

The biggest drawback of Notepad++ is that it is only available for Windows. Installer files are available for Windows which makes it easy to install. That makes it ideal for a beginner/average user. Notepad++ is good-looking, has a better interface, and comes with lots of plugins enabled by default. Without going into too many details, let's discuss the main pros and cons of both of them. Though based on the same editing component, Notepad++ and SciTE differ in a lot of ways. SciTE vs Notepad++ SciTE Editor executing a script If you are a Notepad++ fan and look something similar, I suggest giving SciTE a try because both of them use the Scintilla Editor Component.

It’s a decent text editor but I don’t think it can be treated as a full-fledged code editor. Gedit is the default text editor on Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions. Unfortunately, it is not available for Linux users. Notepad++ is a popular text editor among programmers.
