Best Text Editors of 2024

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    BlueGriffon Reviews

    BlueGriffon

    Disruptive Innovations

    $87.75 one-time payment
    3 Ratings
    Based on Firefox's rendering engine, the next-gen Web and EPUB editor are available. BlueGriffon®, a proud inheritor from all of its famous ancestors, has a long list: Netscape®, Mozilla® Composer, and Nvu. It is powered by Gecko (the same rendering engine that powers Firefox® Composer), and has tons of powerful features. BlueGriffon®, which is used by millions around the globe, includes Universities, Governments, and even the European Parliament, is powered by Gecko. The French Government officially recommends it as the Web Authoring Tools for the French Administration, in its efforts to rely on and encourage Free Software.
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    QuickEdit Reviews
    QuickEdit is a fast, stable, and fully featured text editor for Android. It's optimized for tablet and phone! Numerous improvements to the notepad application. For 40+ languages, syntax highlight and code editor. Large text files with more than 10,000 lines are able to perform well and get real-time feedback. Modifications can be undone or redone without restriction. Display, increase, and decrease line indents. Smooth scroll horizontally and vertically. Directly navigate to the specified line number. Automatically detect character encoded. Preview HTML and markdown files. You will be able to edit system files on rooted devices. Browse files from recently opened and added files. Both a light and dark theme are supported. Optimized to work on both tablet and phone.
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    PimNote Reviews
    PimNote is a text editor that allows for faster document access. It also combines both the useful and unutilized features of all other text editors. This tool is designed for knowledge management. You can quickly access the recent file list with a single click. You can easily access an old file that has been opened long ago with the unlimited and searchable recent files list. You can type less with the one-click search and find history feature. This product is designed for remote work. No freezing from a remote file monitoring/opening/writing when disconnected. You can save files offline by closing the application and not closing the tabs. During file opening, auto-reconnect the network drive. Recurring file notifications are displayed politely on top bar, instead of a popup dialog box that requires frequent actions and tends not to be used.
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    TinyMCE Reviews

    TinyMCE

    Tiny Technologies

    $67/mo
    TinyMCE gives you complete authority over in-app rich text editing. As a plug-and-play WYSIWYG component, it effortlessly melds with your web application's current technology infrastructure. You can tailor it to your needs using its extensive set of over 400 APIs and more than a dozen framework compatibilities, or deploy it instantly as a robust, enterprise-level text editor. Premium TinyMCE packages come loaded with functionality, making them an ideal fit for enterprise applications and solving intricate use-cases. Top three premium offerings include: AI Assistant: Accelerate Content Creation with Generative AI → Infuse your application with AI capabilities through ready-to-use writing prompts. PowerPaste: Near-Perfect Copy-Pasting Reduces Support Queries → Flawlessly transfer text from MS Word, Google Docs, Excel, and other widely-used platforms. Spell Checker Pro: Maintain Brand Consistency with Error-Free Text → Multi-language support for up to 13 languages, including specialized terms, and the ability to create custom lexicons. Choose between cloud-based or on-premises deployment. Smooth integration with React, Angular, Vue, Bootstrap, and more.
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    Desech Studio Reviews

    Desech Studio

    Desech

    €9.99 per month
    No-Code visual html/css editor for web programmers and designers Import your Figma , Sketch or Adobe XD files into Desech Studio - Change the layout, responsiveness and attributes in Desech Studio - Connect with plugins like Material Design and React, Angular, Vue, etc - Desech Studio always stays in sync with your React, Angular, Vue, etc project
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    Bird Reviews
    Bird is a UNICODE-based text editor that allows you to create and edit any text you need. You will see more clearly the characters that you have entered. It can read ASCII text as well as UNICODE text. UNICODE up until LE (Little Enterdian) is also supported. The text saving format is UNICODE, not ASCII. It supports many languages. Data capacity: 1 GB. Supporting languages (138 more): Abkhazian, Afar, Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Basque, Bengali, Bhutani, Bihari, Bislama, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Byelorussian, Cambodian, Catalan, Chinese, ChineseSimplified, ChineseTraditional, Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faeroese, Fiji, Finnish, French, Frisian, Gaelic, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Greenlandic, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Interlingua, Interlingue, Inupiak, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kinyarwanda, Kirghiz, Kirundi, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Russian and more..
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    Predator CNC Editor Reviews

    Predator CNC Editor

    Predator Software

    $250
    Predator CNC Editor is one of the most popular CNC editor on the market. It has hundreds of features that will improve the productivity of CNC operators, programmers, and machine tool operators. Yet, it is very easy to use. The Predator CNC Editor is a great choice for small shops or large manufacturers.
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    NoteTab Reviews

    NoteTab

    Fookes Software

    $39.95 one-time payment
    NoteTab is the best Notepad replacement available. It's the fastest HTML editor for webmasters. It's also the most versatile text editor. It's a powerful text-processing tool for power users. What's it like for you?
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    EmEditor Reviews

    EmEditor

    Emurasoft

    $39.99
    EmEditor is a lightweight, extensible, and easy-to-use text editor that runs on Windows. There are 32-bit and native 64-bit versions available. The 64-bit version also includes separate builds for AVX-2 (256 bit), AVX-512 (1512-bit), and SSE2 (128 bit).
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    Boost Note Reviews

    Boost Note

    Boost Note

    $3 per member per month
    Boost Note is a powerful collaborative workspace for developers that works at a light speed. Boost Note was designed to improve developers productivity by providing the best note taking experience for developers. This is not just a GitHub-flavored markdown. Diagrams created with Charts.js and Mermaid can be embedded in documents to increase visibility. To create your own Markdown editor, you can choose from keymaps such as Vim, more than 150 themes and many other options. Programmatically manage your documents. Get an authentication token to access Boost Note's APIs through simple HTTP requests. Zapier allows you to automate your documentation with over 2,000 tool integrations. Work together with your colleagues to share information. All your teams can use the same shared workspace. Boost Note's realtime editing allows you to collaborate on documents. You can check the revision history of a document. In one click, you can roll back to the previous version. Granula access control is based on workspace.
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    Pinegrow Reviews

    Pinegrow

    Pinegrow

    $6 per month
    Pinegrow is a Mac and Linux web editor that allows you to build responsive websites faster. It supports multi-page editing and CSS & SASS styling. The CSS Grid editor also supports Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS and Foundation. Pinegrow is a desktop web builder that can open and save standard HTML and CSS files. This means that you won't be tied to a particular file format. Simply open and edit existing projects. Pinegrow can be used in conjunction with other web development tools. You can build websites offline without an internet connection. You can create as many websites as possible. With powerful visual tools, you can quickly build the layout of your website. You can insert multiple elements with repeater, and modify the layout of each element in one move. Rich visual controls, CSS Grid editor, Dev tools editor or code are all available to inspect active CSS rules. Live editing of SASS and LESS is possible without the use of any external tools.
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    LightPaper Reviews

    LightPaper

    LightPaper

    $14.99 one-time payment
    A simple app that allows you to take notes and create documents has many great features. LightPaper lets you write your documents/articles/blogs using powerful features such as markdown, folder navigator, real and live preview, shadow notes, multi-tabs, custom styles, distraction free mode, syntax highlighting, math rendering, full GFM support including GitHub tasks, Jekyll rendering, and more. LightPaper is perfect for any writer, blogger, developer, scholar, or student. LightPaper's powerful folder navigation tool allows you to quickly open multiple folders and browse all of your documents. Double-clicking a document will open it quickly. You can also create new documents or folders, delete files or folders, and rename them. Quick Open allows you to quickly search all of your files. To make it easy to find a file or folder whenever you need it, save it as a Favorite.
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    Textastic Reviews

    Textastic

    Textastic

    $7.99 one-time payment
    Textastic for Mac is the ideal desktop companion to the popular iOS editor. Textastic for Mac supports more than 80 markup and source languages. It also brings the powerful syntax coloring engine from the iOS source code editor to your Mac. You can create your own TextMate and Sublime Text syntax definitions. Textastic for Mac is built on the same code editor that powers the iOS application. It makes use of native macOS APIs such as Core Text to achieve maximum speed. You will find it easier to use modern Mac features like Auto Save, Versions, and code completion. iCloud Drive makes it easy to sync files between your iOS and macOS devices. The app supports 80 languages and markup languages, iCloud autosave, and macOS Versions. The app can import syntax definitions, themes, and templates from TextMate.
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    CKEditor 4 Reviews
    CKEditor 4 is a smart WYSIWYG rich text editor that has been on the market since its launch in 2012. It allows software creators and developers to build stable and reliable writing solutions for applications of all sorts, within hours. Thanks to a plugin- and event-based architecture, ready-to-use builds, native integrations, extensive documentation, and reliable customer support, the editor can be easily tailored to your needs.
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    CKEditor 5 Reviews
    CKEditor 5 is a modern WYSIWYG rich text editor that can easily accommodate the requirements of businesses and users in the age of digital transformation. It allows software creators and developers to build powerful writing solutions for applications of all sorts, within hours. Thanks to a fully customizable framework, ready-to-use builds, native integrations, extensive documentation, and reliable customer support, the editor can be fully tailored to your needs.
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    Easy Editor Reviews
    A rich text html / wysiwyg editor. You can modify the entire look and feel of the editor, add buttons / events or do whatever you like. EasyEditor is free and open-source for educational and commercial purposes. All examples are available. Although the following documentation may seem a bit complicated, you will still be able to find what you need. You must close modal by closing it by closeModal. Modal opened insertAtCaret won't work. InsertHtml is required in this case. InsertHtml is only applicable if the modal has been opened!
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    TextPad Reviews

    TextPad

    TextPad

    $16.50 one-time payment
    If you are just trying to get the job done, it is enough to not waste your time learning another program. Your previous experience with other tools should be applicable to each new application. This will make it easy to get started with the new application. TextPad is so well-known because of this. TextPad is a powerful alternative to Notepad, a tool to edit your web pages or a programming IDE. It does exactly what you expect. You can download a trial copy from our website and see how productive it is. TextPad is designed to meet the most stringent text editing needs. It can edit files up until the limits of virtual memory and will work with 32-bit and 64 bit editions of Windows 11, 10, 8, 8.1, 7, and Server 2008.
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    WildEdit Reviews

    WildEdit

    TextPad

    $8.50 one-time payment
    WildEdit is a great tool to save time if you need to make changes to multiple files at once. It allows users to edit plain text files within a folder hierarchy. The wildcards filter makes it interactive. It is ideal for editing web pages, software source code, reformatting log files, and newsletters. It is not suitable to edit files in proprietary binary formats such as Microsoft Word documents. It is as simple as entering the search text and optionally a regular expression. The replacement text can also be used. Finally, you can let the program run. You can repeat this process as many times as you need. The last 10 changes can be undone or redone. WildEdit is available in a trial version. You can download your trial copy right now to see how productive you are. Any file containing plain text can be edited.
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    DroidEdit Reviews

    DroidEdit

    DroidEdit

    Free
    You can take your work with you everywhere. Code while you wait for the bus, or while you relax on a beach. You can edit your files from the cloud. DroidEdit supports Dropbox, Drive, Box, (S-FTP) servers, and Git. We will soon be adding more file providers. Syntax highlighting is available for nearly 200 programming languages. If you get an urgent call asking for code changes, don't rush to your workplace. You can edit all you need from your mobile phone. You can checkout, edit, commit, and push all from your smartphone or tablet. Some developers prefer dark backgrounds while others prefer white screens. Each to his own. You can use one of the provided themes to highlight syntax. You can create your own theme if you don't like the one provided. Emmet allows you to transform simple expressions into fully fledged HTML code automatically.
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    Xeditor Reviews
    Xeditor is an online professional XML editor that allows you to create XML documents using state-of-the art web standards. Xeditor allows authors to collaborate on structured content from anywhere at any time. This helps companies create efficient workflows. Xeditor's web-based architecture eliminates the need for costly local installations. Xeditor, an online professional XML authoring tool, provides users with the tools they need for creating and editing structured documents in XML format. XML allows content to be created media-independently, semantically marked up and automatically processed. XML is the data format for the future. Xeditor provides both a visual and technical writing experience. The intuitive user interface of Xeditor's visual XML editor includes WYSIWYG functionality. This is a great tool for authors of subject-specific content.
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    Lexical Reviews

    Lexical

    Lexical

    Free
    Lexical is made up of several editor instances that attach to one content editable element. A set of editor states represents the current and pending editor states at any given moment. Lexical is for everyone. It adheres to the best practices set forth in WCAG. It is compatible with screen readers, assistive technologies, and other screen readers. The Lexical is very minimal. It does not directly address UI components, toolbars, rich-text features or markdown. A plugin interface can contain the logic for these features. Lexical is easy to use in any environment. Lexical is not framework-specific, but it provides bindings for React that will help you get started even faster. The delightfully ergonomic APIs make it easy to create custom functionality.
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    Pulsar Reviews

    Pulsar

    Pulsar-Edit

    Free
    Hyper-hackable text editor that is community-driven. Pulsar is compatible with all operating systems. It works on OS X, Windows and Linux. Pulsar allows you to search for and install new packages, or create your own. Pulsar makes it easier to write code faster thanks to its intelligent and flexible autocomplete. Browse and open files, whole projects, and multiple projects from one window. Split your Pulsar interface in multiple panes to edit and compare code across files. You can preview, find, and replace text in any file or across all of your projects.
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    Nova Reviews
    If we are being honest, Mac apps have become a lost art. Although cross-platform apps are great, it's not who we are. Panic was founded in 1997 as a Mac software business. Our joy comes from creating things that feel Mac-like. Coda, an all-in one Mac web editor, was created long ago. When we began work on Nova, however, we looked at the web today and decided where we needed to go. It was time to make a fresh start. Our first-class text editor is the key to all this. It's fast, flexible, new, and super-fast. Nova supports CoffeeScript, CSS and Diff, ERB, Haml HTML, INI JavaScript, JSON. JSX, Less Lua, Markdown, Perl PHP, Ruby, Sass SCSS, Smarty SQL, TSX TypeScript, XML and YAML.
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    Typora Reviews
    Typora allows you to enjoy a seamless experience both as a reader or writer. It eliminates the preview window and mode switcher as well as syntax symbols of markdown code and other distractions. Instead, it offers a live preview feature that allows you to focus on the content. Typora makes it easy to manage your files. It has both a file tree panel as well as an article (file list) side panel. This allows you to easily manage your files. You can organize your files however you like, and even add sync services such as Dropbox or iCloud. You can instantly see the outline structure of your documents in outline panel. This allows you to quickly navigate through the document and jump directly to any section. Bookmarks are available for export to PDF. Export or import can be done further. You can export or import more formats, such as docx, OpenOffice and LaTeX, MediaWiki, MediaWiki, and Epub. You can see how big your document is in words and characters, lines or reading minutes.
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    Quiver Reviews
    Quiver is a notebook designed for programmers. You can easily combine text, code, Markdown, and LaTeX in one note. You can also edit code with an amazing editor, preview Markdown, and instantly find any note via the full-text searching. A note in Quiver consists of cells, snippets, text, Markdown, LaTeX (via MathJax), or diagrams (sequence, flowchart). You can mix and match different types of cells within one note. You can also set different languages for different codes cells. Programmer's notebook should make code editing easy. Quiver includes the ACE code editor in code cells. It supports syntax highlighting for more than 120 languages, more than 20 themes, automatic indent/outdent, and many other features. Quiver allows you to write in Markdown, with inline formatting. Markdown is displayed in a live preview window that displays Markdown as you type. Quiver uses MathJax for typesetting mathematical equations written using LaTeX.