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Researched and written by Adam Crivello

Text editors are specialized software applications designed for creating and modifying text files. These editors support plain text and can interpret various forms of text, including markup languages for rich text formatting. This type of software is a simplified alternative to integrated development environments (IDE). They cater to programmers and developers engaged in tasks like modifying plain text source code, editing configuration files, and reviewing error logs.

When a full-fledged IDE is unnecessary or too confining, developers often choose text editors for increased flexibility and coding freedom, allowing them to step outside conventional development methods. Particularly beneficial for beginners, free text editor tools offer a user-friendly space for learning and experimentation.

The best text editors seamlessly integrate with source code management software and build automation tools through customizable plugins to support a smooth development workflow. These editors excel at handling a modest number of text files and offer essential features like regular expression search and replace, syntax highlighting, autocompletion, and support for multiple tabs or window panes.

Text editors balance simplicity and functionality, serving as valuable tools for developers seeking a lightweight yet effective solution for their coding tasks.

To qualify for inclusion in the Text Editor category, a product must:

View and edit plain text documents
Offer minimal platform integration features and not offer all the features of an IDE, unless added with a plugin
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    Simply type "//ai" anywhere you can enter text on the web, and watch as your ideas transform into reality. TwoSlash empowers you to generate content, improve grammar, translate languages, write and fi

    Users
    No information available
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    No information available
    Market Segment
    • 50% Mid-Market
    • 50% Enterprise
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  • TwoSlash features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    0.0
    No information available
    8.3
    Extensibility
    Average: 8.1
    9.2
    Syntax highlighting
    Average: 8.4
    6.7
    Code folding
    Average: 7.9
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    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    1 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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Simply type "//ai" anywhere you can enter text on the web, and watch as your ideas transform into reality. TwoSlash empowers you to generate content, improve grammar, translate languages, write and fi

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 50% Mid-Market
  • 50% Enterprise
TwoSlash features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
No information available
8.3
Extensibility
Average: 8.1
9.2
Syntax highlighting
Average: 8.4
6.7
Code folding
Average: 7.9
Seller Details
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1 employees on LinkedIn®
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    Script is a smart text editor capable of interconnecting multiple files (ie. general/special conditions, annexes, forms, letters, etc.) and data points in a dedicated project environment. It streamli

    Users
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    Market Segment
    • 67% Small-Business
    • 33% Mid-Market
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    0.0
    No information available
    9.2
    Extensibility
    Average: 8.1
    10.0
    Syntax highlighting
    Average: 8.4
    8.3
    Code folding
    Average: 7.9
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    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    1 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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Script is a smart text editor capable of interconnecting multiple files (ie. general/special conditions, annexes, forms, letters, etc.) and data points in a dedicated project environment. It streamli

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 67% Small-Business
  • 33% Mid-Market
use-script features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
No information available
9.2
Extensibility
Average: 8.1
10.0
Syntax highlighting
Average: 8.4
8.3
Code folding
Average: 7.9
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www.linkedin.com
1 employees on LinkedIn®

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    Yi is a text editor written in Haskell with a funcitonal editor core, keybindings, Emacs, Vim, and Cua emulations provided by default,Vty and GTK+ front ends and more.

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    • 50% Mid-Market
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    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    Extensibility
    Average: 8.1
    5.0
    Syntax highlighting
    Average: 8.4
    4.2
    Code folding
    Average: 7.9
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    N/A
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    1 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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Yi is a text editor written in Haskell with a funcitonal editor core, keybindings, Emacs, Vim, and Cua emulations provided by default,Vty and GTK+ front ends and more.

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 50% Mid-Market
  • 50% Small-Business
Yi features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
No information available
0.0
Extensibility
Average: 8.1
5.0
Syntax highlighting
Average: 8.4
4.2
Code folding
Average: 7.9
Seller Details
HQ Location
N/A
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1 employees on LinkedIn®
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    ConyEdit is a cross-editor plugin to improve any text editor or IDE.

    Users
    No information available
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    No information available
    Market Segment
    • 100% Mid-Market
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    0.0
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    www.linkedin.com
    1 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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ConyEdit is a cross-editor plugin to improve any text editor or IDE.

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 100% Mid-Market
ConyEdit features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
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www.linkedin.com
1 employees on LinkedIn®
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    Epsilon Programmer's Editor features an Emacs-style and breif-style command sets, preformance, and built-in help that has tools that you can use to get your job done.

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    No information available
    Market Segment
    • 100% Enterprise
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  • Epsilon Programmer's Editor features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    8.3
    Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
    Average: 8.4
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    No information available
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    Lugaru
    HQ Location
    Pittsburgh, US
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    1 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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Epsilon Programmer's Editor features an Emacs-style and breif-style command sets, preformance, and built-in help that has tools that you can use to get your job done.

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 100% Enterprise
Epsilon Programmer's Editor features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.3
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
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Seller
Lugaru
HQ Location
Pittsburgh, US
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1 employees on LinkedIn®
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    At its core, Gridbox allows you to design and write code in the browser, see the results of it as you build and deploy them to Netlify in one click. A useful and liberating tool for developers &

    Users
    No information available
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    No information available
    Market Segment
    • 100% Mid-Market
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  • Gridbox.io features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    0.0
    No information available
    6.7
    Extensibility
    Average: 8.1
    8.3
    Syntax highlighting
    Average: 8.4
    8.3
    Code folding
    Average: 7.9
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    Year Founded
    2017
    HQ Location
    Thanjavur, IN
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    1 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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At its core, Gridbox allows you to design and write code in the browser, see the results of it as you build and deploy them to Netlify in one click. A useful and liberating tool for developers &

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 100% Mid-Market
Gridbox.io features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
No information available
6.7
Extensibility
Average: 8.1
8.3
Syntax highlighting
Average: 8.4
8.3
Code folding
Average: 7.9
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Year Founded
2017
HQ Location
Thanjavur, IN
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1 employees on LinkedIn®
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    Obvibase makes creating an online database as easy and fast as creating a spreadsheet.

    Users
    No information available
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    No information available
    Market Segment
    • 100% Mid-Market
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  • Obvibase features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    0.0
    No information available
    10.0
    Extensibility
    Average: 8.1
    8.3
    Syntax highlighting
    Average: 8.4
    8.3
    Code folding
    Average: 7.9
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    Obvibase
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    1 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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Obvibase makes creating an online database as easy and fast as creating a spreadsheet.

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 100% Mid-Market
Obvibase features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
No information available
10.0
Extensibility
Average: 8.1
8.3
Syntax highlighting
Average: 8.4
8.3
Code folding
Average: 7.9
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Obvibase
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1 employees on LinkedIn®
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    The SemWare Editor Professional (TSE Pro) has been designed for the professional programmer. It includes a macro programming language that allows you to tap into the editor itself to extend the editor

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    No information available
    Market Segment
    • 100% Small-Business
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  • SemWare Editor features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    0.0
    No information available
    6.7
    Extensibility
    Average: 8.1
    10.0
    Syntax highlighting
    Average: 8.4
    0.0
    No information available
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    SemWare
    HQ Location
    KENNESAW, US
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    1 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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The SemWare Editor Professional (TSE Pro) has been designed for the professional programmer. It includes a macro programming language that allows you to tap into the editor itself to extend the editor

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 100% Small-Business
SemWare Editor features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
No information available
6.7
Extensibility
Average: 8.1
10.0
Syntax highlighting
Average: 8.4
0.0
No information available
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Seller
SemWare
HQ Location
KENNESAW, US
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1 employees on LinkedIn®
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    Comic book text editor designed to style your script as you type, allowing you to focus on story, not format.

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    No information available
    Market Segment
    • 100% Small-Business
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  • Superscript features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    No information available
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    Year Founded
    2018
    HQ Location
    Somerville, US
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    2 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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Comic book text editor designed to style your script as you type, allowing you to focus on story, not format.

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 100% Small-Business
Superscript features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
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Year Founded
2018
HQ Location
Somerville, US
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
2 employees on LinkedIn®
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    Voxtury RTE is an easy-to-use online rich-text editor for note-taking, writing projects, and web design (HTML), usually targeted toward writers, students, educators, social media users, and developers

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    No information available
    Market Segment
    • 100% Small-Business
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  • Voxtury features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    10.0
    Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
    Average: 8.4
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    No information available
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    Voxtury
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    1 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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Voxtury RTE is an easy-to-use online rich-text editor for note-taking, writing projects, and web design (HTML), usually targeted toward writers, students, educators, social media users, and developers

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 100% Small-Business
Voxtury features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
10.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
Seller Details
Seller
Voxtury
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1 employees on LinkedIn®
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    An online text editor is essentially the web’s user interface for editing rich text files in web browsers, that presents the user with an “everything-as-seen-on-tv” editing environment.

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    No information available
    Market Segment
    • 100% Enterprise
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  • editpad.online Pros and Cons
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    Pros
    Collaboration
    1
    Customization
    1
    Ease of Use
    1
    Editing Ease
    1
    Efficiency
    1
    Cons
    Lack of Features
    1
    Lack of IDE Features
    1
    Poor Interface Design
    1
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  • editpad.online features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
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    0.0
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    HQ Location
    Faisalabad, PK
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    2 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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An online text editor is essentially the web’s user interface for editing rich text files in web browsers, that presents the user with an “everything-as-seen-on-tv” editing environment.

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 100% Enterprise
editpad.online Pros and Cons
How are these determined?Information
Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
Pros
Collaboration
1
Customization
1
Ease of Use
1
Editing Ease
1
Efficiency
1
Cons
Lack of Features
1
Lack of IDE Features
1
Poor Interface Design
1
editpad.online features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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HQ Location
Faisalabad, PK
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
2 employees on LinkedIn®
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    Collaborative workspaces for serious work combining the flexibility of text, the structure of databases and the power of integrations. Think of it like Notion, but purpose-built for teams who write

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    Industries
    No information available
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    No information available
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  • HERO features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
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    0.0
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    Year Founded
    2025
    HQ Location
    New York, US
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    15 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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Collaborative workspaces for serious work combining the flexibility of text, the structure of databases and the power of integrations. Think of it like Notion, but purpose-built for teams who write

We don't have enough data from reviews to share who uses this product. Leave a review to contribute, or learn more about review generation.
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
No information available
HERO features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
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Year Founded
2025
HQ Location
New York, US
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
15 employees on LinkedIn®
Entry Level Price:Free
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    A No-code Solution to Centralize your FAQs, Blogs, Wikis, Policies and More Do you know how much time & money you're losing with your content being all split across multiple platforms? You're pu

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    No information available
    Market Segment
    • 100% Small-Business
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  • Notice features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    10.0
    Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
    Average: 8.4
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
    No information available
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    Notice
    HQ Location
    Paris, FR
    Twitter
    @Did_U_Notice
    95 Twitter followers
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    2 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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A No-code Solution to Centralize your FAQs, Blogs, Wikis, Policies and More Do you know how much time & money you're losing with your content being all split across multiple platforms? You're pu

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 100% Small-Business
Notice features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
10.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.4
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
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Notice
HQ Location
Paris, FR
Twitter
@Did_U_Notice
95 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
2 employees on LinkedIn®
Entry Level Price:Free
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    Rons Data Edit is a professional CSV Editor for windows to edit and clean data. It is also a great CSV file viewer and converter. The application provides a wealth of tools and features designed to

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    No information available
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    No information available
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  • Rons Data Edit features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    0.0
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    0.0
    No information available
    0.0
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    0.0
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    Year Founded
    2013
    HQ Location
    Halifax, CA
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    2 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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Rons Data Edit is a professional CSV Editor for windows to edit and clean data. It is also a great CSV file viewer and converter. The application provides a wealth of tools and features designed to

We don't have enough data from reviews to share who uses this product. Leave a review to contribute, or learn more about review generation.
Industries
No information available
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No information available
Rons Data Edit features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
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Year Founded
2013
HQ Location
Halifax, CA
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
2 employees on LinkedIn®
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    Txt Muse is the only AI-powered text editor that helps you write better blog posts, landing pages, ad copy, and more. Use tools to perfect your phrasing, simplify complicated sentences, or add some pi

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    No information available
    Market Segment
    • 100% Small-Business
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  • Txt Muse features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
    0.0
    No information available
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    Txt Muse
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    1 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
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Txt Muse is the only AI-powered text editor that helps you write better blog posts, landing pages, ad copy, and more. Use tools to perfect your phrasing, simplify complicated sentences, or add some pi

Users
No information available
Industries
No information available
Market Segment
  • 100% Small-Business
Txt Muse features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
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Txt Muse
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1 employees on LinkedIn®