Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Discusr Editor launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   CotEditor▲102

   The free plain-text editor for OS X

   2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A text editor with a programming language▲6

   2023 · lambdaway.free.fr · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Atom▲145

   A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

   2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Brackets 1.0▲190

   An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Editorially▲95

   Collaborative writing tool

   2013 · its alternatives →

6. 6UÉ
   Un éditeur de texte extensible▲5

   2024 · lambdaway.fr · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Squire▲123

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

   2014 · neilj.github.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   editorr▲116

   Get instant writing help from real editors.

   2016 · editorr.com · its alternatives →

9. 9MM
   Malarkdowney, Markdown Editor▲5

   2024 · andrewbaxter.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Macaw▲90

    A simple code editor for Swift

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    KeenWrite, a Desktop Text Editor▲6

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    steeditor▲5

    An advanced post editor, for all levels of users!

    2018 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    My Bookmarklet Editor▲9

    2023 · gibney.org · its alternatives →

14. 14KA
    KAEditor – AI Code Editor▲9

    2025 · kaeditor.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    SuperMeditor▲14

    Community of Medium editors

    2016 · supermeditor.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Man Hair Salon Photo Editor▲6

    Salon Photo Editor

    2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17BN
    Better notepad▲5

    2012 · notepadbin.appspot.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Scribe▲4

    A rich text editor framework for the web platform.

    2016 · guardian.github.io · its alternatives →

19. 19TE
    Text Editor for creating Voice Over Audio▲8

    2019 · play.ht · its alternatives →

20. 20GP
    Girih pattern editor▲9

    2014 · girih-edit.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    ShallowParse▲6

    A text editor for creative writing

    2014 · shallowparse.com · its alternatives →

22. 22AL
    A lean HTML editor with instant preview▲8

    2021 · no-gravity.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Stack Exchange Engineering Blog▲7

    2015 · blog.stackexchange.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Ace▲6

    The High Performance Code Editor for the Web

    2016 · ace.c9.io · 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 →