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24 alternatives to NXT Editor
The best app for working with raw text (.txt) files
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. NXT Editor launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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HextEdit is a fast, native hex editor for macOS. View and edit the raw bytes of any file, inspect binary data with the byte inspector, and search large files without waiting.
2021 · hextedit.app · its alternatives →
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InstaText▲175AI-based editing tool that helps you improve your text
2021 · instatext.io · its alternatives →
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After having cycled through various CLI-based todo apps, I started to realise that I actually don’t need a tool at all for managing my todos. Most of the time, my use cases are quite simple, like viewing my todo items, checking them off, or adding a new one. Rather than having to memorise CLI commands for these interactions (which I’m not super good at), I figured that it’s easier for me to use my text editor directly, and have an editor plugin help me with the visual structure and some convenience functionality. So, kind-of similar to Emacs Org Mode, but without having to use Emacs. I…
2022 · its alternatives →
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Todotxt+▲93Plain Text task management on iOS, based on Todo.txt
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · simpdf.com · its alternatives →
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Cleartext▲307A text editor that allows only the 1,000 most common words
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · tiledtext.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · txxt.app · its alternatives →
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Text editor that generates static HTML files with many ready-to-add components.
2022 · triplelog.com · its alternatives →
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A cms for absolute minimalists. Contribute to schollz/rwtxt development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Private, minimal, offline .txt editor for iPhone
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Liquid Text 2.0▲157A better way to understand text - across multiple documents
2016 · liquidtext.net · its alternatives →
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Highlight any text to instantly translate and explain it.
2025 · explaintxt.com · its alternatives →
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Pretext▲142A powerful, clean Markdown & plain text editor for iOS 📝
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Save anything, and actually get to it later
2023 · getupnext.com · its alternatives →
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