On the surface, Hog Bay Software’s $25 FoldingText ( Mac App Store link) is a basic text editor. In fact, if you don’t dig too deep, you could easily be fooled into thinking that FoldingText is too ...

When it comes to taking quick notes, most Windows users prefer Notepad. It's simple, pre-installed, and gets the job done — but is it the best option? While it serves its purpose for basic text ...

This post covers the best open-source text editor software for your Windows 11/10 PC. There are several good open-source text editors available for the Windows operating system. Choosing the one that ...

The TEA Text Editor is a very handy writing tool that delivers a much different user interface. For most computer users cranking out words or program code for digital consumption, text editors are ...

On Windows 11, you can use the Microsoft Edit tool to work with text files while in Command Prompt or PowerShell without having to switch applications, and in this guide, I'll show you everything you ...

Windows only: Whether you're a fan of green on black text, blinking cursors, split windows, or any of the things you won't find on a basic text editor, EditPad Lite has the tweaks you crave. If you've ...

If you need a text or code editor, you can go all the way and use Bare Bones Software’s BBEdit, with its huge number of features, or even its free sibling, TextWrangler, which offers many of BBEdit’s ...

Microsoft is preparing to bring a new command-line text editor called Edit to Windows 11, which is made for users who want a simple and lightweight tool for editing text files. Edit is now available ...

Notepad is a very basic text editor with very few additional features beyond typing and saving. WordPad is slightly more sophisticated and is a stripped-down word processing program that offers a ...

You can use Notepad, the native Windows 7 text editor, to work on your business's text documents. However, Notepad is a basic text editor that has only minimal formatting options. If you need to ...