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Visual Studio Code is a free, open source AI code editor for macOS, Linux, Windows, and the web. It covers almost every major programming language, with JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, and HTML included. More than 80,000 extensions, Git source control, an integrated terminal, debugging, build tasks, local history, remote development, and Settings Sync support broad coding workflows. Agent-based building requires a GitHub account, and users can bring a model key or use Copilot…

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Calmly Writer logo

Calmly Writer is a writing editor built to reduce distractions and help users focus.

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Zed is a code editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with a free Personal plan and paid Pro and Business options.

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Neovim is a free, Vim-based text editor designed for extensibility and usability.

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    Geany

    Geany is a free, lightweight integrated development environment for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

    Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows
    8.1Free plan
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    GNU Emacs

    GNU Emacs is a free, extensible text editor built around an interpreter for Emacs Lisp.

    Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows
    8.0Free plan
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    Lapce

    Lapce is a free, open-source code editor written in Rust for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

    Free planOpen sourceExtensionLinuxmacOSWindows
    8.0Free plan
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  4. 7EmEditor logo

    EmEditor

    EmEditor is a Windows text editor for text and code, including very large files.

    Free planWindows
    7.8From $5 a month
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    BBEdit

    BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for macOS aimed at writers, web authors, and software developers.

    Free planmacOS
    7.7Free plan
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    Microsoft Editor

    Microsoft Editor checks spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation, with additional suggestions for clarity, concision, and formality.

    WebExtensionmacOSWindows
    7.6
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    FocusWriter

    FocusWriter is a free, open-source word processor for Linux and Windows that keeps the writing area clear.

    Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.6Free plan
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    Sublime Text

    Sublime Text is a text editor for code, markup, and prose, available on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    LinuxmacOSWindows
    7.5
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  9. 12UltraEdit logo

    UltraEdit

    UltraEdit is a paid text editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    LinuxmacOSWindows
    7.5
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    Bluefish

    Bluefish is a free, open-source desktop editor for programmers and web developers writing websites, scripts, and code.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.5Free plan
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    TextMate

    Free planmacOS
    7.4Free plan
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    Micro

    Micro is a free terminal-based text editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.4Free plan
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    Textastic

    iOSmacOS
    7.4
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    Lite XL

    Lite XL is a free, lightweight text editor written in C and Lua, with a bundle smaller than 5MB.

    Free planAndroidWebLinuxmacOS
    7.4Free plan
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    Froala Editor

    Froala Editor is a paid JavaScript WYSIWYG HTML editor that adds rich-text editing inside applications.

    AndroidiOSWebSelf-hosted
    7.4From $60 a month
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  16. 19Kate logo

    Kate

    Kate is a free text editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows, suited to both general text files and code.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.3Free plan
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    Vim

    Vim is a configurable text editor for creating and changing text, with uses including programming, composing email and editing configuration files.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.3Free plan
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    SlickEdit

    SlickEdit is a cross-platform code editor for working across programming languages, with SlickEdit 2025 listing support for more than 70 languages on…

    LinuxmacOSWindows
    7.3$125 one-time
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    Avidemux

    Free planOpen sourceWebLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.3Free plan
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    Textadept

    Textadept is a free, open-source text editor for programmers, with graphical and terminal interfaces for Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.2Free plan
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  21. 24Notepad++ logo

    Notepad++

    Free planWindows
    7.1Free plan
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    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 planLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.1Free plan
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  23. 26SciTE logo

    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 planLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.1Free plan
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    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.

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    7.1Free plan
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  25. 28CudaText logo

    CudaText

    CudaText is a free, open-source text editor written in Object Pascal for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.1Free plan
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  26. 29Nova logo

    Nova

    Nova is a Mac-native code editor and IDE for editing, debugging, version control, and remote files.

    macOS
    7.1
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    NoteTab

    Free planLinuxWindows
    7.1Free plan
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