Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to GitHub

Your powerful publishing rich text editor. Contribute to abdulrahman-mh/textrix development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   Medium Editor▲266

   The dead simple inline editor toolbar

   2016 · yabwe.github.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Wysihtml – Open-source rich text editor for web apps▲215

   Open source rich text editor for the modern web. Contribute to Voog/wysihtml development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   We've open-sourced our bootstrapped startup, ShareLaTeX▲276

   A web-based collaborative LaTeX editor. Contribute to overleaf/overleaf development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Atom v1.0▲423

   The modern & hackable text editor from GitHub

   2015 · github.blog · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Lite – A small, fast text editor▲607

   A lightweight text editor written in Lua. Contribute to rxi/lite development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   AiEditor▲589

   An open source AI-powered rich text editor

   2024 · aieditor.dev · its alternatives →

7. 7
   TextMate 2.0▲155

   Powerful and customizable text editor for Mac

   2019 · macromates.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   GitHub Writer▲206

   An Open Source WYSIWYG editor for GitHub

   2020 · ckeditor.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   GitHub Projects▲718

   GitHub takes on Trello with new project management tools

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    GitHub for Atom▲311

    Git and GitHub integration right inside Atom

    2017 · github.blog · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Visual Studio Code 1.0▲309

    Microsoft's cross-platform text editor for developers

    2016 · code.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Postleaf▲260

    Simple & beautiful open source blogging platform.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Trix▲184

    A rich text editor for everyday writing

    2015 · trix-editor.org · its alternatives →

14. 14
    GitBook – Build beautiful programming books using GitHub and Markdown▲442

    GitBook is a knowledge platform that connects your docs, product and users, answers user questions, and identifies knowledge gaps. Docs-as-code support & AI insights included.

    2014 · gitbook.io · its alternatives →

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    Rustpad, a self-hosted online collaborative text editor▲143

    Efficient and minimal collaborative code editor, self-hosted, no database required - ekzhang/rustpad

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Kraa 1.0▲359

    Hi HN! Excited to share the public beta of Kraa – a web-based markdown editor. It's aiming to be distraction-free and has strong separation of the document's styling from the experience of writing it — while still alowing for rich customization. Example of a leaf with custom styles: https://kraa.io/kraa/examples/echolibrary Curious about your feedback in hopes of improving Kraa before the planned launch later this year.

    Dec 2025 · kraa.io · its alternatives →

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    Yoopta-Editor▲334

    Open-source text-editor

    2024 · yoopta.dev · its alternatives →

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    Iota – a text editor written in Rust▲221

    A terminal-based text editor written in Rust. Contribute to gchp/iota development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Board For GitHub▲293

    A webview based GitHub project app with native features

    2017 · justinfincher.github.io · its alternatives →

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    CotEditor▲102

    The free plain-text editor for OS X

    2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

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    Nulis – Open Source Tree Editor for Writers▲231

    Mind-mapping software that helps writers collect and organize their knowledge, develop their ideas. Built with React, Redux, Node.js, hosted on Digital Ocean. - lumenwrites/nulis

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tweetable Rich Text▲96

    Rich text editor for a͟n͟y text box, works on 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿

    2021 · tweetable-rich-text.agiliq.com · its alternatives →

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    Scalable pan/zoom with easy authoring, arbitrary datatypes▲22

    https://github.com/tracyhenry/Kyrix Open source MIT project from Turing award winner Michael Stonebraker. Seeking contributors.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Lime Text▲76

    Open Source code editor

    2014 · limetext.org · its alternatives →

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