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1. VIM

• Category: Text Editors
• Platforms: Windows Mac Linux
• Tags: text editorvi

VIM is an open-source configurable text editor for UNIX. VIM is an acronym for Vi IMproved. Its original author is Bram Moolenaar. Its initial release was on 2nd November 1991 and its stable release was on 12th December 2019. It is written in VIM script and C. It uses Unix,...

2. Sublime Text

• Category: Text Editors
• Platforms: Windows
• Tags: text editor

Sublime Text is a source code editor that natively supports programming and markup languages. Its functionality can also be expanded with the use of plugins and be able to maintain its free software licensed in the long run. It was developed by Sublime HQ in January 2008, 14 years ago,...

3. Visual Studio Code

• Category: IDEs
• Platforms: Windows Mac Linux
• Tags: developmentidetext editor

Visual Studio Code is a free cross-platform code editor for the .NET platform. It was created by the same team that created the popular Team Foundation Server. It has features such as code folding and tabbed editing.

Visual Studio Code is a cross-platform development environment (IDE). It can run Node.js...

4. NotePad++

• Category: Text Editors
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: text editor

NotePad++ is an open source text editing software launched by DonHo in 2003. This software supports different code languages and was designed for Microsoft Windows but can also be used on Linux.

NotePad++ can be used for writing, editing and saving documents, and also for editing files that contain different...

5. GoodNotes

• Category: Word Processors
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: word processorpdf annotation

GoodNotes is a beautiful and powerful PDF annotating and organizing App. It allows you to read, mark up, review, and share your documents. Whether you process business contracts or use annotations on notes and textbooks this software is the ultimate companion for your needs. It includes optical character recognition technology...

6. Microsoft Word

• Category: Word Processors
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: word processor

Microsoft's native word processing suite.

7. Brackets

• Category: Text Editors
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: text editor

Brackets is a source code editor that was launched in 2017 by Adobe Systems. It is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS and was written in JavaScript, HTML and CSS. This software is one the most common ones among the website developers since it has multiple useful features for...

8. WPS Office Writer Free

• Category: Word Processors
• Platforms: Windows Mac iOS Android
• Tags: word processor

WPS Office Free Writer is a free alternative software program for Microsoft office, it is available for Windows, Android, IOS, and Linux making it available for cross platforms. Its functions are similar to the Microsoft office making it very easy to use and having a friendly user interface, perhaps its...

9. LibreOffice

• Category: Office & Productivity
• Platforms: Windows Mac Linux
• Tags: word processorofficespreadsheet

LibreOffice is a free and open-source application that you can use to perform tasks like word processing, spreadsheet calculations, and presentation. The original author was Star Division and it was developed by The Document Foundation in January 2011. Its stable release was 11 years later in 2022. It can be...

10. LibreOffice Writer

• Category: Word Processors
• Platforms: Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: word processor

LibreOffice is an open code productivity software that was launched in 2010. It was developed by some members of the OpenOffice.org comunity, who thought that users should be have the freedom to execute, copy, study and change the software they distributed for free. It was developed in C++, Python, and...

11. Microsoft Publisher

• Category: Office & Productivity
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac Linux
• Tags: word processorexport to pdfdesktop publisher

Microsoft Publisher is a software made for desktop publishing developed by Microsoft although it is similar to the famous Microsoft Word it differs in certain page layouts and design. It is best used for writing and publishing academic, and business papers due to its design and interface that is easy...

12. FreeOffice TextMaker

• Category: Word Processors
• Platforms: Windows Mac Linux
• Tags: word processorexport to pdf

FreeOffice is the free version of SoftMaker Office, which was developed in 1987 by a german company called SoftMaker Software GmbH. This free version was launched in 2006 and is compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OS. FreeOffice is an ofimatic suite that includes text processing, spreadsheet and presentation sheet...

13. FocusWriter

• Category: Word Processors
• Platforms: Windows Mac Linux
• Tags: word processor

FocusWriter is an open code software designed by Grame Gott, which was created as an alternative to other text editors to make our writing easier and free of distractions. It's interface is absolutely clean,and in comparison with other text editors it doesn't show a toolbar until we put the cursor...

14. Obsidian

• Category: Blogs
• Platforms: Windows Mac Linux
• Tags: text editorblogmarkdown

Obsidian is a powerful toolbox with 25 core plugins, 608 community plugins, and 128 themes plus custom styling; it's easy for anyone to set up a site that looks exactly how they want it. Using plain text Markdown files, one can create emails, websites, books, and presentations with access from...

15. CherryTree

• Category: Text Editors
• Platforms: Windows Mac Linux
• Tags: text editortodo listnote takingcode editor

CherryTree is a note-taking application that features rich text, highlighting, image handling, and hyperlinks with its import and export in multiple formats. This is a free hierarchical app that works well on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It helps the user to organize all the notes, bookmarks, personal information, and source...

16. Quip

• Category: Word Processors
• Platforms: Windows Mac Linux
• Tags: word processorexport to pdfspreadsheet

Quip is a productivity software founded in 2012 by Bret Taylor, who is a co-creator of the well known tool "Google Maps" and an ex worker of Facebook Inc.. It was firstly launched as a website in 2012 but one year later the company launched a mobile phone app. This...