1.Notepadqq Being a clone of Notepad++, its no surprise to many to see this at the top of the list. With the look and popular functionalities being exactly same, this is a definite recommendation. You can check it out for yourself here. Installation Steps: 2. Gedit ( Gnome Text Editor ) This is one such text editor that a few users must be familiar with already, since it comes in-built with Ubuntu. Do not be fooled by the ease of use of Gedit, its more powerful than it appears. With tools to edit source codes and structured text such as markup languages to complement syntax highlighting, auto indentation, text wrapping, line numbers, current line highlighting, bracket matching, spell checking, configurable fonts and colors and plugin support, we had to recommend this. Installation Steps: sudo apt-get install gedit 3. Subime Text yum install gedit And we hit our first paid and non open source editor in this list – Sublime Text.This is an extremely powerful cross-platform editor that not only looks great, but works great too. Feature filled, good GUI and a host of plugins has propelled it to a position of being the preferred choice of many programmers. Its features include an instant project switch, multiple selections, split editing, command palette, distraction free mode,& of course. plugin support . You can try it out for free, but a license costs $70. Installation Steps: 4. Lime Text Frustrated with the slow pace development on the fore-mentioned editor, its creator decided to take things in his own hands leading to the creation of Lime Text. Being a replica of Sublime, this is pretty much the same in terms of features and functionality, not to mention the added advantage of being open source. On the flip side, there are no packages available – meaning you will have to install it from source. Installation Steps: Install dependencies & set the path to Golang: Download and run Termbox: Install Lime Text with QML: 5. Atom This list cannot be complete with mentioning the one editor that has created a storm in its wake – Atom. This editor is cross-platform and open source available from GitHub. The statistic of 300,000 active monthly users is what I called a storm. Apart from having – what is touted – an uber cool GUI, it is also termed as a ” Hackable text editor for the 21st century”. Not hard to see why its become so popular among programmers. Installation Steps:
