Free Code Editors alternatives
Editors and IDEs for writing software without paid licenses.
Common paid equivalents: Visual Studio Code.
Sublime Text
Code EditorsFast, lightweight code editor with multiple cursors, Goto Anything and a huge package ecosystem. Free to evaluate; a license is needed for continued use.
Visual Studio CodeSublime Text is a fast, lightweight code and text editor known for its speed and clean, distraction-free interface. It supports almost every programming language with syntax highlighting, and offers multiple cursors and selections, "Goto Anything" for jumping between files, symbols and lines, a command palette, split editing, a built-in minimap and powerful find-and-replace with regular expressions. Thousands of community plugins are available through Package Control. Sublime Text is not open source. It can be downloaded and evaluated for free, but a license must be purchased for continued use: US$99 one-time for a personal license, including three years of updates.
VSCodium
Code EditorsCommunity builds of VS Code without Microsoft telemetry or branding.
Visual Studio CodeVSCodium redistributes the MIT-licensed VS Code source as binaries without telemetry. It is the closest open-source stand-in for Microsoft Visual Studio Code when you want the same editing experience under a clearer license.
Notepad++
Code EditorsFast Windows source editor with a large plugin ecosystem.
Visual Studio CodeNotepad++ is a free source code editor for Windows. It is a common replacement for Notepad and a no-cost alternative to Sublime Text for everyday editing, logs, and light development.