What is Appy Text?
Appy Text is a free, open source plain text editor available for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Despite its simplicity, it comes packed with several handy features for writing and editing code or text documents.
The interface is clean and intuitive, with an uncluttered writing space at the center along with basic controls like file tabs, find/replace, zoom, word count and more. It supports common text formatting options such as bold, italics, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, etc.
Key highlights of Appy Text:
- Lightweight and fast
- Supports major text encodings like UTF-8, UTF-16, etc.
- Syntax highlighting for over 100 languages
- Find and replace across multiple documents
- Support for large files
- Fully customizable themes/styles
- Portable app that can run off a USB drive
While Appy Text may not have deeper features for content creation, its simplicity and flexibility make it a great basic text editor for quick notes, code editing and more.
Sublime Text, Notepad++, GNU nano, Kate, GNU Emacs, Notepad3, Bluefish Editor, Aptana Studio, CudaText, StNotepad Touch, BlueGem are some alternatives to Appy Text.