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
Best Code Editors in 2026
Code editors provide different ways to write, navigate and work with code across languages and environments. Compare editor type, extension support and language server support, then check whether built-in debugging or remote development matters for your workflow. Supported platforms can help you assess fit with your setup, while free-plan availability and paid-from pricing provide context on access and cost. Visual…
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Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source code editor with AI-assisted development tools for macOS, Linux, Windows and the web.
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Neovim is a free, Vim-based text editor designed for extensibility and usability.
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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.
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EmEditor
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BBEdit
BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for macOS aimed at writers, web authors, and software developers.
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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
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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 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