18.4
Zed is a code editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with a free Personal plan and paid Pro and Business options.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
Alternatives to RJ TextEd
28.2
Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source code editor with AI-assisted development tools for macOS, Linux, Windows and the web.
Free planWebLinuxmacOS
38.0
Neovim is a free, Vim-based text editor designed for extensibility and usability.
Free planAndroidAPILinux
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GNU Emacs
GNU Emacs is a free, extensible text editor built around an interpreter for Emacs Lisp.
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows7.9Free plan - 5
Geany
Geany is a free, lightweight integrated development environment for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows7.9Free plan - 6
EmEditor
EmEditor is a Windows text editor for text and code, including very large files.
Free planWindows7.7From $5 a month - 7
BBEdit
BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for macOS aimed at writers, web authors, and software developers.
Free planmacOS7.6Free plan - 8
VSCodium
VSCodium is a free, community-driven desktop distribution of Microsoft's VS Code editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.5Free plan - 9
ICEcoder
ICEcoder is a browser-based code editor for building, testing, and maintaining websites.
Free planAndroidWebAPILinux7.5Free plan - 10
Lapce
Lapce is a free, open-source code editor written in Rust for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planOpen sourceExtensionLinuxmacOSWindows7.5Free plan - 11
7.4 - 12
Lite XL
Lite XL is a free, lightweight text editor written in C and Lua, with a bundle smaller than 5MB.
Free planAndroidWebLinuxmacOS7.4Free plan - 13
Sublime Text
Sublime Text is a text editor for code, markup, and prose, available on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
LinuxmacOSWindows7.3 - 14
Bluefish
Bluefish is a free, open-source desktop editor for programmers and web developers writing websites, scripts, and code.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.3Free plan - 15
Micro
Micro is a free terminal-based text editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.3Free plan - 16
JCppEdit
Free planWindows7.3Free plan - 17
Vim
Vim is a configurable text editor for creating and changing text, with uses including programming, composing email and editing configuration files.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.2Free plan - 18
Kate
Kate is a free text editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows, suited to both general text files and code.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.2Free plan - 19
SlickEdit
SlickEdit is a cross-platform code editor for working across programming languages, with SlickEdit 2025 listing support for more than 70 languages on…
LinuxmacOSWindows7.2$125 one-time - 20
CudaText
CudaText is a free, open-source text editor written in Object Pascal for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.1Free plan - 21
Textastic
iOSmacOS7.1 - 22
TextMate
Free planmacOS7.1Free plan - 23
Notepad++
Free planWindows7.0Free plan - 24
Pulsar
Pulsar is a free, open-source desktop text editor and a community-led fork of the discontinued Atom editor.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.0Free plan - 25
Nova
Nova is a Mac-native code editor and IDE for editing, debugging, version control, and remote files.
macOS6.9 - 26
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 planLinuxmacOSWindows6.8Free plan - 27
EditPlus
Windows6.8$35 one-time - 28
Cursor Origin
Cursor Origin is a git forge for storing and sharing code, released in early beta with access opening in stages.
WebAPILinuxmacOS6.8 - 29
Helix
Helix is a free text editor designed for terminal use on Linux, macOS and Windows.
LinuxmacOSWindows6.7 - 30
PSPad
PSPad is a free Windows text and code editor from a maker based in the Czech Republic.
Free planWindows6.7Free plan