Alternatives

Products that do what WideArea – an expandable textarea does

1. 1
   Squire▲123

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

   2014

2. 2BJ
   Behave.js – Coding Behaviors for textarea elements▲180

   2013 · jakiestfu.github.com

3. 3TT
   Tiled Text – a Different Approach to Editing Text▲332

   2013 · tiledtext.com

4. 4AT
   A Tiny IME-Based Text Expander for Mac – MIT Licensed▲35

   2015 · github.com

5. 5OS
   Open source non-linear notepad app▲222

   2018 · getmicropad.com

6. 6GM
   Gutenberg – Modern CSS framework to print the web correctly▲305

   2017 · github.com

7. 7AI
   An in-browser text editor to easily create static HTML▲140

   2022 · triplelog.com

8. 8WO
   Wysihtml – Open-source rich text editor for web apps▲215

   2014 · github.com

9. 9SA
   Slide – an open-source plain text presentation maker▲105

   2016 · trikita.co

10. 10
    Brackets 1.0▲190

    An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

    2014

11. 11NB
    Napkin – Build back-end functions in the browser▲158

    2021 · napkin.io

12. 12WA
    Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)▲133

    2017 · github.com

13. 13AS
    A small (less than 2 kb) CSS framework▲79

    2013 · andhart.github.io

14. 14PA
    Popline – An HTML5 Rich Text Editor Toolbar▲55

    2013 · kenshin54.github.io

15. 15BC
    Bepis – Crazy Format for HTML+CSS in JavaScript▲55

    2020 · github.com

16. 16HN
    HTML-Notepad – A WYSIWYG editor of structured documents▲95

    2018 · html-notepad.com

17. 17AD
    a distraction-free Markdown editor▲74

    2012 · pencil.asleepysamurai.com

18. 18PL
    Paperman – LaTeX editor with a Markdown feel▲120

    2014 · paperman.patricklorio.com

19. 19TA
    TypeIt – A Versatile JavaScript Animated Typing Utility▲87

    2021 · typeitjs.com

20. 20RT
    Rich Text Math Editing on the Web with Markdown and AsciiMath▲45

    2021 · writer.math.dev

21. 21WA
    Woofmark: a modular, progressive Markdown and HTML editor▲58

    2015 · github.com

22. 22A2
    Andedit 2, a text editor for Android▲26

    2013 · andedit.com

23. 23AM
    A Markdown Notepad App▲57

    2019 · github.com

24. 245A
    5iler – a repurposable minimalist notepad▲46

    2014 · 5iler.com

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