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24 alternatives to A text editor with a programming language

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A text editor with a programming language launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Atom▲145

   A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

   2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Brackets 1.0▲190

   An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3UÉ
   Un éditeur de texte extensible▲5

   2024 · lambdaway.fr · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Macaw▲90

   A simple code editor for Swift

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   KeenWrite, a Desktop Text Editor▲6

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Squire▲123

   The <textarea> of the future. A HTML5 rich text editor.

   2014 · neilj.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Atavist▲116

   A web-based word processor as beautiful as Medium

   2015 · magazine.atavist.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   sky▲1

   A text editor written in the Skew programming language

   2016 · evanw.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Collaborative text editing in ~220 lines of JavaScript▲5

   2021 · git.ce9e.org · its alternatives →

10. 10TE
    Text Editor for creating Voice Over Audio▲8

    2019 · play.ht · its alternatives →

11. 11AK
    A keyboard-centric flowchart editor▲6

    2021 · knotend.com · its alternatives →

12. 12KA
    KAEditor – AI Code Editor▲9

    2025 · kaeditor.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    CodePad▲3

    Collaborative text editor and compiler for pair programming

    2015 · codeinterview.io · its alternatives →

14. 14UU
    Universal Underlined Text Generator▲5

    2019 · beautifuldingbats.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Prototype of a pair programming tool without special editors▲5

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AM
    Advanced Markdown Editor for Standard Notes▲5

    2017 · standardnotes.org · its alternatives →

17. 17AG
    A grid based editor for Markdown tables, CSV, Gherkin tables, HTML▲9

    2021 · eviltester.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    ShallowParse▲6

    A text editor for creative writing

    2014 · shallowparse.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Scribe▲4

    A rich text editor framework for the web platform.

    2016 · guardian.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Modern Editor – text editor optimized for Windows 10▲5

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Syntaxic▲6

    A featureful text editor for Windows, Mac and Linux.

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22LI
    Lexical.io – A web app for reading English text▲9

    2016 · lexical.io · its alternatives →

23. 23PW
    Progressive Web App “An Easy Programming Language”▲5

    2018 · easyprog.app · its alternatives →

24. 24TD
    The Discusr Editor▲7

    2014 · discusr.com · its alternatives →

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