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24 alternatives to Sublime Text 3.0

The long awaited version 3 of the popular code editor

Sublime Text 3.0 is a code editor featuring a refreshed user interface, new color schemes, and updated icon. It includes improved syntax highlighting, touch input support on Windows, Touch Bar integration on macOS, and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sublime Text 3.0 launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Sophisticated Text Editor For Code

    2014 · sublimetext.com · its alternatives →

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    The sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose

    2021 · sublimetext.com · its alternatives →

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    Ever wonder how so many great developers seem to get so much done? You probably aren't getting enough out of your text editor. Invest in your text editor skillset.

    2014 · sublimetextbook.com · its alternatives →

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    Make your writing bold and clear, send to Medium/Wordpress

    2017 · hemingwayapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Discover a powerful Git GUI Client for Mac, Windows and Linux, from the makers of Sublime Text. Line-by-line Staging. Commit Editing. Unmatched Performance.

    2018 · sublimemerge.com · its alternatives →

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    Minimalist, text editor-based task management for macOS

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Microsoft's cross-platform text editor for developers

    2016 · code.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    An editor that makes your writing bold and clear

    2015 · hemingwayapp.com · its alternatives →

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    A step-by-step setup guide for Mac, Windows, and Linux

    2016 · realpython.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn Sublime Text from a tutor who sits inside the editor

    2016 · sublimetutor.com · its alternatives →

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    Free mood-inducing text editor

    2020 · frostwriter.com · its alternatives →

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    CodeEdit▲157

    Elevate your code editing experience

    2024 · codeedit.app · its alternatives →

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    Left▲383

    A minimalist multi-platform text editor

    2018 · hundredrabbits.itch.io · its alternatives →

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    Course that believes your coding time is valuable.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Build, edit and manage fonts on your Mac

    2021 · glyphsapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Atom v1.0▲423

    The modern & hackable text editor from GitHub

    2015 · github.blog · its alternatives →

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    Update for the super fast, beautiful and free font manager

    2017 · fontba.se · its alternatives →

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    Show HN: Tiptap Editor 3.0 Beta is out. Hi HN! Philip here from Tiptap (https://tiptap.dev/). We're excited to announce Tiptap 3.0 Beta, a major upgrade built with and for the open source community. It's still extension-based, still unopinionated, but we've tackled some of the biggest developer headaches: Enhanced TypeScript support: Strong typing for extension storage and config options. Server-side compatibility: Manipulate editor content on the server, no DOM required. JSX support: Leverage a modern, React/Vue-like approach to describing your node output. Expanded…

    2025 · tiptap.dev · its alternatives →

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    I set about coding my own version of the classic MS-DOS EDIT.COM for GNU/Linux systems four years ago and it this is where the project is at... still rough around the edges but works well with Termux! :) Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7bneUX_kVA

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Caret▲265

    Beautiful and clever Markdown editor for Mac and PC

    2017 · caret.io · its alternatives →

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    Powerful and customizable text editor for Mac

    2019 · macromates.com · its alternatives →

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    I built Fresh to challenge the status quo that terminal editing must require a steep learning curve or endless configuration. My goal was to create a fast, resource-efficient TUI editor with the usability and features of a modern GUI editor (like a command palette, mouse support, and LSP integration). Core Philosophy: - Ease-of-Use: Fundamentally non-modal. Prioritizes standard keybindings and a minimal learning curve. - Efficiency: Uses a lazy-loading piece tree to avoid loading huge files into RAM - reads only what's needed for user interactions. Coded in Rust. - Extensibility: Uses…

    Dec 2025 · sinelaw.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Tweaked and refined Sublime Text theme based on the original cobalt. - GitHub - wesbos/cobalt2: Tweaked and refined Sublime Text theme based on the original cobalt.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CSS.GUI▲201

    Open source visual editors for everything in the CSS spec

    2022 · components.ai · its alternatives →

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