Top 13 text editor tools for developer in 2023.

• Effortlessly Split Panes and Navigate Between Code
• Side-by-Side Mode for Definitions
• Definitions in Auto Complete
• Use Multiple Selections to rename variables quickly

New in Sublime Text 4

Apple Silicon and Linux ARM64
Sublime Text for Mac now includes native support for Apple Silicon processors. Linux ARM64 builds are also available for devices like the Raspberry Pi.

Refreshed UI
The Default and Adaptive themes have been refreshed with new tab styles and inactive pane dimming. Themes and Color Schemes support auto dark-mode switching. The Adaptive theme on Windows and Linux now features custom title bars.

Context-Aware Auto Complete
The auto complete engine has been rewritten to provide smart completions based on existing code in a project. Suggestions are also augmented with info about their kind, and provide links to definitions.

GPU Rendering
Sublime Text can now utilize your GPU on Linux, Mac and Windows when rendering the interface. This results in a fluid UI all the way up to 8K resolutions, all while using less power than before.

Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use.

License : $99 USD

Vim is rock stable and is continuously being developed to become even better. Among its features are:

• persistent, multi-level undo tree
• extensive plugin system
• support for hundreds of programming languages and file formats
• powerful search and replace
• integrates with many tools

Free

Meet IntelliSense.

Go beyond syntax highlighting and autocomplete with IntelliSense, which provides smart completions based on variable types, function definitions, and imported modules.

Print statement debugging is a thing of the past.

Debug code right from the editor. Launch or attach to your running apps and debug with break points, call stacks, and an interactive console.

Git commands built-in.

Working with Git and other SCM providers has never been easier. Review diffs, stage files, and make commits right from the editor. Push and pull from any hosted SCM service.

Extensible and customizable.

Want even more features? Install extensions to add new languages, themes, debuggers, and to connect to additional services. Extensions run in separate processes, ensuring they won't slow down your editor.

Free

• Content-aware editing modes, including syntax coloring, for many file types.
• Complete built-in documentation, including a tutorial for new users.
• Full Unicode support for nearly all human scripts.
• Highly customizable, using Emacs Lisp code or a graphical interface.
• A wide range of functionality beyond text editing, including a project planner, mail and news reader, debugger interface, calendar, IRC client, and more.
• A packaging system for downloading and installing extensions.

Free

Deep intelligence

After IntelliJ IDEA has indexed your source code, it offers a blazing fast and intelligent experience by giving relevant suggestions in every context: instant and clever code completion, on-the-fly code analysis, and reliable refactoring tools.

Out-of-the-box experience

Mission-critical tools such as integrated version control systems and a wide variety of supported languages and frameworks are all to hand — no plugin hassle included.

Smart code completion

While the basic completion suggests names of classes, methods, fields, and keywords within the visibility scope, the smart completion suggests only those types that are expected in the current context.

Framework-specific assistance

While IntelliJ IDEA is an IDE for Java, it also understands and provides intelligent coding assistance for a large variety of other languages such as SQL, JPQL, HTML, JavaScript, etc., even if the language expression is injected into a String literal in your Java code.

Productivity boosters

The IDE predicts your needs and automates the tedious and repetitive development tasks, so you can stay focused on the big picture.

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate - The most intelligent IDE for Java and Kotlin

New pricing from Oct 1, 2022

• first year US $169.00
• second year US $135.00
• third year onwards US $101.00

All Products Pack- Get 11 IDEs, 3 extensions, 2 profilers, and a collaborative development service – all in one subscription.

New pricing from Oct 1, 2022

• first year US $289.00
• second year US $231.00
• third year onwards US $173.00

NPM Packages

Play with any of the 2 million NPM packages. React, Vue, Lodash, RxJs, p5.js, three.js, etc.

The Fastest Live View

See results as you type, instantly. Speed-up learning and code debugging. PlayCode is the fastest coding experience ever.

Code Autocomplete

Type code faster and easier with smart code autocomplete. It helps avoid looking for documentation every time and it adds confidence in your coding abilities.

Emmet Shortcuts

Emmet will make your HTML & CSS coding unbelievable smooth and fast.

Bug Finder

PlayCode will find and show you all the errors and help you fix them. It makes the process of "write, run, fix errors, again" instant.

Type Checking

Use the full power of TypeScript. Catch errors early. See typings and issues in the editor. Typings install automatically.

Documentation On Hover

The documentation is at your fingertips. No need to Open Google and constantly look for how to use this or that function.

Minimap

Find errors instantly, even when you have 1000 lines of code. The minimap will show all errors and warnings.

Preview in a New Window

Use the new browser window to debug the result. Check responsive websites or use multiple monitors.

Assets

Upload images, videos, sounds, or any other file formats.

The Most Flexible Layout

Arrange the panels as you like. No, really, absolutely, whatever. Any location and size.

Color Themes

Light theme in the sun or dark in the evening. Switch between blue, dark, light and gray themes.

Personal

For quickly testing small code snippets and learning JavaScript. Free For individuals

• Unlimited projects
• 8 lines of code
• Assets storage 4 MB
• Deploy up to 3 websites with intro

Personal Pro

For power users who want to do even more. $4.99 per month - billed annually $9.99 per month - billed monthly

• Everything in Personal, plus
• Unlimited lines of code
• Interactive courses
• Unlimited private projects
• Assets storage 1000 MB
• Deploy up to 3 websites
• Custom domains & HTTPS
• Custom subdomains
• Priority support

Coding Bootcamp

For coding bootcamps to make learning process even better. $17.99 per seat - per month - billed annually $21 per seat - per month - billed monthly

• Everything in Personal Pro, plus
• One invoice for all seats
• Student management
• Track students courses progress
• Assets storage 50 GB
• Deploy unlimited websites
• Premium support

Goals

• No freezes or lags
• Fast startup time
• Low memory usage
• Scalable through a consistent and dev-friendly plugins API
• Flexible workspace configurations
• Respect privacy
• Easy to use and pleasant UI
• Stable Intellisense (LSP)

Open source

Extensible

• API is first-class: discoverable, versioned, documented.
• MessagePack structured communication enables extensions in any language.
• Remote plugins run as co-processes, safely and asynchronously.
• GUIs, IDEs, web browsers can --embed Neovim as an editor or script host.
• Lua plugins are easy to create just like Vimscript plugins. Your config can live in init.lua!
• AST-producing parsing engine enables faster, more accurate syntax highlighting, code navigation, refactoring, text objects, and motions.

Usable

• Builtin LSP client for semantic code inspection and refactoring (go-to definition, "find references", format, …)
• Strong defaults
• Works the same everywhere: one build-type, one command
• Modern terminal features such as cursor styling, focus events, bracketed paste
• Builtin terminal emulator

Drop-in Vim

• Fully compatible with Vim's editing model and Vimscript v1.
• Start with :help nvim-from-vim if you already use Vim.

Open source

The VSCodium project exists so that you don’t have to download+build from source. This project includes special build scripts that clone Microsoft’s vscode repo, run the build commands, and upload the resulting binaries for you to GitHub releases. These binaries are licensed under the MIT license. Telemetry is disabled.

Open source and free

Unmatched performance on all file sizes.

Leverage UE’s powerful features to deal with the largest of projects.

One license. Three platforms.

Install on Windows, Mac, and Linux with one license.

3 for 1 licensing

Your personal license is good for up to 3 machines on any combination of platforms.

Optional Cloud

Services (Win only) Sync and share all your settings, files, and code snippets across all your systems in a single click

Subscription

Perpetual

Programmable

BlockNote exposes an extensive API so you can integrate BlockNote into your app and add functionality to the editor.

Proven tech

BlockNote builds on top of Prosemirror and TipTap (two awesome open source projects), but is simpler to use. Prosemirror is a battle-tested framework, used by top organizations around the world to power their text-editing products.

React components

BlockNote is built for React and exposes easy-to-use components. However, it is possible to use BlockNote with other frameworks or Vanilla JS (advanced users).

Open source

• Simple and clean interface.
• Has various color schemes.
• Distraction free features (such as full screen and/or Minimal Mode).
• Includes "Minimal Mode", where the toolbar and statusbar are hidden.
• Supports more advanced features, such as syntax highlighting and line numbers.
• Can export the document as HTML or PDF.
• Faster than other text editors.
• Simple source code, which makes the programmer's life easier.
• Tested on Linux, Mac and Windows.
• Close integration with all supported platforms.

Open source

• Fast & lightweight
• Portable (zip file < 1MB)
• Customise everything using a single language
• Everything runs natively, there is no web or Python clutter
• Built-in terminal emulator
• Say goodbye to regex soup and work directly with tokens