidWebLinuxmacOS7.3Free plan - 21
Avidemux
Free planOpen sourceWebLinuxmacOSWindows7.3Free plan - 22
NoteTab
Free planLinuxWindows7.2From $39.95 a month - 23
Geany
Geany is a free, lightweight integrated development environment for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.1Free plan - 24
SciTE
SciTE is a Scintilla-based text editor that can also compile or run source files and show command output in its output pane.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.1Free plan - 25
Textadept
Textadept is a free, open-source text editor for programmers, with graphical and terminal interfaces for Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.1Free plan - 26
Poe
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.1From $0.58 a month - 27
Notepad++
Free planWindows7.0Free plan - 28
jEdit
jEdit is a Java-based text editor for programmers, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, with support also listed for Unix/Linux, Mac OS X, VMS, and OS/2.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.0Free plan - 29
KWrite
KWrite is a free text editor from KDE, built on Kate’s editor component.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.0Free plan - 30
GNU nano
GNU nano is a free text editor made as an alternative to Pico, with additional editing functions while aiming to remain compatible with it.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.0Free plan