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Notepad++Sublime Text
Free

Free as in speech and free as in beer, in the author’s own words, under the GNU General…

 Paid

A personal licence is a one-off payment covering three years of updates. The unlimited…

Windows Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Opens instantly and uses little memory, thanks to pure Win32 and the Scintilla component
  • Syntax highlighting for many programming and natural languages, with tabs and split view
  • Opens instantly and handles very large files without stalling
  • Multiple cursors and goto-anything are still best in class
  • Windows only; there is no official macOS or Linux build
  • The plugin ecosystem is older and less active than that of modern editors
  • Paid software, and the evaluation nags on every save
  • Closed source
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License: GPL-3.0 License not stated
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Works offline Works offline

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