Text Editors

Text editors are essential for coding and website development. Every editor works differently, but you will find common features across text editing applications. This includes support for multiple programming languages, colour schemes to highlight code, search and replace, debugging tools and more.

Free and premium text editors are available online for Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix. Be sure to test a few solutions to see which one fits you best.

	AceHTML A powerful free editor that has support for several programming languages. It is only available for Windows.
	BlueFish A feature rich free editor that is available for Windows and Mac. It supports around 30 languages and platforms.
	CoffeeCup (Windows) | CoffeeCup (Mac) A HTML editor that has a beautiful easy-to-use interface. There is a version for Windows and Mac. Both versions retail for $69.
	Kate An advanced KDE Advanced Text Editor for Linux that supports syntax highlighting for over 200 file types.
	KompoZer Available for Windows, KompoZer uses a WYSIWYG visual editor that allows non-technical users to make modifications without knowing HTML.
	Notepad++ A free Windows-based text editor. It features syntax highlighting, search and replace, and customisable views.
	Smultron A beautiful text editor that is available for Apple devices for only $5. Documents can be stored on iCloud and then retrieved on Mac, iPhone, iTouch and iPad.
	TextPad A popular text editor for Windows that boasts multi-language support, spell checker, and support for very large files. It costs $27 to buy, however a trial version can be downloaded for free. That trial has no expiry date, therefore you do not have to pay if you do not want to
	TextWrangler A capable text editor for Mac that is free to download. It is the “little brother” of BBEdit, a more advanced editor that costs $49.99 to download.