Freeware Text Editor

Typeit!.
Download Typeit 4.994 (from Text Programs)

1.7 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

Atom is a text editor that's obviously designed for coders and programmers with its support for a number of languages and its well thought out layout. A review of Atom has also been published.
Download Atom 1.63.1 (from Text Programs)

139 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

TextEdit is a freeware, but abandoned text editing application that can deal with a number of different programming languages. A review of TextEdit has also been published.
Download TextEdit 3.0.0.4830 (from Text Programs)

800 KB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

Black NotePad is a plain text editor program..
Download Black NotePad 2.3.2.29 (from Text Programs)

738 KB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

Komodo Edit is an excellent, free source code and HTML editor which supports all of the most common programming languages of the web including PHP, Perl, Ruby, JavaScript along with markup languages like HTML and CSS. A review of Komodo Edit has also been published.
Download Komodo Edit 12.0.1.18441 (from Text Programs)

52.47 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 (64-bit, 32-bit) / Vista / XP | Free

Beeftext: No more tedious typing..
Download Beeftext 16.0 (from Text Programs)

| For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

Mark Text is a simple and elegant markdown editor..
Download Mark Text 0.17.1 (from Text Programs)

149 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment..
Download Notepad Plus Portable 8.7.9 (from Text Programs)

5.5 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

Vim stands for Vi IMproved..
Download Vim for Windows 9.1.1279 (from Text Programs)

6.4 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

Notepad++ is an excellent text and code editor which is distributed completely free of charge both as freeware and as an open source product. A review of Notepad Plus has also been published.
Download Notepad Plus 8.7.9 (from Text Programs)

5.5 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

Notepad might be the most famous piece of computer software that anyone's ever created. A review of CudaText has also been published.
Download CudaText 1.223.0 (from Text Programs)

14.1 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 (64-bit, 32-bit) / Vista / XP | Free

Kate is a powerful text editor that supports a long list of scripting and programming languages that can highlight code, recognize code and deal with multiple files in its complex user interface. A review of Kate has also been published.
Download Kate 24.12.2 (from Text Programs)

56 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 (64-bit, 32-bit) / Vista / XP | Free

LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents (WYSIWYM) and not simply their appearance (WYSIWYG)..
Download LyX 2.4.3 (from Text Programs)

208 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

Text Editor Pro (formerly EditBone) is text editing tool which is suited towards advanced users and programmers. A review of EditBone has also been published.
Download EditBone 31.4.0 (from Text Programs)

3.85 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

RJ TextEd is a comprehensive programming and text-based editor, offering Unicode support to facilitate comfortable work on HTML files, PHP, and other text-based formats. A review of RJ TextEd has also been published.
Download RJ TextEd 16.35 (from Text Programs)

33.4 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 (64-bit, 32-bit) / Vista / XP | Free