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24 alternatives to Escriba

Online text editor

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Escriba launched in 2014; 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
   Editorially▲95

   Collaborative writing tool

   2013 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Brackets 1.0▲190

   An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Dante Editor▲96

   Another Medium WYSIWYG editor

   2014 · michelson.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Lime Text▲76

   Open Source code editor

   2014 · limetext.org · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Wick Editor▲88

   The Internet's free and open-source creation suite

   2016 · wickeditor.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Typewriter▲248

   Your on-demand editor

   2016 · typewriter.plus · its alternatives →

8. 8
   1Writer▲83

   Beautiful & easy to use Markdown editor w/ powerful features

   2014 · 1writerapp.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Mou▲73

   Markdown editor for web developers

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Trix▲184

    A rich text editor for everyday writing

    2015 · trix-editor.org · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Katib▲99

    A Markdown Editor for Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Hebrew

    2014 · katibapp.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    PDF Expert 2▲150

    Fast, robust and beautiful PDF editor

    2016 · pdfexpert.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Typewriter▲72

    A Text Editor with No Features

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Monaco Editor▲98

    A browser based code editor

    2016 · microsoft.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    CotEditor▲102

    The free plain-text editor for OS X

    2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Tinypress▲118

    Online editor for your Github page blog

    2014 · tinypress.co · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Word Perhect▲59

    the artistic online word processor

    2014 · wordperhect.net · its alternatives →

18. 18
    EME▲92

    Elegant Markdown editor

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Typed▲104

    New Markdown Editor for Mac by Realmac Software (pre-launch)

    2014 · realmacsoftware.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Micro▲88

    A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    PostScripting▲111

    Proofreading and editing done right

    2015 · postscripting.net · its alternatives →

22. 22
    FontLab VI▲113

    Next-generation professional font editor

    2015 · fontlab.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Text Editor▲5

    Text Editor Online & Free Word Editor software

    2019 · grammarchecker.net · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Komando▲67

    IRC for people who write code

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →