Best Text Editors for Freelancers

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    EditPlus Reviews

    EditPlus

    Sangil Kim (ES-Computing)

    $35
    2 Ratings
    EditPlus is a text editor that works on Windows. It has built-in FTP, FTPPS and sftp capabilities. It can be used as a replacement for Notepad, but it also has powerful features that can be used by programmers and web page authors.
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    CryptPad Reviews

    CryptPad

    CryptPad

    €5 per month
    2 Ratings
    CryptPad was designed to facilitate collaboration. It syncs changes to documents in real-time. All data is encrypted so administrators and the service don't have access to the edited or stored content. CryptDrive allows you to store and manage documents. To organize documents, create folders, shared folders and tags. Upload and share files (PDFs. Photos. Video. Audio. Users can share team drives between them. This allows for collaboration and fine-grained access control. CryptPad doesn't profit from user data. This is part of an online service that respects privacy. CryptPad is not like other platforms that claim to be free but make profits from personal data. Instead, it aims to create a sustainable model that users can fund. CryptPad's functionality is available for free because we believe everyone should have privacy and not just those with disposable income.
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    BBEdit Reviews

    BBEdit

    Bare Bones Software, Inc.

    $49.99
    2 Ratings
    The most powerful HTML and text editor for Mac, with high-performance features that allow editing, searching, and manipulating text.
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    Komodo IDE Reviews
    The IDE for today's web language - Python, PHP and Perl - allows you to code faster.
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    NoteTab Reviews

    NoteTab

    Fookes Software

    $39.95 one-time payment
    1 Rating
    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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    Overleaf Reviews

    Overleaf

    Overleaf (Writelatex Limited)

    1 Rating
    You don't need to do anything complicated. LaTeX is easy to use, even if it's your first time using it. Overleaf includes a fully-functional, ready-to-go LaTeX environment that runs on our servers. Overleaf gives you the same LaTeX setup wherever you are. You can trust that Overleaf will not cause any package conflicts or version inconsistencies by working with your peers and students.
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    Dev-C++ Reviews
    Embarcadero Dev C++ is a new and improved fork sponsored by Embarcadero. It's a combination of Orwell Dev C++ and Bloodshed Dev C++. It is a fully-featured Integrated Development Environment, (IDE), and code editor for C/C++ programming languages. It uses Mingw port GCC (GNU Compiler Collection), as its compiler. Embarcadero DevC++ can be used with Cygwin and any other GCC-based compiler. Embarcadero DevC++ is built with the latest Embarcadero Delphi. Embarcadero DevC++ is native Windows and has a small memory footprint. It does not use Electron. Optimized to parallel compile on modern multi-core processors.
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    SeaMonkey Reviews
    The SeaMonkey Project is a community effort to create the SeaMonkey Internet Application Suite (see further). This software suite was popularized by Netscape and Mozilla. The SeaMonkey project continues to improve and deliver high-quality updates. SeaMonkey includes an Internet browser, email and newsgroup client, as well as a web feed reader, HTML editor and IRC chat. It is sure to be a hit with advanced users, corporate users, and web developers. SeaMonkey is based on the same Mozilla Firefox source code that powers Thunderbird. SeaMonkey Association (SeaMonkey e.V.) provides legal backing. .
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    Geany Reviews
    Geany is a lightweight, powerful and stable text editor for programmers. It doesn't slow down your work flow. It is compatible with Windows, Linux, and MacOS. It can be translated into more than 40 languages and has built-in support to more than 50 programming languages. Geany's existence was primarily due to the need for an IDE/editor that is decent, lightweight, cross-platform, flexible, and powerful. Many editors can meet some of these requirements, but not all. Geany uses the GPL v2 license to ensure that you can customize and hack it. Also, everyone benefits from the community's changes. Geany has many customizable parts, including color themes (GeanyThemes) and adding new filetypes. Geany offers many settings that allow you to adjust it to suit your needs and preferences. Many file types are supported, including popular programming languages such as C, Java, PHP and HTML.
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    UltraEdit Reviews

    UltraEdit

    IDM Computer Solutions

    1 Rating
    UltraEdit has been the preferred text editor for over 2 million users and many Fortune 100/500/1000 customers for almost three decades. UltraEdit is a powerful and fast data processor that can handle large files. It also supports almost any syntax or source language. UltraEdit is often referred to as the "Swiss Army knife" of text editors. It's a powerful tool that can be used by users across many industries and responsibilities. UltraEdit is able to solve almost any problem in text editing, including project management and programming. It can also handle large file manipulations, remote (FTP/SFTP), data sorting, column/block editing, advanced file searching, and text data reformatting. UltraEdit is available on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is supported by a professional team of developers and customer service personnel located in the USA.
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    Vim Reviews
    Vim is a text editor that can be configured to create and modify any type of text quickly. It is available as "vi" in most UNIX systems, and with Apple OS X. Vim is multi-level, persistent, and multi-level. It supports hundreds of file formats and programming languages, has a powerful search and replace feature, as well as integration with many other tools. Vim online is a central location for the Vim community to save useful Vim tips. Vim supports plugin-like extensions that enable syntax highlighting, colorization, and other advanced features. These scripts can be uploaded online and maintained. Vim stands for Vi IMproved. It was once called Vi IMitation. However, there have been so many improvements that a new name was necessary. Vim is a text editor that includes almost all commands from Unix's program "Vi".
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    TextMate Reviews
    Open source text editor that is powerful and customizable. It supports a wide range of programming languages. TextMate's simple way to add multiple insert points makes it easy to make multiple changes at once and swap code pieces. TextMate allows you to select what you are looking for and what you are searching for. It will display the results in a way that allows you to jump between matches, extract matching text, or preview replacements. TextMate supports all major version control systems. You can see which files have changed in the file browser view and which lines have changed in the editor view. One file mixing languages? Projects using different build systems? Third-party code with different formatting preferences TextMate can handle all of it by associating specific scope selectors with key shortcuts and settings.
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    Kate Reviews
    Kate has many features that make it easy to view and edit your text files. Kate allows you to view and edit multiple files simultaneously, both in tabs or split views. It also comes with a variety of plugins including an embedded terminal that allows you to launch console commands from Kate, powerful search-and-replace plugins, and a preview plugin which can show you your MD, HTML, and even SVG. Kate supports highlighting in over 300 languages, making it easier to understand code in almost all programming languages. Kate is also familiar with brackets and can help you navigate through complex code blocks hierarchies. Spellchecking on-the-fly is also available. This will allow you to check the quality of your text before publishing. Split views allow you to work on multiple files simultaneously. You can navigate your project folder structures using the sidebar. Kate smart tabs allows you to quickly access any recently opened documents.
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    Caret Reviews
    Based on the amazing Ace editing component, Caret brings professional-strength text editing to Chrome OS. Caret is a professional-grade editor for local files that targets programmers. You don't need to install another OS. Caret provides syntax highlighting for a variety of languages and all of the standard themes included with Ace, including emulations and coloring from other editors such as Eclipse, XCode and the Chrome Dev Tools. Once you get used to making multiple changes with a few keystrokes, it is difficult to go back to one cursor. Caret supports multiple selections and cursors, as well as Sublime keybindings such Ctrl/D (select the next match). You don't need to learn keyboard shortcuts. Caret will fuzzy-search your menu configuration and find the command you are looking for, and then execute it for you. You don't need to touch the mouse anymore.
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    Code Browser Reviews
    Code Browser is a Linux and Windows folding text editor. It can hierarchically organize any type of text file, and especially source code. It makes it easier to navigate through source code. Code Browser is a tool that allows you to quickly navigate through the source code of large projects. It can also be used to view a simple CSS file. It is ideal if you don't want to scroll through thousands upon thousands of lines of code. It supports syntax highlighting in all major languages. Custom syntax highlighting is also possible. Code Browser was originally designed to be used to edit programs. However, it can also serve other purposes such as plain text outlining and helping to understand the source code. I have added a page that offers suggestions on how to fold.
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    GoCoEdit Reviews
    GoCoEdit is an optimized code and text editor for opening and editing local (on iOS device), and remote (on the server) files on your iOS device. It has a stylish interface that includes dark and light themes. It supports advanced syntax-highlighting for many programming language. One app for all. GoCoEdit is available on all iOS devices. It's universal! (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) By the way! Not only that! You can extend some features of GoCoEdit.
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    Visual Studio Code Reviews
    Top Pick
    Code editing. Redefined Free. Open source. It runs everywhere. IntelliSense provides smart completions that go beyond syntax highlighting and autocomplete. It uses variable types, function definitions and imported modules to provide intelligent completions. You can debug code directly from the editor. You can attach or launch your apps, and debug with breakpoints, call stacks and an interactive console. It's never been easier to work with Git or other SCM providers. The editor allows you to review diffs and stage files, as well as make commits. Pull and push from any hosted SCM service. Want even more features? To add languages, themes, debuggers and connect to other services, install extensions. Extensions are separate processes that don't slow down your editor. Learn more about extensions. Microsoft Azure allows you to deploy and host your React (Angular), Vue, Node (and many more!) applications. Sites can store and query relational or document-based data and scale with serverless computing.
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    Notepad++ Reviews
    Top Pick
    Notepad++ is a Notepad replacement and source code editor that is free and supports multiple languages. It runs in MS Windows and is subject to the GNU General Public License. Notepad++, which is based on Scintilla's powerful editing component, is written in C++. It uses pure Win32 APIs and STL to ensure a faster execution speed and smaller programs. Notepad++ strives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by optimizing as many routines and as user-friendly as possible. The PC can use less CPU power to throttle down and reduce power consumption. This results in a greener environment.
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    IntelliJ IDEA Reviews
    Top Pick

    IntelliJ IDEA

    JetBrains

    $16.90 per user per month
    22 Ratings
    IntelliJ IDEA by JetBrains is an IDE for professional Java and Kotlin development. It unlocks productivity and helps you write high quality code with ease. It is designed to get the job finished. It provides all the essential tools and support for cutting-edge technologies you need. It lets you code with ease and confidence thanks to a comfortable, smooth workflow and a strong emphasis on privacy and security.
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    Apache NetBeans Reviews

    Apache NetBeans

    Apache Software Foundation

    Free
    4 Ratings
    Apache NetBeans (also known as Apache IDE) is a powerful, open-source Integrated Development Environment that can be used to develop applications in a variety of programming languages including Java, JavaScript PHP, HTML5, C/C++, and more. NetBeans is known for its modular architecture and offers robust tools and features to developers who work on desktop, web, and mobile applications. It has intelligent code editing, profiling, debugging and profiling features, as well as a visual GUI builder to design Java-based user interfaces. NetBeans offers support for versioning systems such as Git, SVN and Mercurial to facilitate seamless team collaboration. NetBeans is an Apache Software Foundation Project, which benefits from a community that constantly improves and expands the functionality of NetBeans. This makes it a reliable, flexible and reliable choice for developers in various domains.
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    Atom Reviews
    Atom is a hackable text editor built on Electron and inspired by our favorite editors. It is customizable but still easy to use the default configuration. Although a text editor is the heart of a developer’s toolbox, it doesn’t always work by itself. With the GitHub package, you can access Git and GitHub from Atom. You can create new branches, stage and commit, push, pull, resolve merge conflicts and view pull requests all from your editor. Atom already includes the GitHub package, so you are ready to go. Atom is compatible with all operating systems. It can be used on OS X, Windows or Linux. You can search for and install new packages, or create your own right within Atom. Atom makes it easier to write code faster thanks to its intelligent and flexible autocomplete. Browse and open files, whole projects, or multiple projects from one window.
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    Obsidian Reviews

    Obsidian

    Obsidian

    $25 one-time payment
    3 Ratings
    Obsidian, a powerful knowledge database, works on top a local folder of plaintext Markdown files. Human brains are non-linear. We move from one idea to the next all the time. Your second brain should function in the same way. Obsidian makes it easy to make and follow "connections". You can take your notes like a gardener and then, at the end of each day, you can sit back and admire your knowledge graph. Note-taking can be very personal. You've tried every app and there's always something wrong. You deserve better. Obsidian was built to be extensible. You can quickly set up your own toolkit with 22 core plugins or 149 community plugins. Once Obsidian reaches version 1.0, you'll be able install third-party plugins and build your own. The sky is the limit. Cloud services can be shut down, bought or changed privacy policies at any time. The last thing you want are proprietary formats and data lock in. Obsidian stores your data in a local folder.
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    Sublime Text Reviews
    Top Pick

    Sublime Text

    Sublime HQ

    $80 one-time fee
    21 Ratings
    Advanced text editor for code and markup. Goto Anything allows you to quickly jump to symbols, lines, or words by opening files using just a few keystrokes. You can make ten changes at once, and not just one change ten times. Multiple selections allow for interactively changing multiple lines at once, renaming variables quickly, and modifying files faster than ever before. The Command Palette contains infrequently used functionality such as sorting, changing syntax, and changing indentation settings. You can search for exactly what you need with just a few keystrokes. Sublime Text's Python API allows plugins to enhance the built-in functionality. Package Control can be installed using the command palette. This allows for easy access to thousands upon thousands of packages created by the community.
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    EmEditor Reviews
    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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    CodeLobster IDE Reviews
    You will need to decide which IDE you want to use when you begin programming with PHP. Many companies sell their IDEs at high prices (100-$500). We, on the other hand, offer a multifunctional portable IDE absolutely FREE with all these standard features: PHP/HTML/CSS/JavaScript highlighting; advanced PHP/HTML/CSS/JavaScript autocomplete; a powerful PHP debugger; context and dynamic Help; a code validator; a SQL manager and much more. The CodeLobster IDE simplifies and streamlines the PHP development process. We've made it easy for you to forget the names of arguments, arguments, tags, and their attributes. You can also use the Help control or press F1 to get any help information. You can validate your code locally with an internal PHP Debugger.
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