The Best 112 Scratch Alternatives

  • UltraEdit icon

    UltraEdit

    UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • SciTE icon

    SciTE

    SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Xfce

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    jEdit

    jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with a large collection of plugins.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • 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

  • Smultron

    Smultron is a text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users.

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • Leafpad

    Leafpad is a lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux BSD MacPorts Cygwin

  • programmers notepad

    Notepad more focused on developing than just scribble down notes. These is not an exhaustive feature list, but gives you some idea of the features present in Programmer’s Notepad.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • TextPad

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

    Commercial Windows

  • metapad

    Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • ReText

    ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

  • BBEdit

    BBEdit is the leading professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh.

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • Intype

    Intype is a powerful and intuitive code editor for Windows with lightning fast response. It is easily extensible and customizable, thanks in part to its support for scripting and native plug-ins.

    Commercial Windows

  • TextEdit

    When you need to create text documents, TextEdit is a highly versatile word processor, including tools to format and layout your page, edit and stylize text, check spelling, create tables and lists, import graphics, work with HTML, and...

    Free Mac OS X

  • Editra

    Editra is a multi-platform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy to use interface and features that aid in code development.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux