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24 alternatives to Syntaxic

A featureful text editor for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Syntaxic launched in 2015; 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
   CotEditor▲102

   The free plain-text editor for OS X

   2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Fixkey▲583

   Grammarly for powerusers

   2024 · fixkey.ai · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Grammarly▲385

   Clear, effective, mistake-free writing.

   2014 · grammarly.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Squire▲123

   The <textarea> of the future. A HTML5 rich text editor.

   2014 · neilj.github.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Micro▲88

   A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Brackets 1.0▲190

   An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Macaw▲90

   A simple code editor for Swift

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Left▲383

   A minimalist multi-platform text editor

   2018 · hundredrabbits.itch.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Macro▲149

    A super focused image editor for the Mac

    2017 · macroapp.co · its alternatives →

11. 11
    TextMate 2.0▲155

    Powerful and customizable text editor for Mac

    2019 · macromates.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Katib▲99

    A Markdown Editor for Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Hebrew

    2014 · katibapp.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Deep Grammar▲128

    Grammar checker based on deep learning

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    MarkRight▲84

    A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    A simple, tiny Vim and kilo-inspired editor▲120

    A dead simple editor. Contribute to hellerve/e development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Liquid Text 2.0▲157

    A better way to understand text - across multiple documents

    2016 · liquidtext.net · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Typewriter▲72

    A Text Editor with No Features

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Trix▲184

    A rich text editor for everyday writing

    2015 · trix-editor.org · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Fuck▲108

    Automatically corrects your command line mistakes

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Monaco Editor▲98

    A browser based code editor

    2016 · microsoft.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21T
    Tidy▲134

    Fix grammar in any Mac app with one shortcut

    Sep 2026 · greene-squares.github.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Editorially▲95

    Collaborative writing tool

    2013 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    A text editor with a programming language▲6

    2023 · lambdaway.free.fr · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Lime Text▲76

    Open Source code editor

    2014 · limetext.org · 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 →