Text Editor reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 314 Reddit reviews across 30 subreddits and 40 posts to rank the best Text Editor brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/macapps, r/laravel, r/nextjs, r/sveltejs, r/reactjs. Top-rated brands include JetBrains (4.8/5), TipTap (4.3/5), NeoVim (4.4/5).
Stats
Reviews314
Subreddits30
Posts40
Brands96
Products13
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#1
JetBrains
4.8
(28)
"PHPStorm with Laravel Idea is the way to go if you can afford it."
"PhpStorm with Laravel Idea (paid IDE with Paid plugin)."
"Phpstorm with laravel ide plugin."
"PHPStorm is worth the money and works well with HTML5 and PHP tasks"
"Short answer: PHPStorm"
"PHPStorm with the Laravel Idea plugin."
"PhpStorm with the Laravel Idea plugin. It's otherworldly good."
"PhpStorm, combine with plugins like PHP Inspection EA Extended, Laravel Idea."
"Phpstorm + idea, hands down."
"PhpStorm by 100 miles."
#2
TipTap
4.3
(26)
"TipTap is the most popular"
"Tiptap. It's easy to customize."
"Tiptap or Lexical，from what I understand, these two work very well"
"Tiptap, or Yopta if you like notion like editing."
"Tiptap"
"Tiptap by a mile."
"Tiptap is the best right now"
"I recommend TipTap"
"Tiptap is the best."
"I've only used Tiptap through Mantine but it seems really nice."
#3
NeoVim
4.4
(19)
"Neovim, try LazyVim to get you started."
"Neovim"
"Neovim obviously..."
"I use nvim for code and cherrytree for note taking"
"For me it's Neovim, I edit basically everything in it"
"Neovim ofc >:))))"
"Neovim"
"I've been using Neovim (or Vim before that) to write academic prose for around 10 years."
"If the language and frameworks you're using is supported by LSPs, Neovim"
"Neovim as a replacement for nano/micro."
#4
Microsoft
4.7
(17)
"I think many hard-core coders will argue that VS Code meets this description."
"Maybe try Microsoft Visual Studio Code. Generally it’s for programmers but you can easily install a vim plugin."
"Vscode with neovim plugin is perfect for you."
"Vscode + vim extension == awesome."
"Adding vote for VSCode."
"Vs studio by a mile."
"For the last two years I have been using VS Code with some extensions."
"I'm a big fan of vs code for text editing."
"Not Visual Studio. They are completely different."
"I have to admit it is the best"
#5
Vim
4.6
(13)
"Vim. Regular old vim."
"ViM"
"It's **incredibly** powerful."
"The obvious choice here is just to use Vim."
"Just use vim or Neovim."
"I’m use VIM in terminal mode with powershell."
"Vim, everything you said and a lot more."
"Vim is absolutely the best text editor."
"Vim"
"Vim for small quick things in the console."
#6
Sublime Text
4.4
(12)
"Sublime Text"
"Sublime Text. It is the OG snappy text editor."
"Sublime Text hooked to Verible"
"Laravel is built with sublime text. So there cannot be any other 'better' IDE than the one it is built with."
"Laravel is built with sublime text."
"Sublime Text."
"I like both BBEdit and Sublime Text, and emacs for quick edits in a terminal session."
"Sublime + SV plug-in + sv linter."
"Sublime text with system verilog and auto-increment plugins."
"Sublime text is a great alternative according to me."
#7
Visual Studio Code
4.3
(12)
"VS Code is my personal go-to."
"VSCode is absolutely amazing"
"Another vote for vscode + teroshdl"
"Vscode with some verilog/systemverilog plugins"
"VSCode with markdown files is also nice, plus if you need code that is instantly runnable with your notes, it’s a code editor."
"I'd say VSC (Visual Studio Code) for a generic one that will do almost anything."
"VSCode with a couple of plugin."
"Vscode + metalware."
"VS Code with plugins."
"I'll throw visual studio code in the ring."
#8
Lexical
4.5
(11)
"Lexical is a blt harder to setup but superior to all others."
"Lexical, platejs, Tiptap"
"Lexical is one of the best editors, TipTap is also good."
"Lexical editor! 😊 You're not gonna regret it."
"Lexical is overall the best for anything react."
"I would use lexical editor built by them"
"[Lexical seems pretty good]"
"Lexical or Tiptap. Both are good."
"Lexical for really advanced stuff Tiptap for mor basic"
"If you can work with vanilla JS, check out https://lexical.dev/ from facebook devs."
#9
BBEdit
4.7
(10)
"BBEdit"
"BBEdit is my favorite."
"My personal choice is BBEdit."
"BBEdit is my go to"
"BBEdit has been the best text editor on the Mac for decades."
"BBEdit is my favorite."
"BBEdit and CotEditor"
"Old but gold — BBEdit."
"I use BBEdit."
"I like both BBEdit and Sublime Text, and emacs for quick edits in a terminal session."
#10
Emacs
4.7
(10)
"EMACS, NeoVim, PyCharm and Sublime all fit this criteria."
"Emacs! It’s not osx only, but, for me, it’s the best one."
"Use emacs."
"Emacs (it's literally in the name)."
"Emacs. Not just a great editor for macOS, but a great editor for life."
"I switched from Neovim to Emacs, mainly for Org."
"I use Emacs for all my writing, Website with Org Mode."
"Emacs does all that."
"Use emacs"
"Emacs."
#11
TinyMCE
4.2
(11)
"TinyMCE is a popular choice for many developers due to its extensive range of features."
"TinyMCE hands down feature loaded."
"Tinymce selfhosted"
"TinyMCE"
"Tinymce?"
"TinyMCE has document converters."
"I've been using TinyMCE"
"TinyMCE has been great."
"The TinyMCE one works quite well, free too if you host it with your app with NuGet instead of using their CDN."
"Check out TinyMCE for react."
#12
Quill
4.0
(10)
"We've used Quill for a quite large project."
"For me it is Quill"
"I honestly like Quill. It's open source and quite customizable."
"I heard about Quills lately."
"I’d say Quill is a quite good one, and there aren’t really much alternatives."
"Hah - I was going to suggest Quill :D"
"I like Quill but since we have been forced into Markdown."
"The Quill is very good text editor."
"I have used both Quill and Medium editor."
"I’m currently using Quill but that’s still a little rough to work with if you have custom needs."
#13
Obsidian
4.7
(6)
"Obsidian for purely notes. Been using it for years works great."
"Check out [obsidian](https://obsidian.md)"
"Obsidian it’s the best, not only fast but powerful."
"For me the Obsidian is the best"
"Obsidian has a vim bindings plugin."
"Check out Obsidian notes."
#14
Micro
4.8
(5)
"Micro. It's simple. It gets out of your way."
"Micro"
"Another vote for micro!"
"What is better than nano? It is micro :) "
"Micro seems to be what you want"
#15
Trix
4.4
(5)
"Never had issue with trix."
"Trix is so much better than action text."
"If it’s relatively basic, trix is great."
"Trix with rhino is good."
"I like Trix"
#16
Geany
4.0
(5)
"Geany or Textadept"
"With Geany, you don't even need the Arduino IDE."
"I have since moved to Geany and really like it."
"[Geany](https://geany.org/)"
"Geany"
#17
Sublime
4.8
(4)
"Sublime"
"I use Sublime Text for Python. It’s really lightweight."
"Sublime Text"
"A long time ago i was using Sublime Text."
#18
VSCode
4.3
(4)
"VSCode"
"I'll just say it; VSCode."
"VSCode + vim for code."
"VSCode. It isn’t the best, nor the most hardcore."
#19
Nova
4.7
(3)
"Downloaded Nova this weekend, already like it way better."
"I like Nova."
"Nova"
#20
Zed
4.3
(3)
"Check out Zed"
"Currently I like Zed because VSCode is just .. slow."
"Zed."
#21
Notepad++
4.0
(3)
"Use Notepad++ for to-do lists, notes, and help with formatting SQL, XML, etc."
"Notepad++ is your best bet for an easy to use full-featured editor on Windows."
"Notepad+"
#22
Payload
4.0
(3)
"What about Payload?"
"Check out Payload CMS. You’ll be able to get a blog up and running in minutes."
"Check out Payload they’re easy to use & provides exactly what you need."
#23
Editor.js
4.0
(3)
"You can check Editor.js"
"Editorjs.io"
"I like Editor.js."
#24
Slate
3.3
(3)
"I like Slate as a rich text editor in my React projects."
"I’ve used slate and it was fine, you don’t have to use _all_ of the features."
"I used Slate - there’s a svelte package for it out there, but be warned it doesn’t really work on Firefox."
#25
CKEditor
4.5
(2)
"I use CKEditor in my Django projects because it is the default editor in TYPO."
"CKEditor looks like it provides an amazing amount of free functionality."
#26
PhpStorm
4.5
(2)
"Paid = PhpStorm, Free = VSCode 🙂"
"PHP Storm is great, but I found it a bit clunky."
#27
TextMate
4.5
(2)
"TextMate. Have been using it for probably about 15 + years."
"TextMate. Free and launches quickly."
#28
Cursor
4.5
(2)
"I've just moved from Sublime to Cursor."
"Maybe cursor is what youre looking for."
#29
Suneditor
4.5
(2)
"I have been using Suneditor for last 3 years. It works perfect."
"Check out Suneditor, very flexible rich text editor."
#30
Cherrytree
4.5
(2)
"Cherrytree is fantastic and a half. Truly a hidden gem."
"Cherrytree; https://www.giuspen.net/cherrytree/."
#31
Joplin
4.0
(2)
"Joplin is alright."
"Check `Joplin`. (it's available on all platforms)."
#32
Monaco
4.0
(2)
"There is monaco as well"
"Monoco is the one that powers vscode."
#33
Neovide
4.0
(2)
"Neovide."
"What about Neovide?"
#34
gVim
4.0
(2)
"Gvim, would be my choice."
"I’ve been using gVim for Windows for many years."
#35
Plate.js
4.0
(2)
"I been enjoying platejs a lot lately"
"Platejs"
#36
Notepad Plus Plus
4.0
(2)
"Or run notepad++ 32 bit using wine ?"
"Notepad++ or sublime for random scripts."
#37
Typora
4.0
(2)
"Typora"
"Typora"
#38
Sanity
4.0
(2)
"Sanity just released their portable text editor that is highly customizable."
"Sanity just released a standalone RichTextEditor."
#39
Helix
3.5
(2)
"I love Helix. It's going through some growing pains right now with development slowing for some more advanced features and LSP performance but it's got more than what I need to be my daily driver."
"I know it's not vim but maybe helix?"
#40
CKEditor 5
3.0
(2)
"I have used vanillajs implementation of CKEditor5."
"Currently using ckedtor5 .. not recommending this."
#41
Radzen
5.0
(1)
"We used successfully the Radzen... It was the only one that supported pasting of images directly."
#42
Overleaf
5.0
(1)
"I use overleaf, an online editor."
#43
PyCharm
5.0
(1)
"PyCharm is probably the best Python text editor"
#44
Tipex Editor
5.0
(1)
"Definitely, [tipex-editor/](https://tipex.pages.dev/) for me."
#45
NixVim
5.0
(1)
"Neovim configured with NixVim is the only way."
#46
Textastic
5.0
(1)
"I love Textastic."
#47
TextEdit
5.0
(1)
"There isn't anything more minimal and faster than TextEdit on Mac."
#48
PrimeReact
4.0
(1)
"PrimeReact has everything you need."
#49
LanguageTool
4.0
(1)
"I recommend LanguageTool. The free plan gives you more than enough."
#50
ProWritingAid
4.0
(1)
"I also like ProWritingAid, it's more geared towards creative writing than Grammarly."
#51
Editors.io
4.0
(1)
"Yeah, for block style editing and not react centered, editors.io"
#52
Paper
4.0
(1)
"Paper is my first choice."
#53
Notion
4.0
(1)
"Notion (requires Internet Connection), feature-packed"
#54
Gnome Text Editor
4.0
(1)
"I usually prefer something more minimal like Gnome Text Editor"
#55
Notepad Plus
4.0
(1)
"It says it's a cross platform, reimplementation of Notepad++."
#56
Remirror
4.0
(1)
"I used and enjoyed my time with https://remirror.io/."
#57
Bare Bones Software
4.0
(1)
"BBEdit is good and widely used."
#58
Kakoune
4.0
(1)
"Wow! Where's the love for Kakoune? I can't believe it's not more popular."
#59
Nano
4.0
(1)
"Nano, properly configured, is a very good terminal editor."
#60
Novel.sh
4.0
(1)
"This is what you want."
#61
CotEditor
4.0
(1)
"CotEditor for almost everything."
#62
Notepadqq
4.0
(1)
"Notepadqq is a Notepad++ clone for Mac. Highly recommend."
#63
Archimedes
4.0
(1)
"I like Archimedes and Quiver."
#64
Bear app
4.0
(1)
"Bear app."
#65
Thonny
4.0
(1)
"[https://thonny.org/] is an editor specifically for Python beginners."
#66
VSCodium
4.0
(1)
"You might want to consider VSCodium."
#67
SubethaEdit
4.0
(1)
"For basic text editing I quite like both SubethaEdit and CotEdit."
#68
10tap Editor
4.0
(1)
"My #1 candidate so far is https://github.com/10play/10tap-editor."
#69
Blocknote
4.0
(1)
"Blocknote/react"
#70
Hyperwrite
4.0
(1)
"Check out hyperwrite AI assistant."
#71
docFreak
4.0
(1)
"Looks like you need docFreak."
#72
Zed.dev
4.0
(1)
"Zed.dev"
#73
Microsoft OneNote
4.0
(1)
"MS oneNote? Since you mentioned Teams meetings you probably have access to the Office Suite"
#74
Workflowy
4.0
(1)
"Although not strictly a text editor, Workflowy might solve most of your asks."
#75
Outstatic
4.0
(1)
"Don’t forget to give [https://outstatic.com](https://outstatic.com) a try."
#76
Novel
4.0
(1)
"Novel is a Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletions."
#77
Slate.js
4.0
(1)
"Slatejs"
#78
Kate
4.0
(1)
"Kate for example."
#79
LyX
4.0
(1)
"I like LyX."
#80
Monaco Editor
4.0
(1)
"There’s a wrapper around the Monaco editor."
#81
Sublime Text 4
4.0
(1)
"Sublime Text 4"
#82
Quill.js
4.0
(1)
"Quill.js works just fine"
#83
Microsoft Word
4.0
(1)
"Honestly, Microsoft Word. Excellent template and formatting support."
#84
Google Docs
4.0
(1)
"I honestly just use google docs and im doing just fine."
#85
JetBrains SystemVerilog Studio
4.0
(1)
"The SystemVerilog Studeo."
#86
rNote
4.0
(1)
"I found an app called rNote. It is the closest to what I wanted."
#87
Plate
4.0
(1)
"I'm giving [Plate](https://platejs.org/docs) a serious look."
#88
Tapwrite
4.0
(1)
"Use tapwrite. Go to npm and search for it."
#89
Grammarly
3.0
(1)
"At my work, we use the free-version of Grammarly for surface-level proofreading."
#90
QuillBot
3.0
(1)
"I use Quillbot and Grammarly but if it all fails, I send it a beta reader."
#91
React Quill
3.0
(1)
"React quill maybe?"
#92
Apache
3.0
(1)
"I haven't used it in some time, but back in the day I used Netbeans."
#93
WordPad
3.0
(1)
"Wordpad.exe comes to mind (if you're on Windows)."
#94
Nexo MDX
3.0
(1)
"Can try nexo-mdx too."
#95
Trumbowyg
3.0
(1)
"Trumbowyg"
#96
Microsoft Publisher
3.0
(1)
"Microsoft Publisher."
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