Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to UltraEdit

The most flexible, powerful and secure text editor out there

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. UltraEdit launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   FlexEdit.app▲88

   Powerful Editor for creating and managing Instructions.

   2024 · flexedit.app · its alternatives →

2. 2
   BBEdit▲79

   Professional text editor that doesn’t suck.®

   2015 · barebones.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   AiEditor▲589

   An open source AI-powered rich text editor

   2024 · aieditor.dev · its alternatives →

4. 4
   A renderless and extendable rich-text editor for Vue.js▲278

   The headless rich text editor framework for web artisans. - ueberdosis/tiptap

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   CKEditor 5▲74

   Real-time collaborative WYSIWYG rich text editor.

   2018 · ckeditor.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   TextMate 2.0▲155

   Powerful and customizable text editor for Mac

   2019 · macromates.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Medium Editor▲266

   The dead simple inline editor toolbar

   2016 · yabwe.github.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Sublime Text 4▲516

   The sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose

   2021 · sublimetext.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Refly▲492

   Smart editor that helps you write better content, faster

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Atom▲145

    A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

    2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

11. 11
    CreativeEditor SDK▲221

    Empower your users with an easy-to-use design editor

    2021 · img.ly · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Stately Editor Beta▲149

    Visually create and simulate complex app logic, workflows

    2022 · stately.ai · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Yoopta-Editor▲334

    Open-source text-editor

    2024 · yoopta.dev · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Trix▲184

    A rich text editor for everyday writing

    2015 · trix-editor.org · its alternatives →

15. 15
    NXT Editor▲71

    The best app for working with raw text (.txt) files

    2020 · alexhawking.itch.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Micro Editor▲77

    a modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

    2017 · micro-editor.github.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    TextFlex▲179

    Text editor & HTML viewer for iOS

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    small▲149

    The ultra lightweight code editor for OS X.

    2016 · mediachicken.com · its alternatives →

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    Treee▲71

    A tree-structured text editor

    2020 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    StackEdit▲82

    In-browser markdown editor

    2021 · stackedit.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    CodeEdit▲157

    Elevate your code editing experience

    2024 · codeedit.app · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Polish▲117

    Turn your browser into a powerful UX writing tool!

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    FocusedEdit – a classic Macintosh to web browser shared text editor▲83

    I built a classic Macintosh text editor that allows users to do shared bidirection live editing with a web browser on a modern computer. Essentially it allows allows you to really quickly and easily share and edit text snippets on a classic Macintosh. I've tested the software on System 2.0 through System 7.6.1, but it should work on all PPC and 68k Macintoshes running up to MacOS 9.2.2 assuming they have a modem serial port available. In addition to the github repository, I wrote up a blog post here:…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Flexible Editor – An Open Source Flex-Box Based Layout Editor▲40

    2016 · briandiehr.com · 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 →