Freeware - Text editor

Atom

Text Editor hackers 21st century, which allows you to hack the kernel and edit.

Hieroglyph

Freeware

Universal editor, is seriously focused on work with Russian texts, an extensive set of unique features at a very small size, does not open Word documents XP.

JotterPad

Who needs Word, if we are almost any functions not in use? Programmers have long benefited from other editors. What about writers who only need a minor style formatting — split into chapters, subheadings, something to highlight in the text and basically everything.
This editor for them.

Sublime Text

Sophisticated text editor for code, markup and text.
You will enjoy the neat user interface, features and incredible performance.
Interesting illumination, mass selection, command palette, shortcut number navigation.

I like Notepad++ and Akelpad, but when I needed a alternative for Linux, and then surfaced this editor.

WinMerge

Freeware

Program for visual comparison of text documents in Windows for changes in them; works with DOS, UNIX and MAC file formats, supports Unicode and has syntax highlighting; integrated with Windows shell; expandable by plugins

Notepad

A simple text notebook, without ads, for keeping notes.

1. the notes are stored in text files;
2. you can create folders and subfolders;
3. You can specify your own way of storing notes;
4. you can change the color theme of the notebook to your taste;
5. backups;
6. you can insert image files from the "Gallery" in the folder with notes through the action "Share";
7. you can insert files of any other types (*.doc, *.xls, etc.) to view or change them in external applications;
8. You can disable the use of headers in notes.

Writeaday

Modern journal.
The purpose is quickly record notes during the day.
Each day of the week has its own color according to the colors of the rainbow.