jdTextEdit Alternatives

Notepad++

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

Features:

• Lightweight
• Code formatting
• Tabbed interface
• Custom Language Definitions
• Customer support
• Support for Javascript
• Macros
• Portable
• Auto-saving
• Autocompletion
• Block edit
• Built-in editor
• Color coding
• Column edit mode
• Configurable
• Debugger
• Developer Tools
• Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
• Support for FTP
• Integrated Search
• Live Preview
• Multiple languages
• Multiple Open Tabs
• Native GUI
• Plugin manager
• Support for regular expressions
• Side-by-Side comparison

Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. ...

Features:

• Lightweight
• Package Control
• Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
• Customizable
• Multiple cursors
• Syntax Highlighting
• Font Ligature Support
• High-dpi support
• Plugins
• Simple text editor
• Text editing
• Auto-saving
• Autocompletion
• Automatic packaging
• Clean design
• Code completion
• Directory structure
• Fullscreen support
• Memory footprint
• Minimap
• Distraction-free UI
• Php
• Plugin API
• Portable
• Python
• Ruby
• Scriptwriting Assistant
• Syntax Highlighting
• Auto-Refresh

Atom

Extensible, cross-platform text editor with a rich ecosystem of plugins and themes.

Features:

• Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
• Customizable
• Support for Themes
• Community based
• Package Control
• GIT support
• Teletype
• GitHub integration
• Hackable
• Syntax Highlighting
• Autocompletion
• Clean design
• Code completion
• Collaborative writing
• Electron based
• Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
• Folder Hierarchy
• Fuzzy Finder
• Gitlab integration
• Interior Design
• Live collaboration
• Minimap
• Modular System
• Multiple languages
• Multiple cursors
• Night mode/Dark Theme
• Distraction-free UI
• Package Manager
• Plugin API
• Plugin manager
• Real time collaboration
• Separated workspaces
• Support for NodeJS
• Tabbed interface
• Unit Testing

Visual Studio Code

Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.

Features:

• Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
• Lightweight
• Built-in Terminal
• Autocompletion
• Intellisense
• Customizable
• Syntax Highlighting
• Code completion
• GIT support
• Plugins
• C++ support
• C# Scripting
• C support
• Graphical interface
• IDE
• Support for Javascript
• MarkDown support
• Multiple cursors
• Night mode/Dark Theme
• Ruby support
• Source code debugging
• Supports loads of file formats
• Supports Python
• Bugs
• Code formatting
• Code navigation
• Color coding of code
• Electron based
• Embedded debugger
• Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
• Extensions
• Git integration
• Mercurial support
• Minimap
• PHP IDE
• Remote Debugging
• Run Android Apps on Desktop
• Support for NodeJS
• Version and Source control

gedit

Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with...

Features:

• Lightweight
• Autocompletion
• Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
• Spell checking
• Syntax Highlighting

Geany

Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other...

Features:

• Better syntax highlighting support
• Debian package compatible
• FOSS
• IDE
• Lightweight
• Multiplatform
• Shell integration
• Support for Themes
• Automatic Indentation
• Built-in Terminal
• Code navigation
• Customizable
• Support for Large File
• Minimalistic
• Portable
• Shortcut keys
• Spell checking
• Syntax Highlighting
• Vim plugin

GNU Emacs

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...

Features:

• Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
• Cross-platform
• Customizable
• Editable text color schemes
• Extensions
• Syntax Highlighting
• IDE
• IDE All Languages
• Package Control
• Scripting
• Self-documenting
• Terminal-based

GNU nano

GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column...

Features:

• Command line interface
• Automatic Indentation
• Search and replace
• Terminal-based

Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit is a fast, smart, free and open-source code editor. Switching your trusty code editor is hard, but give Komodo Edit (or its big brother...

Kate

The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and...

Features:

• Editable text color schemes
• Native application
• Built-in Terminal
• Built-in themes
• Code formatting
• File management
• MarkDown support
• Notetaking
• Support for regular expressions
• Syntax Highlighting
• Tabbed interface
• Themes