Angel Writer - An editor that creates formatted text, graphics and tables for .TXT, .RTF, and html files.
Bhaum - Text/HTML editor and RTF viewer for Windows.
ConTEXT - Programmer's editor with syntax highlighting, HTML and RTF export, multiple language versions, macros, columnar text selection, and a file explorer.
Crimson Editor - Windows text editor that fits on a floppy yet offers powerful features and customizable syntax highlighting.
DatePad - Combines calendar functions with text editing features. [Win 98 or better]
Dav - GNU/Linux console-based text editor. Freely licensed under the GPL.
EditPad Classic - Notepad replacement for Windows with unlimited file size, and multiple file tabs. [Postcardware]
EditPad Lite - Windows text editor with block functions and Asian language support. [Non-commercial use only.]
ExtremePad - Contains MinLock feature to hide important information, lines-of-code count function and email cleanup tool. [Windows]
Fuzzy Duck Note Tab - A small note taking application that lives in the MS Windows task tray. Includes many advanced features such as a spell checker and saving to ftp. [Requires VB runtime]
gedit - Lightweight editing tool for the GNOME desktop found in many distributions of Linux, BSD and other Unix systems. Offers a complete integration with the GNOME Environment, search and replace, configurable plugins system, command line pipes, print/print-preview, and configurable undo/redo levels.
GNU Nano - Clone of the Pico text editor with some enhancements. Available for Linux and DOS. [Open Source - GPL]
Haxial TextEdit - Features include renaming files within TextEdit and alphabetical line sorting. [Windows, Mac OS]
ISO 8859-2 - Simple text editor for editing files with codepage ISO 8859-2 (Central European). [Windows]
JCreator - Provides the user with a wide range of functionality such as: Project management, project templates, syntax highlighting, wizards and a fully customizable user interface.
JED - A programmer's editor for the Unix, VMS, MSDOS, OS/2, BeOS, QNX, and win9X/NT platforms.
jEdit - A cross platform programmer's text editor written in Java that is customizable with plugins. [Requires Java VM]
Jext for Windows - Jext is a powerful pure Java text editor. That has been mainly designed for programmers. It provides syntax colorizing (Java, Perl, XML, HTML.), auto indent, plugins, scripts, others.
KeyNote - A tabbed editor that has several plugins to add dialer, and calendar. [Open Source, Mozilla Public License]
LedLineIt! - Free cross-platform, syntax coloring text editor, supports UNICODE, UTF-8, and other code page conversions. [MacOS/Windows]
The Literary Machine - LM 2000 creativity and authoring tool. Powered by a relational database that processes ideas and research for brainstorming and concept mapping. Features front-end word processing to order and compile texts into written compositions.
mdiNotepad - A Multiple document interface (MDI) text editor with customizable toolbar, large file suport, customizable function keys, recent documents menu, auto complete support, and the ability to strip HTML. [Win32]
MetaPad - Notepad replacement for Windows with unlimited file size, context sensitive URLs, unix file format support, and file changed notification.
Netpadd - Windows text editor with syntax highlighting for several languages, XML tree view, CSS browser, HTML autocomplete, and Java compiler launcher. (Open Source)
NNED - Syntax editor for web developer or remote UNIX administrator and UNIX and Windows programmers, support export to RTF format and HTML format.
Notepad++ - Editor with tabbed interface, configurable syntax highlighting, syntax folding, line numbering, multi-view, bookmarks and regular expression search and replace.
Notepad2 - Florian Balmer's free notepad replacement (licensed under the GPL) intended to be small and fast, with syntax highlighting.
Notes Center - Utility that provides a way of storing and retrieving all of your notes.
Notespad - A general text editor with configurable interface, dictionary support for seven languages, supports multiple text formats, and supports text files as large as memory allows. [Win16/Win32]
NotGNU Emacs Editor - NotGNU is a freeware, user-friendly, emacs style text editor -- similar to GNU Emacs but much smaller and lighter, with a Windows look and feel. It is available for DOS, Windows 3.x/95/98/NT machines and linux.
PechaMaker - Creates Tibetan Pecha documents, allows import/export of RTF text, and has controls for pecha layout and printing. [Win32]
Perl Code Editor - A editor for Perl which includes: Syntax Coloring, Bookmarks, Auto Indenting, and Line Ending Conversion (Unix to Windows). [win32]
PSPad - A programmers editor that offers unlimited length of edited text, an MDI interface, built-in FTP client, macro recorder, various templates, a full HEX editor and spell checker. Available in English, German, Czech, French, Danish, and eight other languages.
RegexSR - A tool to create complex regular expressions and transform them into Java code.
Resource Hacker - Utility to edit Windows executable resources.
Roden Web Editor - An editor with that supports HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, XML, SVG, WML.
SciTE - A SCIntilla based text editor.[Win32/linux]
Singlish - Simple and easy to use Sinhala text editor that allows for typing Sinhala in ASCII text as it is pronounced in English.
SLED - Simple Line EDitor - Created primarily for composing email on a Unix console. Allows you to edit files that are wider than your screen's column size by horizontal scrolling.
Steno Pad 2 - A free word processor, compatible with MS Word and Word Perfect, with smaller files.
subpad - A simple notepad clone with a few extra features.
Super NoteTab Light - Freeware version of award-winning text editor Super NoteTab.
SuperEdi - Unicode text editor for programmers and web designers with syntax coloring and build-in FTP client. [Win32]
Syuhitu - A simple editor for SPARC Solaris that is compatible with the Common Desktop Environment.
TED Notepad - Offers numerous hotkeys, several clipboards, advanced searching and editing, unicode/utf-8 support, sort unique lines, reverse or translate characters, cut columns. Also supports user plugins for grep or dir. [Win32]
tsWebEditor - Windows source code editor supporting a number of programming languages. Software description, screenshots, downloads add-ons, and a small support area.
Win32pad - Small notepad replacement which supports Windows, Unix and Mac text formats, supports files as large as memory will allow, has a recent files list, configurable interface, and full intellimouse support. [Win32]
Xint - A simple editor without toolbars, redundant dialogs, or other uneccesary components. [Open Source, GPL]
Yikes 2 - Windows-based editor designed to emulate DOS edit. Supports editing of plain text and, to some extent, binary files.
HTML/XML Freeware:
Acme Web Design - Compact freeware HTML editing tools. Counter generator, email-address cloaker.
Alleycode - Fast syntax-highlighting editor with tutorial; additionally focusses on PHP and CSS interaction.
Amaya - W3C's complete web browsing and authoring environment. [Open Source]
Anansi - Project-oriented HTML editor with both Windows 3.x and 95 versions.
Arachnophilia - HTML source editor with templates, tag insertion, internal page viewer, ftp client, and web browser launching. [Java]
Araneae - HTML editor for serious web developers features; helpful tools such as syntax highlighting, a colour picker, drag and drop image and link insertions, font tag insertion, date insertion, supports multiple languages, and multiple browser support.
blink - A WYSIWYG HTML Editor with built in stylesheet editor and HTML validator.
ClipCollect - Generates HTML from clipboard snippets or automatically from a local directory tree. Windows only.
CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor - This is a "trimed down" version of the CoffeeCup HTML Editor. Has FTP support and wizards for tables, frames and forms.
HTML-Kit - Edit, format, lookup help, validate, preview and publish HTML documents from an easy to use environment. Full featured web page editor that can point out errors and optionally auto correct the HTML code.
KompoZer - WYSIWYG HTML and CSS editor derived from Nvu. Binary downloads for Windows, Mac, and several variants of Linux. [Open Source]
MAX's HTML Beauty++ 2004 - Advanced HTML editor with right click tag editing, extended find and replace, internal preview, HTML Tidy support, and full support for PNG and WBMP image formats.
Nvu - Open source web authoring system with WYSIWYG and HTML modes and site manangement features derived from Netscape Composer. Designed for Linux, Windows, and Macs.
Online HTML Editor - Online HTML Editing tool. Easy to use visual tool for developing simple web pages.
PagePainter - Editor that allows the user to create and test color schemes for a web page before changing the code. [Windows 98+]
Plexel - Freeware Javascript Applications platform and Web Page Editor, Javascript source. [Open Source]
protopad - A WYSIWYG rich text editor that can output html and other scripting language.
ScrollbarGenerator - A web design utility that generates the css code that customizes the color of IE 5.5+ scroll bars. Available for MacOS and Windows.
Selida - WYSIWYG HTML editor with code completion, HTML 4 reference and integrated HTML Tidy.
Smart Web Builder - A web-developers and programmers editor with a customizable interface.
Squarefree Real-Time Editor - Framed editor: The results of HTML typed in the top frame immediately appear in the bottom frame.
Stone's WebWriter - HTML editor for Win32, that features an image viewer, JavaScript editor, image map editor, FTP module, style sheet editor, and a collection of templates. Product price is free (without support) and shareware for support.
Taco Software - Produces full-featured freeware for Mac OS X including Taco HTML Edit.
WebDwarf - Drag and drop WYSIWYG HTML editor with pixel precision positioning and scaling. Includes a text, HTML and Rich Text editor.
WebTide - A professional web developer's tool. Requires Java VM. [Win32, MacOS, and Linux]
Altova Authentic - Altova Authentic is a free XML and database content editor that allows non-technical business users to enter and access data in XML documents and relational databases without being exposed to the underlying technology. Content is presented in WYSIWYG format according to electronic forms created using Altova StyleVision and may be modified using Authentic’s word-processor style interface.
Peters XML Editor - A XML editor with syntax highlighting and customizable source view. Supports code-templates and auto complete. Ability to add, edit and delete Elements,Attributes,Text, CDATA sections,Comments, and Processing Instruction. This program does not yet fully Unicode.
XED - Text-based non-validating XML editor for Windows, UNIX.
Xeddy for JBuilder - Designed to be integrated with JBuilder and open for customizations. Features XML viewing and editing with DTD support, templates and allows direct editing of code.
XML Cooktop - Environment for authoring, editing, and testing XSLT style sheets, XML documents, DTDs, and XPATHs.
XMLEditPro - Download, features, and system requirements.
XMLTree - A visual parser for XML files which allows editing the document using a visual tree metaphor.
