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Basic Notepad vs SwitchHosts

A side-by-side look at Basic Notepad and SwitchHosts. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Basic Notepad

Basic Notepad

Office & Productivity

Basic Notepad is a simple text editor for Windows that allows users to open, edit, and save plain text documents. It has basic formatting functions like font and text size changes. Useful for quickly taking notes or writing short documents.

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SwitchHosts

SwitchHosts

Network & Admin

SwitchHosts is a free, open-source application for Windows, Mac and Linux that allows you to easily manage your hosts file. It enables quickly switching between different host configurations with a single click, helping test websites, access sites blocked in your country, and manage development/staging environments.

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