10+ Best Code Editors for Windows and Mac {2021}
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A **code editor** is nothing but **writing software** that is used to design a source code of computer programs. Here in [Share Point Anchor](https://sharepointanchor.com/) we literally use the code editors to build the web page with [HTML](https://sharepointanchor.com/category/learn-html/), [CSS](https://sharepointanchor.com/category/learn-css/), and [JavaScript](https://sharepointanchor.com/category/learn-javascript/). Following is a list of Top 10 source code and text editor software for Windows and Mac platforms.

## Best Free Code Editors for Windows and Mac:

Whether you’re a new web developer, you must need any one of the text or code editors for writing and editing the source code. Every year, many new Code Editors are launched, so it is challenging to choose the best one. Here, we have listed the most popular Code Editors for Windows and Mac.

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- The following list contains the Top 5 Code Editors
  - **Visual Studio Code**

  - **Atom**
  - **Notepad ++**
  - **NetBeans**
  - **Brackets**
- You can also use the below code editors
  - **Vim**
  - **EMac**
  - **Gedit**
  - **Kate**
  - **Geany**

## Visual Studio Code:

It is a popular **open-source code** editor. It was developed by **Microsoft** and released in **April 2015**. This editor offers built-in support for  **JavaScript** , **TypeScript** , **JSON** , **CSS** , and **HTML** , as well as debugging support for **Node.js**.

**Price** : It is a **free** text editor.

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/VSC.png)<figcaption>Visual Studio Code</figcaption>

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## Atom:

Atom is a free and open-source code editor **for Mac, Linux,** and **Windows.** It is started by **GitHub** and now owned by **Microsoft**. It is robust and offers built-in support of multiple language-specific packages.

**Price:** It is a **free** text editor.

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Atom-1024x611.png)<figcaption>Atom</figcaption>

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## Notepad++:

This is the most common code editor for Windows. It was developed by **Don Ho** and initially released in **2003**. It supports syntax highlighting for languages like PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

**Price:** It is the **free** text editor.

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Notepad.gif)<figcaption>Notepad ++</figcaption>

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## **NetBeans** :

It is an integrated development environment for **java**. It was developed by **Apache Software Foundation Oracle Corporation**. NetBeans is the easy and efficient project management that helps to write a bug-free code.

Price: It is a **free** text editor.

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NetBeans.png)<figcaption>NetBeans</figcaption>

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## **Brackets** :

Brackets is an **open-source project** , supported by an active and passionate community. It was developed by **Adobe Systems** and initially released in 2014. It is a lightweight, powerful modern text editor. With this editor you can easily toggle between source code and the browser view.

**Price** : It is a **free** version of the code editor.

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brackets-1.png)<figcaption>Brackets</figcaption>

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## **Vim** :

Vim is an **open source** and advanced text editor tool for Linux. It was developed by **Bram Moolenaar** and initially released on 1991. It has an extensive plugin support with powerful search engine.

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Vim-Code-Editor.png)<figcaption>Vim</figcaption>

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## **Emacs:**

It is a **Unix based text editor** tool which is used by programmers, engineers, students, and system administrators. It was developed by **Free software**   **developers** and initially released on 1976. With this text editor you can easily add, modify delete, insert the words, letters, lines, and other units of text.

**Price** : It is a **free** text editor software.

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Emac.png)<figcaption>Emacs</figcaption>

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## **Gedit** :

Gedit tool is designed as a **general-purpose text editor** for Mac and Windows. It was developed by **Federico Mena Quintero** and initially released on 1999. It includes features for editing source code and structured text like markup languages.

**Price** : It is a **free** text editor.

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gedit.png)<figcaption>Gedit</figcaption>

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## **Kite** :

Kite is a Code Editor that **automatically completes multiple line codes**. This editor supports more than 16 languages. It helps you to code **faster** with no hassle.

**Price** : It is a **free** text editor tool.

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kite-1024x538.png)<figcaption>Kite</figcaption>

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## **Geany** :

It is a **lightweight** text editor tool which uses **GTK+toolkit**. It was developed by **Geany authors** and initially released on 2005. This tool supports many file types and has some basic features of an integrated development environment.

Price: It is a **free** code editor software.

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Geany.png)<figcaption>Geany</figcaption>

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In this post, we have listed out the top 10 code editors which are best in the trending world. We hope this article helped you find the perfect code editors for your needs.

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