Notepad++

Notepad++

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Notepad++	Score9.3 out of 10	N/A	Notepad++ is a popular free and open source text editor available under the GPL license, featuring syntax highlighting and folding, auto-complete, multi-document management, and ac customizable GUI.	N/A

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Considered Both Products	Open Source Praveen Kumar QA Tester in Quality Assurance at Revidd (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Notepad++ Especially the encoding option helps me a lot to convert to ANSI. Its very easy to use and user-friendly. And can also plugins like converters and MIME tools etc., can also run some programming languages using Notepad++. I selected Notepad++ because it has lot of features that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ vscode is also a text editor and in many ways is more powerful than Notepad++. Notepad++ is simpler, faster and less busy. vscode is nicer for more complicated things, such as working with multiple files that are related (say a complex set of python scripts) or in a project … Incentivized Helpful? Sudipto Sinha, PSM I SAP Solution Architect ( BRIM/CRM/OTC) in Information Technology at Capgemini America Inc (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees) Chose Notepad++ If you're looking for a free and feature-rich option with an active plugin ecosystem, extensive language support, and regular expression capabilities, Notepad++ is a strong choice.If you prefer a straightforward, user-friendly interface and don't require as many advanced … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is way ahead of EditPlus since the latter was developed quite a few years ago and it lacks the intuitive language detection which is a major positive for Notepad++ Incentivized Helpful? Dr Andy Teh Founder, Owner, and Principal in Professional Services at Teh & Associates (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees) Chose Notepad++ Compared to Evernote, Notepad++ is much lighter in terms of resource usage. In addition, the tabs in Notepad++ are arranged horizontally above the text box, which is my preferred way of accessing open files. Evernote does not have tabs. We continue to use Evernote for long-term … Incentivized Helpful? Przemek Pater Senior IT Specialist in Information Technology at Kyndryl (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Notepad++ In comparison to vs code, Notepad is less complexed solution with maybe less testing or implementation options but also with better script edition control thanks to the code formatting options. It depends on the task we have but for less complexed scripting that doesn't require … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ has a simple GUI. I use it when needed to take quick notes or come up with a rough logic to any problem. Even though Sublime Text is a lot sleekier tha Notepad++, the search capabilities of Notepad++ makes it a winner. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is easy to use, its simple user interface makes your coding more relaxed and joyful. You can use Notepad++ for many other works like saving text messages or text files or email-related work for a company. Notepad++ is easy to understand, and coding and debugging in … Incentivized Helpful? Al Mubassir Muin Software Engineer in Information Technology at Prime Tech Solutions Ltd. (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Notepad++ Since my engineering days, I have used this software. Notepad++ has to be one of the most powerful text editors available. It is lightweight and easy to use. It can identify the programming language based upon the extension of the file. It can also open various attachments, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ is not available for macOS. So I am using TextWrangler, it is not having features like find and replace with regular expression, it is a simple replacement. Also, color coding for a programming language is also not available. The third multiple tab opening is an issue … Incentivized Helpful? Mounika Vutla Software Engineer at Myself (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose Notepad++ I have used Notepad++ before. I started using Notepad++ as it is had a lot more features which made my work easier. Incentivized Helpful? Canh Tran Technology Architect in Information Technology at TELUS Communications (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees) Chose Notepad++ UltraEdit was offered as a licensed product by my organization, however, because there was a cost to it, I had to obtain manager's approval for the yearly license required to keep it working. This was a hassle for something as simple as an editor. It was a convenient need to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ I have used Java the most at other companies, I think we had a design deal with them. Notepad++ was more affordable with my current company. Incentivized Helpful? Sean Haddy Software Engineer in Information Technology at Jenson USA (Retail, 51-200 employees) Chose Notepad++ I didn’t care for the way some things were handled in other programs I tried, and I’ve stuck with Notepad++ since. Incentivized Helpful? John Stuchly Data Developer in Information Technology at HKS Inc (Architecture & Planning, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Notepad++ I prefer Notepad++ to both UltraEdit and VSCode. The fact that it is freely available gives it a leg up on UltraEdit, and the feature set is at least comparable and in some ways better. VSCode is more useful if you are using your text editor to code and want to tie into … Incentivized Helpful? Laura Stein Office365 Solutions Specialist in Information Technology at Union Tank Car (Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Notepad++ Notepad that comes with Windows is not an acceptable tool. I use TextWrangler on my Mac. It's not quite as good as Notepad++, but Notepad++ is not available for MacOS. Notepad++ is the best text editor I have found. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Atom is a nice little notepad and editor, but it's a bit overkill for a simple note-taking app and doesn't quite compare to Visual Studio Code for more robust tasks like software development. It does have more polish than Notepad++, but the experience is somehow more clumsy. Sub… Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ I like Notepad++ over others because of its ease of use and its many available features. The nearly unlimited plugins pretty much let you do anything you can think of related to text based files. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ I mainly use Notepad++ on windows. EditPlus was very good at regular expressions. I felt it was better than Notepad++. On Mac, sublime is a good tool for the same purpose. Incentivized Helpful? Darren Clarke IT Support Technician in Information Technology at William King Ltd (Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees) Chose Notepad++ Both visual studio code and Notepad++ are powerful code editors/text editors. So it is hard to pick a favorite as they both have upsides and downsides. In this case Notepad++ I love the plugins that come with it and the ability to get more from other open sources. In general … Incentivized Helpful? Joseph Mark Technology Specialist in Information Technology at Fox Creek High School (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Notepad++ Visual studio code has more testing capabilities but Notepad++ is easier to use for day to day text and scripting operations. Incentivized Helpful? Ryan Proctor Senior Sharepoint Developer in Information Technology at Los Alamos National Lab (Computer Software, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Notepad++ I have never looked for other applications to replace or compare to Notepad++. That is how delighted I am to use it no matter where I am at in the working world. It is always one of the first programs that I install on my computer when I start at a new company. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ provides Macro Record and PlayBack. This option helps in formatting or adding the same type of information multiple times. Support multiple programming languages with proper syntax validation and highlighting. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ When I have to quickly review code or open a file to review something, opening Visual Studio is overkill. It takes time for the full-fledged IDE to open and initialize. When I need to get something done quickly, I use Notepad++ because nothing can compare to its speed. I also … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Notepad++ Notepad++ has many advanced plugins whereas the other applications do not have as many as this. It supports many programming languages and takes low storage and gives faster outputs. Syntax auto complete and syntax highlight is also a plus when compared to that of other … Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Notepad++
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (61 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (3 ratings)
Support Rating	8.1 (15 ratings)