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Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar...

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to metapad

Notepad3 Notepad++ Notion Visual Studio Code Vim Joplin Micro Org mode Todo.txt acreom

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to metapad are Notepad3, Notepad++, and Notion. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight Scintilla-based text editor with syntax highlighting.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development

  2. A free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #IDEs And Text Editors #Text Editors #IDE 169 social mentions

  3. 3
    All-in-one workspace. One tool for your whole team. Write, plan, and get organized.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Productivity #Work Collaboration #Note Taking 438 social mentions

  4. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1017 social mentions

  5. 5

    Vim

    Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #Software Development #IDE 10 social mentions

  6. 6
    Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Free

    #Note Taking #Notes #Todos 350 social mentions

  7. 7
    Modern terminal-based text editor
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 76 social mentions

  8. Org: an Emacs Mode for Notes, Planning, and Authoring
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Task Management #Project Management #Note Taking 174 social mentions

  9. Track your tasks and projects in a plain text file, todo.txt. A todo.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Task Management #Todos #Note Taking 37 social mentions

  10. 10
    Notes, tasks & calendar in 1 simple interface. Organise your knowledge base and tasks easily
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #AI #B2c Saas #Productivity 34 social mentions

  11. 11
    Easy to use interface; Search and paste previous copy entries; Keep multiple computer's clipboards in sync; Data is encrypted when sent over the network; Accessed from tray icon or global hot key; Select entry by double click, enter key or drag drop…
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Bookmarks #Clipboard Manager 60 social mentions

  12. PortableApps.com is a website offering many free, commonly used Windows applications that have been...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #LMS #Bookmarks 149 social mentions

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