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24 alternatives to sky

A text editor written in the Skew 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. sky launched in 2016; 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
   Macaw▲90

   A simple code editor for Swift

   2017 · github.com · 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
   A text editor with a programming language▲6

   2023 · lambdaway.free.fr · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Katib▲99

   A Markdown Editor for Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Hebrew

   2014 · katibapp.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
   KeenWrite, a Desktop Text Editor▲6

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Liquid Text 2.0▲157

   A better way to understand text - across multiple documents

   2016 · liquidtext.net · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Lime Text▲76

   Open Source code editor

   2014 · limetext.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Max▲107

    A visual programming language for media

    2017 · cycling74.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    MarkRight▲84

    A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    CotEditor▲102

    The free plain-text editor for OS X

    2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    NW.js▲77

    A new way of writing desktop apps with Web technologies

    2015 · nwjs.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Fulvid▲86

    A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Editorially▲95

    Collaborative writing tool

    2013 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Maybe Haskell▲60

    See what it’s like to program in a language without null.

    2015 · books.thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Juno▲64

    A powerful environment for the Julia language

    2014 · junolab.org · its alternatives →

19. 19
    CodePad▲3

    Collaborative text editor and compiler for pair programming

    2015 · codeinterview.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    ShallowParse▲6

    A text editor for creative writing

    2014 · shallowparse.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Wolfram Cloud▲63

    The power of the Wolfram language in the cloud

    2014 · wolfram.com · its alternatives →

22. 22KA
    KAEditor – AI Code Editor▲9

    2025 · kaeditor.com · its alternatives →

23. 23TA
    tut, an open platform for programming tutorials▲8

    2013 · king-tutorial.com · its alternatives →

24. 24AA
    Awl, a toy Lisp language written in C and transpiled to JavaScript▲8

    2014 · skepsi.me · its alternatives →

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