What is the best alternative to SciTE?

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score 861 · Answer 1

Atom

Top Pro

Best support for Arduino with Platformio

Arduino is the most important platform for developing embedded systems. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Mac, Linux

License:MIT

Price:free

Dev platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

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score 34 · Answer 2

Kate

Lots of plugins allow Kate to expand or shrink based on your needs. It includes GDB integration, XML completion, and symbol viewing to speed up programming. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; OSX; *nix

License:GPL

Collaborative editing:No

Supported remote file editing protocols:FTP; HTTP; SSH; WebDAV

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34 7

score 29 · Answer 3

Light Table

Top Pro

Inline evaluation

With LT's inline evaluation, you don't have to re-compile your whole source file. Each time you want to see an output, all you have to do is hover your cursor over the line you'd like to evaluate and press ctrl+enter; LT will evaluate that line of code for you. See More

Top Pro

Your code runs live as you write it

The "Watches" feature lets you see your code running live as you type it. This means that you can debug your code live while writing it, which leads to considerably less programming errors. See More

Top Pro

Plugin manager available

LT has a plugin manager built directly inside of it. This plugin manager connects to LT's own registry of plugins, so whenever you want assistance while writing your HTML, JS, or even Python, just open up the plugin manager, search for it, and click the little install button beside it's name. Your plugin will then be installed. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

License:MIT

Price:Free /Opensource

Auto Complete:Y

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score 13 · Answer 4

Howl

Specs

Platforms:Windows; OSX; *nix

13 1

score 1327 · Answer 5

Visual Studio Code

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39

Pros

Excellent Python plugin, originally created by Don Jayamanne, now hired by Microsoft to extend and maintain the extension. See More

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Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

1327 378

score 36 · Answer 6

Gedit

Supported remote file editing protocols:FTP; HTTP; SSH; WebDAV

Collaborative editing:plug-in

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36 17

score 225 · Answer 7

PhpStorm

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30

Pros

Quickly rename classes, methods, and variables used across multiple files in the project. See More

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Task/Context functionality

Similar to Eclipse Mylyn: you can create tasks or retrieve them from your ticketing system, and each task keeps its own context (opened files, modifications, etc.). See More

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Regular updates for fixes and new features

PhpStorm is clearly being developed continually, which gives confidence that it will be available for some time and is not abandonware. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

Cross Platform:Yes

Auto Complete:Yes

Multi Language Support:Yes

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score 367 · Answer 8

Spacemacs

367 53

score 53 · Answer 9

MacVim

License:GPL compatible

Collaborative editing:plug-in

Extension language:vimscript

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53 12

score 376 · Answer 10

Emacs

You can jump straight from your org-mode files to programming tasks - and back - and build a seamless workflow. See More

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Platforms:Unix-like, Windows

376 101

score 1150 · Answer 11

Vim

Top Pro

Can set up keymapping

Specs

Platforms:Linux, macOS, Windows

1150 266

score 1059 · Answer 12

Sublime Text

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39

Pros

A Sublime license can be bought but it can still be used for free. However, a pop-up appears when you save multiple times. See More

Top Pro

Multiple languages are supported

Top Pro

Direct server upload

Provides command line shortcut for server upload. See More

Top Pro

Functionalities

With lot of functionalities, where other editor even not think to provide. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

1059 254

score 269 · Answer 13

Notepad++

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18

Pros

Very easy to use and personalize. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows

License:GPL

Auto Complete:Yes

Multi Language Support:Yes

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269 104

score 14 · Answer 14

Textadept

Has a built-in lua engine. See More

14 1

score 28 · Answer 15

Komodo Edit

License:MPL; GPL; LGPL

Cross Platform:Yes

Auto Complete:Yes

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28 16

score 161 · Answer 16

Brackets

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16

Pros

Vim-style editing is already built in the text editor. See More

Top Pro

Support for Adobe PSD content

A default extension allows for the extraction of PSD resources, such as images and styles. There's good integration for placing extracted resources into source. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux

License:MIT

Collaborative editing:No

Supported remote file editing protocols:FTP (plug-in)

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score 9 · Answer 17

Kakoune

9 1

score 8 · Answer 18

PSPad

Supported remote file editing protocols:FTP

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8 1

score 1 · Answer 19

Synwrite

Top Con

Windows only

Synwrite is only available for Windows and it's not cross-platform. See More

Top Pro

Clean interface

Synwrite has a clean and beautiful UI. See More

Top Pro

Small size and portable

Synwrite's small size makes it very portable and usable even from a USB flash drive. See More

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Built-in FTP support

Built-in support for FTP allows the user to transfer and exchange files between different computers and accounts. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows

License:MPL

1 1

score 8 · Answer 20

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