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24 alternatives to TextMate

code and markup brought to the 21st century

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. TextMate launched in 2014; 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
   Penflip▲119

   A social writing platform

   2013 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Capsule▲148

   Text the future

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Hugg▲66

   Make your texts beautiful

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Quip 5.0▲225

   Now with project management and a new design

   2017 · quip.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Text It▲94

   Visually build interactive SMS applications.

   2014 · textit.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Context▲67

   fast visual texting

   2013 · trycontext.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Trext▲91

   Automated text message conversations

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Code Words▲73

   A quarterly publication about programming from Hacker School

   2014 · codewords.recurse.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Voten▲73

    Social bookmarking for the 21st Century

    2017 · voten.co · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Peggsite▲103

    A one-page board to express yourself

    2014 · peggsite.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Innoz▲88

    Connecting the unconnected

    2014 · offlineinternet.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Librify▲76

    Reading with friends

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Scripted▲140

    The new way to create original content

    2014 · scripted.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    TextCraft▲66

    Slack as old-school MUD client

    2015 · textcraft.co · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Codecrap▲93

    Where developers go to laugh and cry

    2014 · codecrap.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Gum▲123

    The social network of things

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Fluky▲105

    A friendly randomiser

    2014 · fluky.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Sopler▲83

    A real-time, collaborative to-do list

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Floobits▲69

    Code together, apart

    2014 · premierdelaclasse.lol · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Village▲72

    Spontaneous Opportunities to Connect

    2015 · hellovillagers.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Product Punch▲87

    Mash up tech products with new contexts

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    FoldingText▲83

    Plain text productivity for geeks

    2014 · foldingtext.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Word Perhect▲59

    the artistic online word processor

    2014 · wordperhect.net · 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 →