notepad4zufuliu/notepad4
Light-weight Scintilla-based text editor for WindowsPersonalEditors & IDEsDesktop★ 5.1kcommit 15 hours ago63worth
Open-source alternatives to Notepad3
9 projects in the catalog are in the same category as Notepad3: Editors & IDEs. They are ranked by how closely their categories, platforms and GitHub topics match, then by worth score. Of these, 5 have a permissive license and 9 had a commit in the last 90 days.
Compare at a glance
| Project | Type | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notepad3 (this project) | Desktop | Not listed | Unknown | 6.7k | |
| notepad4 | Desktop | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 5.1k | |
| VS Code (Code - OSS) | Desktop | Not listed | MIT | 194k | |
| theia | Web, Desktop, Library / SDK | Not listed | EPL-2.0 | 22k | |
| Zed | Desktop | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 92k | |
| VSCodium | Desktop | Not listed | MIT | 34k | |
| notepad-plus-plus | Desktop | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 30k | |
| Lapce | Desktop | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 39k | |
| Neovide | Desktop | Not listed | MIT | 15k | |
| rbfx | Web, Desktop, Library / SDK | Not listed | MIT | 1.1k |
Desktop apps (9)
VS Code (Code - OSS)microsoft/vscode
The open-source code editor behind Visual Studio CodePersonalEnterpriseEditors & IDEsDesktop★ 194k+3.4k / 90dMITcommit 14 hours ago86worth
theiaeclipse-theia/theia
Cloud and desktop IDE frameworkPersonalEnterpriseEditors & IDEsWebDesktopLibrary / SDK★ 22kEPL-2.0commit yesterday81worth
Zedzed-industries/zed
High-performance, multiplayer code editorPersonalEnterpriseEditors & IDEsDesktop★ 92k+4k / 90dcommit yesterday80worth
VSCodiumVSCodium/vscodium
VS Code without Microsoft telemetryPersonalEditors & IDEsDesktop★ 34k+1.2k / 90dMITcommit 4 days ago78worth
notepad-plus-plusnotepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
Source code editor and Notepad replacement for WindowsPersonalEditors & IDEsDesktop★ 30kcommit 13 hours ago74worth
Lapcelapce/lapce
Fast code editor written in RustPersonalEditors & IDEsDesktop★ 39k+269 / 90dApache-2.0commit last month67worth
Neovideneovide/neovide
GPU Neovim clientPersonalEditors & IDEsDesktop★ 15k+148 / 90dMITcommit 13 hours ago67worth
rbfxrbfx/rbfx
Lightweight C++17 game engine and framework with a WYSIWYG editorPersonalEditors & IDEsWebDesktopLibrary / SDK★ 1.1kMITcommit 4 days agolive demo62worth