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TextPad

TextPad is a powerful, general purpose editor for plain text files that is easy to use, with all the features a power user requires.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to TextPad

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Sublime Text VS Code Vim Brackets Netbeans GNU Emacs Textmate Notepad++ Geany EmEditor

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to TextPad are Sublime Text, VS Code, and Vim. 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. Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. Fully customizable with macros, and syntax highlighting for most major languages.
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    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 3 social mentions

  2. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
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    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 1138 social mentions

  3. 3

    Vim

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

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 10 social mentions

  4. A modern, open source text editor that understands web design
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    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 47 social mentions

  5. NetBeans IDE 7.0. Develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, PHP, C/C++ and more. Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris. NetBeans IDE is open-source and free.
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    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 17 social mentions

  6. GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more.
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    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 6 social mentions

  7. TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.
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    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 15 social mentions

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

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 175 social mentions

  9. 9
    Lightweight IDE for Linux and Windows
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    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 6 social mentions

  10. EmEditor is a fast Unicode text editor for Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 supporting large files...
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    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 1 user reviews

  11. The world’s most powerful open-source web development IDE just got better. Rebuilt from the ground-up. It's now much faster, customizable and includes new features to help you be more productive.
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    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors

  12. 12
    Ultraportable 2-in-1 Laptop
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    • Open Source

    #Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #PHP MVC Framework 3 social mentions

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