The Best 62 WordPad Alternatives

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    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

  • TextEdit icon

    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

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    Nisus Writer

    Nisus Writer feels like home with support for Mac OS X autosave, document versioning, and iCloud. Built from the same core as Nisus Writer Pro, Express features the same...

    Commercial Mac OS X

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    Fidus Writer

    Fidus Writer is an online collaborative LaTeX editor especially made for academics who need to use citations and/or formulas.

    Free Open Source Web

  • AbleWord icon

    AbleWord

    AbleWord is a very capable word processing application that can read and write most popular document formats including PDF's.

    Free Windows

  • WebODF icon

    WebODF

    WebODF is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to add Open Document Format (ODF) support to your website and to your mobile or desktop application. It uses HTML and CSS to display ODF documents.

    Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted

  • Documents Viewer icon

    Documents Viewer

    Documents Viewer allows you to preview Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents on iPad as Microsoft Office originally displays them. Documents Viewer gives possibility to...

    Freemium iPad

  • QJot icon

    QJot

    QJot is a relatively small, completely USB portable, alternative rich text editor with Unicode support that saves text files, inserts images and more. Its native...

    Free Windows

    Portable Support for Unicode
  • JustNotepad.com icon

    JustNotepad.com

    A free online notepad allows you to create any text or notes in your web browser. No login required, no sign up required.

    Free Web

  • iText icon

    iText

    iText is an intuitive and refined text editor with word processing completely rewritten in Cocoa (so works with Afloat), and is suitable for both Power PC and Intel...

    Freemium Mac OS X iPhone iPad

  • Angel Writer icon

    Angel Writer

    Angel Writer is a free text editor allowing you to create impressive documents that contain formatted text, graphics and tables. You can learn how to work with Angel...

    Free Windows

  • Aspose.Words for Android icon

    Aspose.Words for Android

    Aspose.Words for Android is a Java word processing component that enables developers to generate, modify, convert and render Word documents within their Android applications. Aspose.

    Commercial Android

  • SSuite NoteBook Editor icon

    SSuite NoteBook Editor

    SSuite NoteBook Editor is a free portable text editor that has all the functionality to start you on writing that important novel, short-story or article, with enough...

    Free Windows

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    Mariner Write

    Mariner Write is your Mac OS X go-to word processing tool if your a professional writer, educator or student.

    Commercial Mac OS X

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    DevVicky

    DevVicky Word is a stable, feature-savvy word processor unbound by a proprietary file formats. Besides handling an equally impressive number of file formats, DevVicky...

    Free Windows