What is best free/opensource text editor?

Answer 1

Notepad++
Sublime
Atom
Brackets
VS Code
etc.

Answer 2

SublimeText is amazing: not opensource, but a full free version...

http://sublimetext.com

Answer 3

I initially meant Notepad-- as a joke, turns out it actually exists 😂😂 Guess the jokes on me

Answer 4

Atom is awesome ... but been playing with VS Code lately and pretty cool too, although I'm hooked on Atom

Answer 5

atom

Answer 6

GNU Nano.

Answer 7

As said by many people here, sublime text is the most user friendly text editor in my opinion, and with its vast community and a large variety of extensions makes it a 'must have' asset.

Answer 8

Notepad++ or Notepad--, they're both very good and efficient.