

OTOH, once even 10% of vim is mastered, you'll know there's no need to any other editor. Of course, the hardcore Linux/Unix people would choose an editor based on vi or emacs which have been around since the 1970s, but those take a little time to learn. Have you looked at Atom or Geany? These are light, but have a plugin capability to extend for any needs you might have. 1.I can't imagine using an editor for another OS on any Unix, since there are so many fantastic native editors. I know a few people will pitch for Vi, Vim, Emacs, Pico or Nano but these legendary (typically) command-line editors have been deliberately excluded from the list.

And though this list is for Notepad++ alternatives, I wouldn’t hesitate to call it a list of the best text editors for Linux. Just to add, not all the text editors discussed here are open-source.

Without further ado, let’s have a look at some Notepad++ Linux alternatives.

All the text editors listed here are chosen based on these criteria. I say the basic features should be lightweightness, syntax highlighting, auto-completion, a appealing GUI, multi-language support, macros, regex searching and a good number of additional plugins. I’ve compiled a list of the seven best text editors you can use in place of Notepad++ on your favorite Linux distribution, be it Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora or any other version.īefore we check out this list of Notepad++ alternatives, let’s first think about what we’re looking for in a text editor. I don’t know why even after several years Notepad++ hasn’t come up with a Linux client.īut so what if it’s not available for Linux, we can always use some worthy alternatives to Notepad++ for Linux. Notepad++ is my favorite text editor on Windows at work. At home, I use desktop Linux and I miss Notepad++. Brief: Notepad++ is not available for Linux but we’ll show you the best Notepad++ alternatives for Linux in this article.
