ZITEXT Editor
Fast, minimalist text editor for Mac, Windows and Linux. Edit with focus.
The free Notepad++ alternative, built with Rust and Tauri. Under 300ms startup, because it uses your operating system's native webview instead of bundling a copy of Chromium. Multi-cursor editing, 60+ language syntax highlighting and built-in JSON, XML and YAML tools.
Free forever. No account required. macOS, Windows, Linux.
Powerful features, minimal footprint.
Everything a power user reaches for, and nothing that slows the editor down on the way to opening a file.
Instant startup and low memory usage, so the editor is never the thing you are waiting on.
Light, dark and high-contrast themes included, to match your vibe and your monitor.
Fully customisable shortcuts, so you can keep the muscle memory you already have.
Tree view explorer, drag-and-drop support and automatic session restore.
Multi-cursor and column selection, regex find and replace, and inline JSON validation.
Built-in JSON formatter and validator, plus XML and YAML tools. No plugin hunt.
Atomic, conflict-aware saves, per-tab undo history and crash recovery keep your edits safe.
Built for developers, writers and power users.
Native macOS support with the power-user features you expect. Notepad++ does not run natively on the Mac; this does.
Under 300ms startup, a low memory footprint and instant response, built with Rust and Tauri for native speed.
Multi-cursor editing, column selection, regex search, customisable shortcuts and a command palette.
A consistent experience across macOS, Windows and Linux, so workflows and configurations travel with the team.
No Electron. That is the whole trick.
Electron editors ship an entire copy of Chromium with the application. ZITEXT is built with Rust and Tauri, which use the operating system's own webview instead. You get under 300ms startup and a much smaller memory footprint, on every platform.
Read the source→Frequently asked.
ZITEXT is genuinely free: no paid tiers, no subscription, no account. It is open source and built by the Zitrino engineering team.
Yes. ZITEXT is completely free forever on macOS, Windows and Linux. There are no paid tiers, no subscriptions, and no account is required to download or use it.
Yes. ZITEXT ships a native Apple Silicon (arm64) build for M-series Macs, as well as a separate Intel (x64) build. It runs on macOS 10.15 Catalina or later.
Yes. Notepad++ does not run natively on macOS, and ZITEXT brings the same power-user editing to the Mac: multi-cursor editing, column selection, regex find and replace, and syntax highlighting for 60+ languages, in a fast native app.
ZITEXT is built with Rust and Tauri, which use the operating system’s native webview instead of bundling a full copy of Chromium the way Electron apps do. The result is under 300ms startup and a much smaller memory footprint.
Syntax highlighting for 60+ programming languages, plus built-in tools to format and validate JSON, XML and YAML files.
ZITEXT is open source on GitHub at zitrino-oss/zitext-editor. Issues and pull requests are welcome, and there is an active Discord for questions.
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