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AbiWord 2.9.4 \Pick [ 2012-11-25 | 9.39 MB | Freeware | Win 8 / Win 7 / Vista/ XP | 84483 | 4 ]
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for typing papers, letters, reports, memos, etc.

AkelPad 4.9.9 [ 2024-10-16 | 2 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 53697 | 5 ]
AkelPad is an Open Source, lightweight, and speedy text editor designed specifically for plain text. It offers a range of features for efficient editing. A portable version is also available for download.

AkelPad Portable 4.9.9 [ 2024-10-24 | 3 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Vista|XP | 293 | 5 ]
AkelPad Portable provides a fast, lightweight Open Source text editor specifically designed for working with plain text files. Also available as an installer.

Alternate Textbrowser 4.330 [ 2025-04-07 | 3 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 25433 | 5 ]
Alternate Textbrowser makes it easy to browse through text, HTML, and XML files with syntax highlighting several programming languages, including C++, Pascal, PHP, Perl, ASM, JScript, and more for free.

Angel Writer 3.2 [ 2009-05-26 | 2.09 MB | Freeware | Win7/Vista/2K/XP | 22665 | 4 ]
Angel Writer is a free text editor (like Microsoft Word) allowing you to create impressive documents that contain formatted text, graphics and tables.

Ansifilter 2.20 [ 2023-06-17 | 7 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 4081 | 5 ]
Ansifilter is an Open Source, portable program that parses common ANSI codes to remove them or to convert them to another colored text file format (HTML, TeX, LaTeX, RTF, Pango or BBCode).

AnyCase App 14.04 [ 2025-01-09 | 5 MB | Freemium | 11|10|8 | 822 | 5 ]
AnyCase App is a convenient case converter tool for Windows that saves you time by eliminating the need for manual text conversion or copying and pasting.

Atlantis Word Processor Lite 4.4.6.1 [ 2025-06-02 | 3 MB | Freemium | 11|10|8|7 | 21594 | 4 ]
Atlantis Word Processor Lite is a powerful, fast-loading companion for all your word processing tasks.

Atom 1.63.1 [ 2022-11-23 | 134-208 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 15432 | 5 ]
Atom is a text editor built with HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and Node.js integration. It runs on Electron, a framework for building cross-platform apps using web technologies.

BabelPad 16.0.0.6 [ 2024-12-05 | 8 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 25796 | 5 ]
BabelPad is a free text editor that's simple enough for anyone to use but has enough features for programmers and geeks.

Balabolka 2.15.0.898 [ 2025-06-08 | 24 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 234898 | 4 ]
Balabolka is a mildly customizable freeware text-to-speech application capable of utilizing all the installed computer voices on your PC.

Beaver Notes 4.0.0 [ 2025-05-27 | 69-199 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 727 | 5 ]
Beaver Notes is a versatile Open Source note-taking application that prioritizes user privacy and offers efficient functionality.

BeefText 16.0 [ 2022-12-31 | 12 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 11947 | 5 ]
BeefText is a time-saving tool that permits you to manage and use text snippets and common phrases, including names, addresses, or email signatures, to simplify your workflow.

Black NotePad 2.3.2.29 [ 2025-03-29 | 795 KB | Shareware $9.95+ | 11|10|8|7 | 23574 | 3 ]
Black NotePad is a free portable alternative to Microsoft Notepad with a focus on colors and fonts.

Boostnote 0.16.1 [ 2020-09-04 | 100 MB | Open Source | 10|8|7 | 14199 | 4 ]
Boostnote is an Open Source note-taking app designed for programmers and web developers.

Cobbler 2.003.009 [ 2018-09-26 | 262 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 | 2938 | 5 ]
Cobbler is a note-taking application that stores sensitive notes in a tiny fixed-size encrypted and authenticated container. µNote, by the same author, does the same thing without encryption.

CodexBanana 2.0.5.0 [ 2024-04-26 | 2 MB | Freeware | 11|10 | 233 | 5 ]
CodexBanana is a note-taking application with various features to help users efficiently organize and manage their notes.

Crypt Edit 4.10 [ 2016-10-16 | 1.1 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 15640 | 5 ]
Crypt Edit is a powerful freeware word processor.

Crypto Notepad 1.7.3 [ 2022-09-09 | 2 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 10879 | 5 ]
Crypto Notepad is a free, portable text editor that allows you to encrypt your notes.

CudaText 32-Bit 1.224.0.0 [ 2025-05-26 | 15 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 60997 | 4 ]
CudaText is an Open Source cross-platform text and code editor with syntax highlighting for 180+ languages. 64-Bit available.

CudaText 64-Bit 1.224.0.0 [ 2025-05-26 | 16 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 62733 | 4 ]
CudaText is an Open Source cross-platform text and code editor with syntax highlighting for 180+ languages. 32-Bit available.

Customize Toolbar 5.3 [ 2021-08-24 | 89.6 KB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 1170 | 5 ]
Customize Toolbar is a Notepad++ plugin designed to allow toolbar customization.

Depeche View 1.7.6 [ 2024-10-19 | 4 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 34667 | 5 ]
Depeche View loads all text files from a folder, showing all content in one window.

Diffinity 0.9.4 [ 2022-12-01 | 2 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 7548 | 5 ]
Diffinity is a free diff and merging tool for Windows focusing on accurate and easy-to-read source code diffs.

DIZzy 1.12 [ 2015-10-16 | 9 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 12227 | 4 ]
DIZzy displays DIZ, NFO and other confusing, ASCII-extended text files in a pleasing graphic format.

Doc Scrubber 1.2 [ 2012-05-25 | 853 KB | Freeware | Win 8 / Win 7 / Vista/ XP | 6747 | 4 ]
Microsoft Word can contain more than just text. Doc Scrubber lets you see that information, and scrub it from files before sending them to others.

DocPad 32.0 [ 2024-12-23 | 15 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 20958 | 5 ]
DocPad is a free alternative to Notepad, offering a full arsenal of additional time-saving tools.

Dolphin Text Editor Menu 2.9 [ 2012-05-23 | 972 KB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7|Vista|XP | 14117 | 4 ]
Add extra formatting/sorting to any text editor (e.g., Notepad, Word, Visual Studio, etc.).

EditPad Lite 8.5.3 [ 2024-11-04 | 19 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 58502 | 5 ]
EditPad Lite is a general-purpose text editor designed to be small and compact yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor.

EDXOR 1.65 [ 2015-10-16 | 77 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 11998 | 5 ]
EDXOR is a versatile, convenient and optimal text editor and file processor.

ETXT - Encrypted Text Notepad 1.0 [ 2011-05-06 | 35.5 KB | Freeware | Win 8 / Win 7 / Vista/ XP | 6843 | 4 ]
With this tool you can write and share your secret notes.

EverEdit 2.9.0(2074) [ 2013-11-29 | 3.06 MB | Freeware | 11 | 13477 | 5 ]
EverEdit is a fast, lightweight, extendable text, source and binary editor.

FocusWriter 1.8.12 [ 2025-05-14 | 73 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7|Linux | 47702 | 5 ]
FocusWriter is a free word processing software designed to provide a distraction-free writing experience.

FoxEditor 0.7.5.2 [ 2008-08-06 | 1.2 MB | Freeware | Win7/Vista/XP | 12773 | 4 ]
FoxEditor is a plain text editing application for Windows being developed on SynEdit engine.

FTEditor (Fielded Text Editor) 3.0.0 [ 2017-04-06 | 1.45 MB | Open Source | 11 | 3986 | 5 ]
FTEditor (Fielded Text Editor) is a useful tool for visually generating and working with Meta's for Fielded Text files (like CSV files).

Geany 2.0 [ 2023-10-23 | 27 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 7608 | 5 ]
Geany is a free text editor that uses Scintilla and GTK+ and focused on Integrated Development Environments for programmers or web development. A Portable version is also available.

Geany Portable 2.0 [ 2023-10-23 | 31 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 347 | 5 ]
Geany Portable is an Open Source text editor that uses Scintilla and GTK+ and is designed for programmers and web developers. Installer, Linux, and Mac versions are also available.

HelpNDoc 9.9.0.637 [ 2025-05-27 | 50 MB | Freemium | 11|10|8|7 | 49069 | 5 ]
HeHelpNDoc provides you with a clear and efficient interface for building CHM help files, WEB-based documentation, PDF, and Word documents from a single free source.

HxD 2.5.0.0 [ 2021-02-12 | 3.19 MB | Freeware | 10|8|7 | 13107 | 5 ]
HxD is an efficient hex editor that can perform raw disk editing/modifying of main memory (RAM) and is capable of handling files of any size.

Inedita 1.1.1 [ 2016-10-16 | 382 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 10946 | 4 ]
Inedita is a freeware text editor designed to replace Notepad.

iNFekt 1.3.0 [ 2023-07-08 | 1.71 MB+ | Freeware | 11|10|8 | 25368 | 5 ]
iNFekt is a text viewer application that has been carefully designed around its main task: viewing and presenting NFO files.

jane (just another nasty editor) 1.78 [ 2024-03-19 | 565 KB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 5520 | 5 ]
jane (just another nasty editor) provides you with a simple-to-use editor that allows you to view and edit ASCII files easily.

Jarte 6.2 [ 2018-04-05 | 3.49 MB+ | Freemium | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 31603 | 5 ]
Jarte is a capable WordPad based word processor that utilizes a unique interface.

jEdit 5.7.0 [ 2024-09-19 | 5 MB | Freeware | 10|8|7 | 19653 | 4 ]
jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor written in Java.

Joplin 3.3.13 [ 2025-06-09 | 218-321 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Android|Linux|macOS | 26276 | 4 ]
Joplin is an Open Source note-taking application that can handle a large number of notes organized into notebooks.

Jovial Memos 2.10 [ 2018-11-07 | 62 KB | Open Source | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 2109 | 4 ]
Jovial Memos is a portable note creation tool that provides a straightforward option to create password protected memos with no dependencies on other programs.

Kate 25.04.1 [ 2025-06-06 | Size Varies | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 9591 | 4 ]
Kate is a text editor with an enormous number of features for everyone, from beginners to programmers.

KDiff3 32 Bit 0.9.98 [ 2019-01-16 | 11 MB | Open Source | 11 | 1939 | 5 ]
KDiff3 is a graphical text difference analyzer for up to 3 input files, and more. Available for 64 Bit.

KDiff3 64 Bit 0.9.98 [ 2019-01-16 | 11 MB | Open Source | 11 | 1986 | 5 ]
KDiff3 is a graphical text difference analyzer for up to 3 input files, and more. Available for 32 Bit.

KeyNote NF 2.1.0.4 Beta 4 [ 2025-05-04 | 5 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 18194 | 5 ]
KeyNote NF is a portable, flexible, multi-tabbed notebook, based on Windows standard RichEdit control.

KinyonSoft Text Editor 1.0 [ 2016-10-16 | 454 KB | Freeware | Win NT/2K/XP/2003 | 9045 | 4 ]
KinyonSoft Text Editor is a freeware application that is lite, quick and dirty and provides basic text editing or HTML source code editing.

Koala Edit 7.5.1 [ 2016-10-16 | 3.91 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 11796 | 3 ]
Koala Edit is your brilliantly simple webpage and file editing solution, with just the right selection of commonly used functions without the clutter.

Large Text File Viewer 5.2u [ 2018-03-27 | 367 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 7480 | 5 ]
Large Text File Viewer allows you to view the content of large text files quickly.

Lintalist 1.9.26 [ 2025-05-31 | 2 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 6511 | 5 ]
Lintalist permits storing, (incrementally) searching, and editing texts in bundles, as well as pasting selected text in your active program.

Listen N Write 1.30.10 [ 2021-08-15 | 1.04 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 66226 | 5 ]
Listen N Write can play and transcribe ordinary audio and video recordings while using its integrated word processor.

MacDown 0.7.3 [ 2021-06-18 | 19.9 MB | Open Source | macOS | 328 | 5 ]
MacDown is an Open Source Markdown editor for macOS, released under the MIT License and influenced by Mou.

MemPad 3.69 [ 2022-02-21 | 228 KB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 7930 | 5 ]
MemPad is a portable note-taking and plain text outliner featuring a structured index.

metapad 3.6 [ 2011-05-28 | 108 KB | Freeware | Win 8 / Win 7 / Vista/ XP | 19443 | 5 ]
Metapad is a small, fast and completely free text editor for Windows with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra features.

MetroTextual 1.7 [ 2014-03-05 | 1.21 MB | Freeware | Win 8/ Win 7/ Vista/ 03 /XP | 7222 | 3 ]
MetroTextual is a Windows text editor designed to be a visually appealing replacement for Notepad.

Microsoft Office Word Viewer 11.8169.8172 SP3 [ 2010-06-26 | 24.4 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 45589 | 4 ]
Microsoft Office Word Viewer can view, copy and print Word documents, even if you don't have Microsoft Word installed.

Microsoft Small Basic 1.2 [ 2017-01-24 | 7.00 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 | 16095 | 4 ]
Microsoft Small Basic puts the fun back into computer programming.

Mini Diary 3.3.0 [ 2020-05-25 | 47.9 MB | Open Source | 10|8|7|Vista|XP | 2617 | 5 ]
Mini Diary is a password-protected portable journal app that allows you to keep track of events, dates, as well as your thoughts.

MiTeC JSON Viewer 3.2.2 [ 2025-01-20 | 8 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 10802 | 4 ]
MiTeC JSON Viewer is a free JSON editor that includes Base64 encoding/decoding, formatting and text search, and JSON validation.

MiTeC XML Viewer 6.5.0 [ 2024-01-18 | 6 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 6714 | 5 ]
MiTeC XML Viewer provides you with a simple option to view the contents of XML files.

MobiText 1.2.2.14 [ 2013-11-14 | 30.3 MB | Freeware | Win 8 / Win 7 / Vista/ XP | 7189 | 5 ]
MobiText has the normal features of Notepad and WordPad put together to make one great word processor.

MyText 1.5.1 [ 2022-01-02 | 329 KB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 10277 | 5 ]
MyText is a small, portable alternative for Notepad that supports text encryption.

NFOPad 1.81 [ 2022-11-27 | 3 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 12050 | 5 ]
NFOPad is a small, fast, and flexible text editor and NFO viewer with numerous options.

NoteClip Portable 2.70 [ 2014-04-10 | 1.8 MB | Open Source | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 8731 | 3 ]
Maymeal NoteClip - Take notes, capture, copy, and paste text quickly and easily.

Notepad GNU 2.2.8.32 [ 2010-02-01 | 1.34 MB | Freeware | Win XP/2003/Vista/Windows7 | 9073 | 3 ]
Notepad GNU the text editor designed to be an alternative to the standard Notepad.

Notepad Replacer 1.6 [ 2022-11-24 | 2 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 11579 | 5 ]
Notepad Replacer will allow you to replace the default Windows version of Notepad with whatever text editing alternative you would like to use.

Notepad S# 3.3.2 [ 2020-07-22 | 12.9 MB | Freeware | 10|8|7 | 4560 | 5 ]
Notepad S# provides you with an alternative to the default Windows notepad app.

Notepad X 2.1.2 [ 2010-08-29 | 605 KB | Freeware | Win XP/2003/08/Vista/Windows7 | 33527 | 4 ]
Notepad X is an alternative open source text editor for Microsoft Windows, with a lot of customization options.

Notepad! 1.0.16.56 [ 2016-07-06 | 23.5 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 5516 | 5 ]
Notepad! gives you a feature-rich alternative to the standard Windows notepad.

Notepad++ 8.8.1 [ 2025-05-04 | Size Varies | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 459888 | 5 ]
Notepad++ is a free source code editor that includes support for several programming languages.

Notepad2 4.2.25 [ 2011-05-06 | 304 KB | Freeware | 11 | 33724 | 5 ]
The original Notepad shipped with Windows is probably the handiest program of all times, small, fast, without frills! Notepad2 tries to follow this principle, it's a small, fast and free text editor with syntax highlighting for HTML and other common languages.

Notepad3 6.24.1221.1 [ 2024-12-21 | 5 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 15272 | 5 ]
Notepad3 is a fast Scintilla-based free text editor that permits simple programming tasks and more. A portable version is also available.

Notepad3 Portable 6.24.309.1 RC3 / 6.23.203.2 [ 2024-03-09 | 7 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 6239 | 5 ]
Notepad3 Portable is a fast Scintilla-based free text editor that permits simple programming tasks and more. An installer version is also available.

Notepad7 4.2 \Pick [ 2016-10-16 | 1.70 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 10176 | 3 ]
Notepad7 is a text editor, like Microsoft Notepad, with MS Office 2010 Look and Feel.

Notepads 1.5.6.0 [ 2025-03-28 | 34 MB | Freeware | 11|10 | 4383 | 5 ]
Notepads is a modern, lightweight text editor built to be a Microsoft Notepad replacement featuring tabs and a minimalist design.

NotepadX 1.7.43 [ 2021-05-21 | 40.6 MB | Freeware | 10 | 1566 | 5 ]
NotepadX provides you with an easy-to-use text editor allowing standard text file creation and management.

NoteTab Light 7.2 [ 2014-11-04 | 1.96 MB | Freeware | Win 8 / Win 7 / Vista/ XP | 9921 | 5 ]
NoteTab Light is the ultimate free Notepad replacement and a capable HTML editor.

NoteXpad 2.0.3 [ 2016-10-16 | 136 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 12769 | 4 ]
Notepad replacement application for Microsoft Windows. Contains all 'standard' text editor features plus many additional features.

OnTop Notepad 1.2 [ 2017-12-29 | 7.17 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 | 2887 | 5 ]
OnTop Notepad allows you to edit text with keep on top and snap features.

Panopreter Basic Text to Speech Software 4.0.1.2 / 3.0.95.1 [ 2025-03-10 | 43 MB | Freeware / Shareware $32.95 | 11|10|8 | 13892 | 5 ]
Panopreter Basic software is a text-to-speech/MP3 app that will read files, Word documents, and even web pages.

PasteCopy.NET 1.3 [ 2014-07-12 | 794 KB | Freeware | 11 | 13736 | 5 ]
PasteCopy.NET enlarges the capacity of Windows Clipboard and lets you organize everything into customizable categories.

Perpetual Notes 4.05 [ 2023-11-10 | 6 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 4184 | 5 ]
Perpetual Notes is an all-in-one portable note-taking tool that allows you to take notes, organize them, find information, and much more.

PilotEdit Lite 19.9.0 [ 2025-06-09 | 36 MB | Freemium | 11|10|8|7 | 104155 | 4 ]
PilotEdit Lite is a capable text file editor that will easily edit large files.

PolyEdit Lite 5.4 [ 2009-09-08 | 2.82 MB | Freeware | Win7/Vista/XP | 9863 | 5 ]
PolyEdit Lite is a free word processor that is designed to be lightweight, reliable, easy-to-use, and extremely fast.

ProgramEdit 5.1.2 [ 2023-02-08 | 3 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 18394 | 5 ]
ProgramEdit (PgmEdit) is a free source code editor and ASCII text editor.

Programmer's Notepad 2.4.2 [ 2019-02-08 | 2.38 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 10792 | 4 ]
Programmer's Notepad is a very powerful text editor featuring syntax highlighting, project management, a great UI and much more.

PRONotePad Release 4 Beta [ 2007-07-14 | 311 KB | Freeware | Win9x/NT/200x/XP/Vista | 8076 | 3 ]
This text editor includes tab-browsing, easy searching, auto-scroll text, clipboard viewer.

PSPad Editor 5.5.1.825 [ 2025-02-02 | 14 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 49698 | 5 ]
PSPad editor is a universal text editor for working with plain text. It has a wealth of formatting functions, including a spell checker, web page creator, and more.

PyEyeCrypt 1.2 [ 2016-02-26 | 6.78 MB | Open Source | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista | 13308 | 5 ]
PyEyeCrypt allows users to encrypt ClearText using their choice of algorithms including AES-128 and then paste the result into their emails for sending.

QJot 5.9.1 [ 2008-12-15 | 599 KB | Freeware | Win7/Vista/XP | 16074 | 4 ]
QJot is a small USB portable alternative rich text editor that reads and writes .doc files, inserts images and more.

QOwnNotes 25.6.1 [ 2025-06-09 | 20-42 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 43068 | 4 ]
QOwnNotes is a portable Open Source app that allows you to create notes that can be efficiently sorted, organized, printed, exported, and more.

Readable 2.4.0.260 [ 2024-10-08 | 200 KB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7|Vista|XP | 288 | 5 ]
Readable offers a replacement for the standard TYPE command, allowing users to apply multiple formatting options when processing text files.

RichEdit 3.3.0 [ 2014-11-22 | 2.57 MB | Freeware | Win 8 / Win 7 / Vista/ XP | 9662 | 5 ]
RichEdit is a lightweight, handy and useful text editor which allows you to create, open, and save files using both the Rich Text Format and the Plain Text Format.

RJ TextEd 16.40 [ 2025-06-07 | 39 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 63706 | 5 ]
RJ TextEd is a web development tool plus a text editor with many features, including syntax highlighting, advanced column mode, and text folding. Portable version also available.

RJ TextEd Portable 16.40 [ 2025-06-07 | 55 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 65932 | 5 ]
RJ TextEd Portable is a web development tool plus a text editor with many features, including syntax highlighting, advanced column mode, and text folding. Installer also available.

RText 6.0.1 / 4.0.0 [ 2023-02-04 | 105 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|macOS | 9771 | 4 ]
The goal of RText is to create a complete, fully-featured text editor (designed primarily for programmers but can be used by anyone) to run on any platform.

Safe Note 1.35 [ 2016-01-05 | 3.54 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 8388 | 5 ]
Safe Note is an easy-to-use note manager that will keep your sensitive notes secure.

SavageEd 1.4.6 [ 2010-12-06 | 41 KB | Freeware | Win7/Vista/XP | 13774 | 3 ]
SavageEd is a freeware, open source notepad replacement project designed to offer smoother and faster operation with comparable or more features at a file size of 32k or less.

SavageEd 0.10.52 [ 2024-08-26 | 127 KB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 1015 | 5 ]
SavageEd is an Open Source text editor.

SciTE (SCIntilla) 5.5.7 [ 2025-06-08 | 4 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 66210 | 5 ]
SciTE is a SCIntilla based text editor designed to be a useful text editor and includes essential tools for building and running programs.

Secure Notepad 1.1 [ 2016-10-16 | 595 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 9534 | 4 ]
Secure Notepad is more or less exact copy of famous MS Notepad.

ShadyTXT 1.90 [ 2016-10-16 | 434 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 9816 | 4 ]
ShadyTXT has been designed as a vastly superior alternative to Microsoft Notepad.

Simple Text Locator 1.01 [ 2018-04-18 | 7.19 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista | 3494 | 5 ]
Simple Text Locator is a straightforward utility for searching files inside a directory or folder for a specific piece of text.

SlimList 1.0 [ 2017-09-03 | 401 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista | 4561 | 5 ]
SlimList is a simple text editor that can be used for the management and editing of various types of lists.

SlyNFO Viewer 2.0.0.2 [ 2015-08-22 | 421 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 20297 | 5 ]
SlyNFO Viewer was designed for viewing files which are in text format, like viewing text and special ASCII art inside NFO files and it's command line executable capable of handling NFO and DIZ files automatically.

SSuite - Fandango Desktop 6.0 [ 2022-05-21 | 3 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 9153 | 5 ]
SSuite - Fandango Desktop is a small-sized but full-featured WYSIWYG word processor that allows the opening, editing, and saving of HTML documents.

SSuite - NoteBook Editor 2.6.4.1 [ 2023-07-28 | 10.0 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 21412 | 5 ]
SSuite - NoteBook Editor is a lightweight and portable text editor loaded with only the essential functions to provide a fast and easy-to-use platform for writing and more.

SSuite - Scaramouche Touch 4.2.1 [ 2023-07-21 | 3 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 5165 | 5 ]
SSuite - Scaramouche Touch is a lightweight but full-featured text editor that allows for the opening, editing, and saving of .HTML documents and more.

SSuite Lemon Juice 2.6.6.10 [ 2023-08-01 | 13.0 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 19523 | 5 ]
SSuite Lemon Juice is a productivity suite with word processing, text editing, and spreadsheet software.

SSuite Office - QT Writer Express 4.2.1 [ 2023-07-20 | 12 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7|Vista|XP | 41713 | 5 ]
Use QT Writer for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book with embedded illustrations, tables of contents, indexes, and bibliographies.

SSuite Office - WordGraph 8.50.4.2 [ 2024-03-25 | 13 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 81936 | 5 ]
SSuite Office - WordGraph is a professional, powerful, and very easy-to-use word processor. Portable version is also available.

SSuite Office - WordGraph Portable 14.10.10 [ 2024-05-24 | 10 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 9581 | 5 ]
SSuite Office - WordGraph Portable is a professional, powerful, and very easy-to-use word processor. Installer version is also available.

SSuite Penumbra Editor 14.10.2.2 [ 2024-05-13 | 13 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 28675 | 5 ]
SSuite Penumbra Editor is a robust word editor that will help create rich text documents with ease.

SSuite Writer's D'Lite 2.10.1.1 [ 2024-02-13 | 7 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7|Vista|XP | 11104 | 5 ]
SSuite Writer's D'Lite is a true writer's tool without any distractions; it has all the essential functions and text formatting needed to keep you busy.

Story Lite 1.1 [ 2011-05-14 | 18.9 MB | Freeware | Win7/Vista/XP | 6494 | 5 ]
Story Lite is a free flexible text and image editor with multiple editing boxes, unique layout, 3D zoom and color effects.

Sublime Text 4 Build 4200 [ 2025-05-21 | 16-39 MB | Freemium | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 41696 | 5 ]
Sublime Text is a refined cross-platform text editor for prose, code, and markup. Available for Windows and Linux.

SuperEdi 4.3.3 [ 2012-01-30 | 1.66 MB | Freeware | Win 8 / Win 7 / Vista/ XP | 12104 | 3 ]
SuperEdi is a text editor with syntax coloring and build-in FTP client.

SynWrite 6.41.2780 [ 2021-03-29 | 10.8 MB | Open Source | 10|8|7 | 117683 | 5 ]
SynWrite is a free text editor designed mainly as a complete environment for web coders and writers.

TED Notepad 6.3.1 [ 2021-11-30 | 126 KB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 19165 | 5 ]
TED Notepad is a chrome-less text editor with a lot of features, settings and text-processing tools.

TexFinderX 2.56 [ 2019-10-01 | 8.45 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 4342 | 5 ]
TexFinderX is a portable app that allows users to search and replace text inside entire files and folders quickly.

Texmaker 6.0.0 [ 2024-08-19 | 106-214 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 6619 | 5 ]
Texmaker is a free 64-Bit LaTeX editor that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX in just one application.

TeXstudio 4.8.7 [ 2025-04-25 | 117-134 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 2686 | 5 ]
TeXstudio is an integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents designed to make it easy and comfortable.

Text Crypter 1.1.3.0 [ 2017-07-21 | 163 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 | 2728 | 5 ]
Text Crypter is designed to crypt your text with numerous unique Unicode types, then copy and paste into whatever you like.

Text Magician 1.30 [ 2016-08-19 | 283 KB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 19105 | 4 ]
Text Magician was designed to let you edit your text files easily.

Textadept 12.7 [ 2025-06-01 | 8-26 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 1528 | 5 ]
Textadept is a free, portable, minimalist, and cross-platform text editor with many features for programmers or end-users.

TextPad 9.8.0 / 8.22.1 [ 2025-06-01 | 15 MB | Shareware $16.50+ | 11|10|8|7 | 14158 | 5 ]
TextPad is a powerful replacement for Notepad, a tool for editing your web pages, or a programming IDE; TextPad does what you want, the way you would expect.

TextWorx 1.7 [ 2025-03-03 | 1.19 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 2316 | 5 ]
TextWorx is a global text manipulator designed to provide you with numerous text-manipulation functions for use in any text editor you wish.

TotalEdit Lite 5.5 [ 2014-03-06 | 7.87 MB | Freeware | Win 8 / Win 7 / Vista/ XP | 15515 | 5 ]
TotalEdit Pro is a powerful notepad replacement and text editor.

Tree Notebook 2.0.4 [ 2025-04-05 | 8 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 5588 | 5 ]
Tree Notebook is a hierarchical notes manager designed for keeping personal information.

TreeNoote 1.6 [ 2021-05-09 | 45.1 MB | Freeware | 10|8|7 | 2560 | 5 ]
TreeNoote is a hierarchically organized note-taking app built to be secure, free, and portable.

Ultra-Pad! 2.1.3 Build 13 [ 2016-10-16 | 9.30 MB | Freeware | Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP | 12301 | 3 ]
Ultra-Pad! is a cool, advanced, skinnable, Word Processor application for Windows 95 and later.

UltraEdit 32.0.0.24 [ 2025-05-31 | 109 MB | Shareware $99.95 | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 97677 | 3 ]
UltraEdit is a powerful disk-based text editor, programmer's editor, and hex editor that is used to edit HTML, PHP, javascript, Perl, C/C++, and a multitude of other coding/programming languages.

Vim 9.1.1457 [ 2025-06-09 | Size Varies | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 18317 | 4 ]
Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing.

VOVSOFT Compare Two Lists 1.6 [ 2024-04-05 | 3 MB | Ad-Supported / Freemium | 11|10|8|7 | 1451 | 5 ]
VOVSOFT Compare Two Lists is an easy-to-use tool that compares the differences between two lists of text documents.

VOVSOFT Hex Viewer 1.6 [ 2025-01-05 | 4 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 1224 | 5 ]
VOVSOFT Hex Viewer allows you to view the hex code of binary files.

VOVSOFT JSON Beautifier 1.5 [ 2024-10-07 | 3 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 908 | 5 ]
VOVSOFT JSON Beautifier formats JSON files making them more human readable.

VOVSOFT Text Edit Plus 15.0 [ 2025-01-12 | 6 MB | Ad-Supported / Freemium | 11|10|8|7|Vista|XP | 1418 | 5 ]
VOVSOFT Text Edit Plus gives you a solid text editor with helpful features.

VOVSOFT Text Filter 1.1 [ 2025-02-18 | 4 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7|Vista|XP | 186 | 5 ]
VOVSOFT Text Filter provides an advanced solution for text data filtering, allowing you to set customizable criteria for detecting and removing specific text strings.

wikidPad 2.2 [ 2018-11-27 | 7.78 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 1931 | 5 ]
wikidPad provides you with a wiki-like notebook capable of storing thoughts, ideas, lists, contacts, or anything else important.

WildGem 2.10 [ 2022-11-23 | 2 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 3759 | 5 ]
WildGem is a fast and efficient portable single-file app for finding and replacing text.

Win32Pad 1.5.10.4 [ 2007-09-18 | 71.5 KB | Freeware | 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003 | 13369 | 5 ]
Win32Pad main purpose is to provide enough functionality that is missing from notepad without sacrificing file size and performance.

Windows Notepad [ 2020-06-28 | 3.19 MB | Freeware | 10 | 8461 | 5 ]
Windows Notepad is the official download for Windows 10 Notepad if you accidentally removed it and changed your mind.

WinMerge 2.16.48.2 [ 2025-04-27 | 14 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7 | 48495 | 5 ]
WinMerge is an Open Source visual text file differentiating and merging tool for Windows.

yWriter 7.1.5.8 Beta / 7.1.5.2 [ 2024-10-24 | 10 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7|Android | 11521 | 5 ]
yWriter is a word processor designed to assist book writers by breaking your book into chapters and scenes while helping you keep track of your work.

Zettlr 3.5.0 [ 2025-05-28 | 122-161 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7|Linux|macOS | 6378 | 4 ]
Zettlr plans to redefine what writing means by being slim, fast, and versatile while allowing you to focus on what matters to you. Portable version is also available.

Zettlr Portable 3.5.0 [ 2025-05-29 | 119 MB | Freeware | 11|10|8|7 | 810 | 5 ]
Zettlr Portable is a slim, fast, and versatile writing app that lets you focus on what matters to you. Installer, Linux, and Mac are also available.

Zim Desktop Wiki 0.76.1 / 0.69.1 [ 2025-02-02 | 21 MB | Open Source | 11|10|8|7|Linux | 3373 | 5 ]
Zim Desktop Wiki provides you with a graphical text editor designed to help maintain a collection of wiki pages.


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