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Top 10 Notepad++ Alternatives & Competitors

(2,359)4.6 out of 5

Looking for alternatives or competitors to Notepad++? Other important factors to consider when researching alternatives to Notepad++ include software development and user interface. The best overall Notepad++ alternative is Visual Studio Code. Other similar apps like Notepad++ are Sublime Text, UltraEdit, Brackets, and TextPad. Notepad++ alternatives can be found in Text Editor Software.

Best Paid & Free Alternatives to Notepad++

Visual Studio Code
Sublime Text
UltraEdit
Brackets
TextPad
GNU Emacs
gedit
BBEdit

Top 10 Alternatives to Notepad++ Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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Visual Studio Code

By Microsoft

(2,356)4.7 out of 5

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.

Categories in common with Notepad++:

Text Editor

Reviewers say compared to Notepad++, Visual Studio Code is:

Better at support

Easier to do business with

Better at meeting requirements

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Sublime Text

By Sublime HQ

(1,747)4.5 out of 5

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.

Categories in common with Notepad++:

Text Editor

Reviewers say compared to Notepad++, Sublime Text is:

More expensive

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UltraEdit

By Idera, Inc.

(1,121)4.7 out of 5

UltraEdit is a powerful text editor and code editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux that supports nearly any programming language and easily handles huge (4+ GB) files. Includes (S)FTP, SSH console, powerful find/replace with Perl regex support, scripting / macros, and more.

Categories in common with Notepad++:

Text Editor

Reviewers say compared to Notepad++, UltraEdit is:

More expensive

Better at support

Easier to do business with

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Brackets

By Adobe

(255)4.4 out of 5

Brackets is a text editor tool that makes it easy to design in the browser, it iss crafted from the ground up for web designers and front-end developers.

Categories in common with Notepad++:

Text Editor

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TextPad

By Helios Software Solutions

(142)4.4 out of 5

TextPad7.4 is a powerful, general purpose editor for plain text files. Easy to use, with all the features a power user requires.

Categories in common with Notepad++:

Text Editor

Reviewers say compared to Notepad++, TextPad is:

Slower to reach roi

More expensive

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GNU Emacs

By FreeCAD

(83)4.5 out of 5

GNU Emacs is a customizable text editor that is an interpreter and dialect with extension to support text editing with content-sensitive editing modes, built-in documentation, Unicode support, and more.

Categories in common with Notepad++:

Text Editor

Reviewers say compared to Notepad++, GNU Emacs is:

Better at meeting requirements

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gedit

By GNOME Foundation

(76)4.0 out of 5

gEdit is a general purpose text editor that includes internationalized text, syntax highlighting, undo/redo, file reverting, print and print preview support and more.

Categories in common with Notepad++:

Text Editor

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BBEdit

By Bare Bones

(63)4.5 out of 5

BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for Macintosh that provides features for editing, searching, and minipulation of text for web authors and software developers.

Categories in common with Notepad++:

Text Editor

Reviewers say compared to Notepad++, BBEdit is:

More expensive

Better at support

Better at meeting requirements

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EmEditor

By Emurasoft

(27)4.4 out of 5

EmEditor is a text editor for Windows that supplies larger files and Unicode, macros, plug-ins and more.

Categories in common with Notepad++:

Text Editor

Reviewers say compared to Notepad++, EmEditor is:

More expensive

Easier to set up

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NoteTab

By Fookes Software Ltd

(25)4.7 out of 5

NoteTab is a Notepad replacement HTML and text editor with text-processing, search and replace, capture and copy text to clipboard, reusable text snippets and macros, and other utilities to help the editing process.

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