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Top 10 Textmate Alternatives & Competitors

(27)4.4 out of 5

Textmate is not the only option for Text Editor Software. Explore other competing options and alternatives. Other important factors to consider when researching alternatives to Textmate include files and features. The best overall Textmate alternative is Sublime Text. Other similar apps like Textmate are Visual Studio Code, BBEdit, Atom, and Notepad++. Textmate alternatives can be found in Text Editor Software.

Best Paid & Free Alternatives to Textmate

  • Sublime Text
  • Visual Studio Code
  • BBEdit

Top 10 Alternatives to Textmate Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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    #1
  1. Sublime Text

    (1,744)4.5 out of 5
  2. 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 Textmate, Sublime Text is:

    More expensive
    #2
  3. Visual Studio Code

    (2,343)4.7 out of 5
  4. 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 Textmate, Visual Studio Code is:

    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements
    #3
  5. BBEdit

    (63)4.5 out of 5
  6. 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 Textmate, BBEdit is:

    More expensive
    Better at support
    #4
  7. Atom

    By Atom
    (767)4.4 out of 5
  8. 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
  9. Notepad++

    (2,358)4.6 out of 5
  10. 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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    #6
  11. UltraEdit

    (1,121)4.7 out of 5
  12. 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 Textmate, UltraEdit is:

    More expensive
    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements
    #7
  13. Online Notepad

    (22)4.5 out of 5
  14. This tool is likewise a sort of notepad for those customary clients who work through the assistance of web on the internet browser.

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    Reviewers say compared to Textmate, Online Notepad is:

    More expensive
    #8
  15. Brackets

    (255)4.4 out of 5
  16. 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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    #9
  17. TextPad

    (142)4.4 out of 5
  18. 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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    Reviewers say compared to Textmate, TextPad is:

    More expensive
    #10
  19. GNU Emacs

    (83)4.5 out of 5
  20. 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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