GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. Created by The Free Software Foundation GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include: * Content-sensitive editing modes, including syntax coloring, for a variety of file types including plain text, source code, and HTML. * Complete built-in documentation, including a tutorial for new users. * Full Unicode support for nearly all human languages and their scripts. * Highly customizable, using Emacs Lisp code or a graphical interface. * A large number of extensions that add other functionality, including a project planner, mail and news reader, debugger interface, calendar, and more. Many of these extensions are distributed with GNU Emacs; others are available separately….
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| # | Image | App Name | Features | Platforms | Price | Website Link |
| 2 |  |
CotEditor | Mac | Free | Website | |
| 3 |  |
Notepad3 | Windows | Free | Website | |
| 4 |  |
TextMate | Mac | Commercial | Website | |
| 5 | Geany Alternatives and Similar Software | Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Xfce |
Free | Website | ||
| 6 |  |
VSCodium | Mac Electron / Atom Shell Windows Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 7 | Atom Alternatives and Similar Software | Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD Electron / Atom Shell |
Free | Website | ||
| 8 | Lime Text Alternatives and Similar Software | Mac Windows Linux Go (Programming Language) |
Free | Website | ||
| 9 | GNU nano Alternatives and Similar Software | Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku |
Free | Website | ||
| 10 |  |
Micro | Mac Windows Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 11 | Leafpad Alternatives and Similar Software | Mac Linux BSD Cygwin MacPorts |
Free | Website | ||
| 12 |  |
gedit |
GNOME OpenSolaris |
Mac Chrome OS Windows BSD Linux |
Free | Website |
| 13 |  |
CudaText | Mac Windows BSD Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 14 |  |
Textadept | Mac Windows BSD Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 15 |  |
Neovim | Mac Windows Android BSD Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 16 |  |
wxMEdit | Mac Windows BSD Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 17 |  |
Onivim 2 | Mac Windows Linux |
Commercial | Website | |
| 18 |  |
Visual Studio Code | Mac Chrome OS Electron / Atom Shell Windows Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 19 |  |
Bluefish Editor | Mac Windows Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 20 |  |
PSPad | Windows | Free | Website | |
| 21 |  |
Spacemacs | Mac Windows Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 22 | Sublime Text Alternatives and Similar Software | Mac Windows Linux |
Commercial | Website | ||
| 23 |  |
Haroopad | Mac Windows Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 24 |  |
Graviton Code Editor | Mac Windows Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 25 |  |
Kate | Mac Windows KDE BSD Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 26 |  |
SciTE | Xfce Windows BSD Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 27 |  |
Vim | OpenSolaris | Mac Windows BSD Haiku Linux |
Free | Website |
| 28 | Notepad++ Alternatives and Similar Software | Windows PortableApps.com |
Free | Website | ||
| 29 |  |
Eclipse | Mac Windows Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 30 |  |
Light Table | Mac Electron / Atom Shell Windows Linux |
Free | Website | |
| 31 |  |
UltraEdit | Mac Windows Linux |
Commercial | Website |