Best Text Editors in 2026 · page 3

EditPlus

Code Writer

Expresso

XML Marker

Nextpad++

Fulgur

Fulgur is a free Windows, macOS and Linux editor with multi-cursor, column editing and large-file handling.

Microsoft DevSkim

Microsoft DevSkim is a free, MIT-licensed toolkit for security linting and static source-code analysis.

Visual Regression Tracker

Visual Regression Tracker is a free, open-source, self-hosted tool for detecting visual changes in screenshots.

ACTS

ACTS is open-source church management software available on the web, Windows and Linux.

Mousepad

Mousepad is a free Linux text editor for people who want to make quick changes to text files rather than use a development environment.

MacVim

MacVim is a free macOS graphical version of Vim with macros, columns and extensions.

Text Editor Pro

Notepad2

PolyEdit

Microsoft Edit

MacDown 3000

MacDown 3000 is free Markdown editor for macOS focused on local files and live rendered previews.

Pluma

GNOME Text Editor

EditPad Lite

Notepad3

Summernote

Summernote is a free, MIT-licensed WYSIWYG editor for adding website editing capabilities.

GNU GLOBAL

GNU GLOBAL is a source code tagging system for locating program elements such as functions, macros, structs and classes, then navigating between…

Joe's Own Editor

Hidemaru Editor

Snipping Tool

Snipping Tool is a Windows app for capturing text or images from a PC screen and then editing, saving, or sharing them.