Freeware Text Editor

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 16.56.1 (from Text Programs)

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

PSPad is a free and portable text editor which supports syntax highlighting for many language including PHP, SQL, ASP and Python, among a long list of others. A review of PSPad editor has also been published.
Download PSPad editor 5.5.1.825 (from Text Programs)

3.44 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 (64-bit, 32-bit) / 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

Notepad2 is a small replacement utility for Windows notepad. A review of Notepad2 has also been published.
Download Notepad2 4.2.25 (from Text Programs)

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

jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it..
Download jEdit 5.7.0 (from Text Programs)

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

Compact NFO Viewer is a fast viewer for NFO files that can turn URLs inside of NFO files in to clickable links..
Download Compact NFO Viewer 1.5.6 (from Text Programs)

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

WriteMonkey is a text editor designed for writers who require little distraction, allowing them to focus solely on writing without other applications getting in the way. A review of WriteMonkey has also been published.
Download WriteMonkey 3.3.0 (from Text Programs)

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

Flashnote is just a rough copy for your quick work with any text information..
Download Flashnote 4.81 (from Text Programs)

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

With so many options for text editors and full-fledged programming development suites available these days for coders, it really just comes to the level of comfort and knowledge of a particular language when choosing which editor to use. A review of BowPad has also been published.
Download BowPad 2.9.6 (from Text Programs)

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

NFOPad is a lightweight combined nfo viewer and text editor..
Download NFOPad 1.75 (from Text Programs)

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