Textadept
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Mar 4, 2026first mention
Sep 2, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“What draws me to Textadept over Neovim is that it's intentionally kept very small”
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“it could serve as a more secure alternative to Notepad++”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
- Textadept 3 mentions
- Text editor written in C and Lua 1 mention
Data: textadept.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 4
“Then I switched to textadept.”
“What draws me to Textadept over Neovim is that it's intentionally kept very small”
“It's similar in spirit to Notepad++ and Textadept”
“it could serve as a more secure alternative to Notepad++”