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Top 9 Text Editors in Software Development

The best Text Editors within the Software Development category - based on our collection of reviews & verified products.

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Summary

The top products on this list are Visual Studio Code, Atom, and Sublime Text. All products here are categorized as: Software designed for writing and editing plain text, offering functionalities ranging from simple note-taking to complex code editing and document formatting. We recommend LibHunt for [discovery and comparisons of open-source projects](https://www.libhunt.com/). One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Visual Studio Code Landing Page
    Visual Studio Code Landing Page
    1

    Visual Studio Code

    Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 996 social mentions

  2. Atom Landing Page
    Atom Landing Page
    2

    Atom

    At GitHub, we’re building the text editor we’ve always wanted: hackable to the core, but approachable on the first day without ever touching a config file. We can’t wait to see what you build with it.

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 152 social mentions

  3. Sublime Text Landing Page
    Sublime Text Landing Page
    3

    Sublime Text

    Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. Fully customizable with macros, and syntax highlighting for most major languages.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 3 social mentions

  4. Notepad++ Landing Page
    Notepad++ Landing Page
    4

    Notepad++

    A free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #IDEs And Text Editors #Text Editors #IDE 168 social mentions

  5. Microsoft Visual Studio Landing Page
    Microsoft Visual Studio Landing Page
    5

    Microsoft Visual Studio

    Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft.

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1 social mentions

  6. Vim Landing Page
    Vim Landing Page
    6

    Vim

    Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #Software Development #IDE 10 social mentions

  7. IntelliJ IDEA Landing Page
    IntelliJ IDEA Landing Page
    7

    IntelliJ IDEA

    Capable and Ergonomic IDE for JVM

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development

  8. Xcode Landing Page
    Xcode Landing Page
    8

    Xcode

    Xcode is Apple’s powerful integrated development environment for creating great apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Xcode 4 includes the Xcode IDE, instruments, iOS Simulator, and the latest Mac OS X and iOS SDKs.

    #Developer Tools #App Development #Software Development 141 social mentions

  9. replit Landing Page
    replit Landing Page
    9

    replit

    Code, create, andlearn together. Use our free, collaborative, in-browser IDE to code in 50+ languages — without spending a second on setup.

    #Programming #Programming Tools #IDEs And Text Editors 599 social mentions

Recent Text Editors Posts

Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Jira | Hacker News

news.ycombinator.com // 9 months ago

Let's Make Sure Github Doesn't Become the only Option

blog.edwardloveall.com // 10 months ago

Repository Management Tools

mindmajix.com // about 1 year ago

Choosing a Binary Repository Manager

releaseteam.com // almost 2 years ago

The 5 Best Reverse Engineering Software for 2022

online.yu.edu // about 2 years ago

Best Eclipse Alternatives to Use

eclipsewin.com // over 2 years ago

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👨‍💻 IDE 💻 Developer Tools 💻 IDEs And Text Editors 💻 Programming 💻 Programming Tools
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