GNU Emacs alternatives and similar tools

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Visual Studio Code

10.0 10.0 GNU Emacs VS Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code
Atom

9.9 7.6 GNU Emacs VS Atom

:atom: The hackable text editor

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Brackets

9.8 1.4 GNU Emacs VS Brackets

An open source code editor for the web, written in JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
Vim

9.6 9.9 GNU Emacs VS Vim

The official Vim repository
TextMate

9.0 2.3 L2 GNU Emacs VS TextMate

TextMate is a graphical text editor for macOS 10.12 or later
Lime

8.9 0.0 GNU Emacs VS Lime

Open source API-compatible alternative to the text editor Sublime Text
Light Table

8.5 0.0 GNU Emacs VS Light Table

The Light Table IDE ⛺
Geany

6.3 8.9 L2 GNU Emacs VS Geany

A fast and lightweight IDE
ICEcoder

5.5 6.6 L5 GNU Emacs VS ICEcoder

Browser code editor awesomeness
Haroopad

5.4 0.0 GNU Emacs VS Haroopad

Haroopad - The Next Document processor based on Markdown
KDevelop

3.6 9.7 L1 GNU Emacs VS KDevelop

Cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP
jotgit

2.9 0.0 GNU Emacs VS jotgit

Git-backed real time collaborative editor built with meteor.
Nano

2.1 0.0 L1 GNU Emacs VS Nano

Easy to use, customizable text editor.
Eclipse

- GNU Emacs VS Eclipse

IDE written in Java with an extensible plug-in system.
Notepad++

- GNU Emacs VS Notepad++

GPLv2 multi-language editor with syntax highlighting for Windows.
Micro

- GNU Emacs VS Micro

A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor