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Top 10 CodePen Alternatives & Competitors

(95)4.6 out of 5

Explore the best alternatives to CodePen for users who need new software features or want to try different solutions. Other important factors to consider when researching alternatives to CodePen include features and projects. The best overall CodePen alternative is Visual Studio Code. Other similar apps like CodePen are Atom, Sublime Text, Notepad++, and UltraEdit. CodePen alternatives can be found in Text Editor Software.

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  1. Visual Studio Code

    (2,343)4.7 out of 5
  2. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.

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    Reviewers say compared to CodePen, Visual Studio Code is:

    Better at meeting requirements
    Better at support
    #2
  3. Atom

    By Atom
    (767)4.4 out of 5
  4. Atom is a desk application based on web technologies that allows you to take control of your editor with CSS and other features.

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  5. Sublime Text

    (1,744)4.5 out of 5
  6. Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.

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    Reviewers say compared to CodePen, Sublime Text is:

    Better at meeting requirements
    #4
  7. Notepad++

    (2,358)4.6 out of 5
  8. Notepad++ is a source code editor and notepad replacement that supports several languages in a MS Windows environment with Syntax highlighing and folding, PCRE, customizable GUI, auto-completion and more.

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    Reviewers say compared to CodePen, Notepad++ is:

    Better at meeting requirements
    More usable
    #5
  9. UltraEdit

    (1,121)4.7 out of 5
  10. UltraEdit is a powerful text editor and code editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux that supports nearly any programming language and easily handles huge (4+ GB) files. Includes (S)FTP, SSH console, powerful find/replace with Perl regex support, scripting / macros, and more.

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    Reviewers say compared to CodePen, UltraEdit is:

    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements
    More expensive
    #6
  11. Brackets

    (255)4.4 out of 5
  12. Brackets is a text editor tool that makes it easy to design in the browser, it iss crafted from the ground up for web designers and front-end developers.

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  13. TextPad

    (142)4.4 out of 5
  14. TextPad7.4 is a powerful, general purpose editor for plain text files. Easy to use, with all the features a power user requires.

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  15. GNU Emacs

    (83)4.5 out of 5
  16. GNU Emacs is a customizable text editor that is an interpreter and dialect with extension to support text editing with content-sensitive editing modes, built-in documentation, Unicode support, and more.

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    Reviewers say compared to CodePen, GNU Emacs is:

    Better at meeting requirements
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  17. EditPlus

    (99)4.4 out of 5
  18. Advanced text editor with FTP, FTPS and sftp capabilities from ES-Computing.

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    Reviewers say compared to CodePen, EditPlus is:

    More expensive
    More usable
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  19. BBEdit

    (63)4.5 out of 5
  20. BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for Macintosh that provides features for editing, searching, and minipulation of text for web authors and software developers.

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    Reviewers say compared to CodePen, BBEdit is:

    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements