This handy little application offers form and applet spell checking for Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher, something that will be useful for persons looking to perform spell-checking in a number of settings and applications. Hot Lingo utilizes a 75,000 word English dictionary, and with this version, users can create a customizable dictionary that contains up to 32,000 additional words. Their Web...

Kakoune is a source code editor for the console inspired by the venerable Vim editor. As with many similar tools, Kakoune is modal, featuring an "insert" mode where text is entered and a "command" mode that allows users to make bulk changes to files. In command mode, Kakoune works using multiple selections on which commands can be performed. Users enter a series of filtering and narrowing commands...

Kate is an advanced text editor that uses a multiple document interface. The editing window can be split into multiple panes. Within each pane, multiple documents can be opened in tabs. Kate includes bidirectional text support, a bookmark system, and on-the-fly spell checking. For programmers, Kate provides syntax highlighting, code folding, bracket matching, and code autocompletion for a number...

Light Table is an integrated development environment that includes interactive debugging and code execution features. These features can be used to inspect and modify programs as they are running. For example, users may mark variables they are interested in and watch their values change as programs execute. Users may also change bits of program code and see the results reflected immediately. Light...

QOwnNotes is a multi-platform notepad and to-do list manager that leaves users in control of where and how their data is stored. Notes are stored in a designated folder as a set of markdown files. While QOwnNotes includes an integrated editor, users may also modify their files by using their text editor of choice. When this happens, QOwnNotes will detect that a file has been changed and simply...

Scratchpad is "a quick-and-dirty note taking tool with a minimum of frills." It was designed specifically for students and programmers to document code changes as they happen. This will save programmers from having an extra program on their taskbar. This handy utility is compatible with all operating systems.

Designed as an "all-in-one" Internet application, the SeaMonkey application contains a browser, an image manager, junk mail controls, a RSS feed manager, and a HTML editor. Of course, these are but a few of its many features, and visitors can also weave their way through the application's homepage to view release notes, screenshots, and a complete list of its features. This version of SeaMonkey is...

Textadept is an extensible programmer's editor with a design that focuses on minimalism and speed. Following a pattern similar to the venerable "emacs" editor, Textadept uses a small core written in C that wraps a Lua interpreter that provides a base for building and extending the editor. The author strives to keep the C portion under 2000 lines of code and the Lua portion below 4000 lines of...

Zim is a desktop knowledge management application structured (or unstructured) similarly to web-based wiki software. Users enter data in a wiki-like markup that is stored internally in plain text files. Individual pages are placed into a folder structure that can be viewed either as a tree or an outline. To create new pages, simply add a link that directs to a page that does not yet exist....