| 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 | | Fast loading time, 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. |
| JPad | | A simple editor for writing java programs. [Win32] | |
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