gamma-text-editor vs notepadqq

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A simple, general-purpose editor for Linux (by notepadqq)

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gamma-text-editor		notepadqq
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1	Mentions	21
-	Stars	2,073
-	Growth	0.7%
-	Activity	2.3
-	Latest Commit	11 months ago
	Language	JavaScript
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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gamma-text-editor

Posts with mentions or reviews of gamma-text-editor. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-07.

Cross Platform [Win-Mac-Linux] App
5 projects | /r/QtFramework | 7 Jan 2022

I asked about gtk cause i saw this project which is very very similar to what i’m looking for, but seems to be kinda dead unfortunately.

notepadqq

Posts with mentions or reviews of notepadqq. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-28.

NotepadNext – a cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Mar 2024
When switching to Linux, what were some programs that you had to stop using because they weren't supported on Linux?
8 projects | /r/linux | 27 Mar 2023

You could give notepadqq a try, it is very close in look in feel to notepad++. I don't know if extensions/plugins would be compatible, though.
There is absolutely no going back.
11 projects | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 5 Jan 2023

Not cross platform as the program is written for the win32 API, notepadqq is an okay replacement for it on Linux though.
What are some linux utilities/tools/apps you would want to have, that don't exist and think would be really useful.
24 projects | /r/linux | 19 Dec 2022
What are peoples favorite free and open source software
20 projects | /r/linux | 11 Dec 2022

Even though Notepad++ works pretty well with wine as far as I know, I would like to refer to https://notepadqq.com/. Visually, the editor is as close as possible to Notepad++.
notepad++ replacement (need something that is similar to the compare plugin to compare two files w/color coding)?
2 projects | /r/linuxmint | 20 Nov 2022

Take a look at Notepad qq it is meant to be a notepad ++ replacement https://notepadqq.com
CotEditor – Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jul 2022
Now that Atom has been discontinued - where to next?
9 projects | /r/linux | 13 Jun 2022

Heard the Linux Fork of Notepad++ is a super well running editor with plugin support: https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq
I got made fun of for using Notepad++
3 projects | /r/learnprogramming | 12 May 2022
Notepad Next
15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Apr 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gamma-text-editor and notepadqq you can also consider the following projects:

qt-creator - A cross-platform Qt IDE

notepad-plus-plus - Notepad++ official repository

textosaurus - Cross-platform text editor based on Qt and Scintilla.

NotepadNext - A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++

Geany - A fast and lightweight IDE

NPP_HexEdit - Notepad++ Plugin Hexedit

czkawka - Multi functional app to find duplicates, empty folders, similar images etc.

Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Code

flameshot - Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash:

Vim - The official Vim repository

win32-custom-menubar-aero-theme - Custom owner menubar drawing for win32 even with aero themes using undocumented Windows messages and structures, previously unknown.