DocPad

DocPad is a free alternative to Notepad. Although it fills the same role, plain text editing, it offers an arsenal of time-saving tools: block indent/unindent...

Free
Windows

DocPad is a free alternative to Notepad. Although it fills the same role, plain text editing, it offers an arsenal of timesaving tools: block indent/unindent, bookmarking, case conversion, customizable toolbar, encoding conversion, file history, jump to line/offset, keyboard macros, print preview, search and replace, skinnable interface, spell checking, statistics, variable pitch font, and much more. It also includes a builtin calculator, calendar, and character map.

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The Best 33 DocPad Alternatives

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Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

Free Open Source Windows

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Portable Multiple languages Tabbed interface Lightweight Support for FTP Autocompletion Macros Feature Side by Side comparison Color coding Support for regular expressions Live Preview Configurable Block edit Code formatting Plugin manager
280 Like

Notepad2

Notepad2 is a fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting. Simple as possible, but yet powerful. Has full Unicode support.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable Lightweight Syntax Highlighting Small size
151 Like

Notepad

Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format. Not available for download; bundled with all versions of Windows.

Free Windows

Support for Unicode Bundled with Windows
77 Like

AkelPad

A simple notepad-like text editor with many features. It is designed to be a small and fast. User interface in 20 languages.

Free Open Source Windows
53 Like

TextPad

TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements.

Commercial Windows
38 Like

Notepad2-mod

A modified version (fork) of Notepad2 based on Kai Liu's and other people's patches.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable Support for Unicode Syntax Highlighting Bookmarks Feature
38 Like

EditPad Lite

EditPad Lite is a general-purpose text editor, designed to be small & compact, yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor.

Free Personal Windows

Minimalistic Portable Multiple languages Support for Large File
27 Like

SynWrite

SynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.

Free Open Source Windows Total Commander

Portable Syntax Highlighting
16 Like

Scratch

Scratch is the text editor that works for you. It auto-saves your files, meaning they're always up-to-date. Plus it remembers your tabs so you never lose your spot, even in between sessions. Make it yours.

Free Open Source Linux

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Tabbed interface Lightweight Scripting Syntax Highlighting
13 Like

TED Notepad

Replace notepad with free Unicode notepad replacement, rich in innovative features, text-processing functions, tools and hot-keys.

Free Windows
13 Like

GetDiz

GetDiz is a fully featured text editor which can replace Notepad while maintaining an incredible speed, ease of use and small size. You can display and edit any text...

Free Windows
9 Like

Syncplify.me Notepad!

Notepad! is the free, powerful, feature-rich replacement for your Windows Notepad. This software is completely free to use, for both personal and business purposes. With...

Free Windows

Portable Tabbed interface Syntax Highlighting Support for regular expressions Support for Large File
8 Like

Online Notepad

Write without distractions with this online notepad. Including a minimalist and responsive design so it could be easily used in small screens. .

Free Web

Lightweight Distraction free writing
8 Like

TwistPad

Twistpad is a fully featured text and code editor for Windows. Twistpad can be used as a simple notepad replacer, or a featured packed editor targeting web and software developers.

Commercial Windows

Portable Tabbed interface Support for Unicode Syntax Highlighting Search and replace
7 Like

Ynote Classic

Ynote Classic is an easy to use fast and advanced text editor with a tabbed interface and multiview. It has intelligent Syntax Highlighting, Code Folding , Auto Indent...

Free Open Source Windows

Syntax Highlighting Autocompletion Support for Large File Automatic Indentation
7 Like

Notepas

Notepas is a fast portable native multiplatform text editor written in Lazarus and can be compiled for multiple platforms and widget sets using the advanced native Free...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Portable Support for Unicode Syntax Highlighting Search and replace
6 Like

FoldingText

FoldingText makes you productive in easily formatted plain text. Turn your ideas into plans. Your to-dos into results. Your writing into clear, focused documents.

Commercial Mac OS X
5 Like

Devpad

Notepad-like VB.Net multi-tab source code editor for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 that supports ASM, ASP.Net, Boo, C#, C++, CSS, HTML, INI, Java, JavaScript, Lua...

Free Open Source Windows
2 Like

FavoText

FavoText is a text editor, which supports editing file with text/hex format, syntax highlighting and auto completion; it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.

Commercial Windows

Syntax Highlighting Support for SFTP Web log analysis

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The Best 33 DocPad Alternatives

Notepad++

Notepad2

Notepad

AkelPad

TextPad

Notepad2-mod

EditPad Lite

SynWrite

Scratch

TED Notepad

GetDiz

Syncplify.me Notepad!

Online Notepad

TwistPad

Ynote Classic

Notepas

FoldingText

Devpad

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