Category: Text editing

As the name says, text editors allows you to edit text. Most of the programs are for editing plain text or markdown, but apps that allow formatting also listed here.

  1. Microsoft Word 2019 Microsoft Word 2019   87100   
  2. PDF-XChange Editor PDF-XChange Editor   63991   
  3. Typing French accents Typing French accents   59114   
  4. Zathura 0.4.5 Zathura 0.4.5   51532   
  5. Notepad Notepad   32412   
  6. Sublime Text Sublime Text   26891   
  7. Brackets Brackets   20209   
  8. Obsidian 0.12.15 Obsidian 0.12.15   16299   
  9. Microsoft OneNote Microsoft OneNote   13811   
  10. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Adobe Acrobat Reader DC   13639   
  11. Nuance Power PDF Nuance Power PDF   12029   
  12. GNU Emacs GNU Emacs   11437   
  13. Joplin Joplin   10891   
  14. Most used text editing Most used text editing   10006   
  15. Nano Nano   9214   
  16. Overleaf Overleaf   8490   
  17. Ace Editor Ace Editor   7753   
  18. CherryTree 0.38.8 CherryTree 0.38.8   7506   
  19. Wordpad Wordpad   7264   
  20. Zim Zim   7261   
  21. Xodo Xodo   7129   
  22. Vi (Linux) Vi (Linux)   7074   
  23. gedit gedit   6918   
  24. Workflowy Workflowy   6466   
  25. Notepad2 Notepad2   5933   
  26. PSPad PSPad   5514   
  27. Dropbox Paper Dropbox Paper   5166   
  28. QuarkXPress 2019 QuarkXPress 2019   5018   
  29. Evince 3.32 Evince 3.32   4893   
  30. Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix)   4858   
  31. LibreOffice Writer LibreOffice Writer   4495   
  32. Texmaker 5.0.4 Texmaker 5.0.4   4415   
  33. WriteMonkey WriteMonkey   3641   
  34. Scrivener 1.9.9 Scrivener 1.9.9   3500   
  35. Typora 0.9.81 Typora 0.9.81   3417   
  36. FocusWriter FocusWriter   3390   
  37. Microsoft FrontPage Microsoft FrontPage   2936   
  38. Notability Notability   2876   
  39. Roam Research Roam Research   2702   
  40. KompoZer KompoZer   2626   
  41. CudaText 1.88.3 CudaText 1.88.3   2445   
  42. Simplenote Simplenote   2301   
  43. Bluefish Bluefish   2181   
  44. Ulysses (iOS) Ulysses (iOS)   2012   
  45. TextMate TextMate   1991   
  46. Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac)   1933   
  47. WordPerfect X8 WordPerfect X8   1655   
  48. WinMerge WinMerge   1585   
  49. TiddlyWiki TiddlyWiki   1366   
  50. Bear (macOS) Bear (macOS)   1345   
  51. OneNote for the web OneNote for the web   1252   
  52. iA Writer iA Writer   1187   
  53. Notepad3 (v5.21) Notepad3 (v5.21)   1122   
  54. Ace Editor (Mac) Ace Editor (Mac)   1083   
  55. Google Docs (PC) Google Docs (PC)   1048   
  56. ZenWriter 2 ZenWriter 2   1043   
  57. Metapad Metapad   1010   
  58. KeepNote 0.7.8 KeepNote 0.7.8   946   
  59. Micro 2.0.13 (text editor) Micro 2.0.13 (text editor)   886   
  60. Typora 0.9.81 (macOS) Typora 0.9.81 (macOS)   881   
  61. TreePad Lite TreePad Lite   823   
  62. QOwnNotes 19.10.10 QOwnNotes 19.10.10   823   
  63. Google Docs (macOS) Google Docs (macOS)   784   
  64. TeXstudio 4.7.2 TeXstudio 4.7.2   753   
  65. Tomboy 0.23 Tomboy 0.23   721   
  66. Ulysses (macOS) Ulysses (macOS)   669   
  67. TextRoom TextRoom   634   
  68. WikidPad (Windows) WikidPad (Windows)   572   
  69. WPS Writer WPS Writer   377   
  70. Helix 23.10 Helix 23.10   358   
  71. Zettlr (MacOS) Zettlr (MacOS)   311   
  72. Zettlr (Windows) Zettlr (Windows)   271   
  73. AbiWord AbiWord   244   
  74. Kate (2024) Kate (2024)   234   
  75. OnlyOffice Document Editor OnlyOffice Document Editor   222   
  76. Tiptap (Windows) Tiptap (Windows)   189   
  77. Word Web App Word Web App   174   
  78. Kofax Power PDF Kofax Power PDF   143   
  79. Capacities.io (Windows) Capacities.io (Windows)   110   
  80. TeXworks TeXworks   110   
  81. GhostWriter 2.1.6 GhostWriter 2.1.6   93   
  82. vi editor vi editor   91   
  83. Tiptap (macOS) Tiptap (macOS)   89   
  84. MS-DOS Edit MS-DOS Edit   84   
  85. Joe's Own Editor Joe's Own Editor   65   
  86. Substack Editor Substack Editor   57   
  87. HackMD (macOS) HackMD (macOS)   54   
  88. Ultra Edit 2024.1 Ultra Edit 2024.1   44   
  89. RJ TextEd 16.31 RJ TextEd 16.31   44   
  90. HackMD (Windows) HackMD (Windows)   41   
  91. UpNote (Mac) UpNote (Mac)   32   
  92. kdiff3 kdiff3   32   
  93. Capacities.io (Mac) Capacities.io (Mac)   30   
  94. PDF Arranger PDF Arranger   29   
  95. Quoll Writer Quoll Writer   3