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Notepad NextCudaText
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

 Free

Free of charge, including for business use.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Familiar Notepad++ style editing on more platforms
  • Open source with an active community
  • Fast startup even with many plugins
  • More than 300 syntax lexers
  • Developer warns against using it for critically important work
  • Some features are buggy or only partly implemented
  • Configuration through JSON files may take getting used to
  • Many features depend on installing plugins
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License not stated
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

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