Text Editors

Notepad++
Free
A simple, lightweight, and extensible programming plain-text editor.
EditPlus
Free Trial
A text editor, HTML editor, PHP editor, Java editor and Hex Viewer for Windows.
UltraEdit
Free Trial
The most flexible, powerful, and secure text editor.
ModernCSV
Free
The Ultimate CSV Editor/Viewer.
BowPad
Free
A small and fast text editor with a ribbon user interface and syntax highlighting.
Atom
Free
A hackable text editor for the 21st Century.
Notepad3
Free
MonsterWriter
Free
The most enjoyable desktop app for writing a thesis or paper.
Text Editor Pro
Free
Powerful text editing tool with syntax highlighting support for programming languages and scripts.
AkelPad
Free
An open source editor for plain text.
EditPad Lite
Free
A compact general-purpose text editor.
Etherpad
Free
A highly customizable open source online editor providing collaborative editing in really real-time.
GNU Emacs
Free
An extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor — and more.
Lite XL
Free
Fast, Lightweight and Powerful Text-Editing Experience.
SciTE
Free
A SCIntilla based Text Editor.
jEdit
Free
A mature programmer's text editor with hundreds of person-years of development behind it.
Kate
Free
A feature-packed text editor.
Metapad
Free
A small, fast and completely free text editor for Windows.
CotEditor
Free
The Plain-Text Editor for macOS
CudaText
Free
A powerful plain text editor, designed for programmers.