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The best Code Editor alternative to edile is Visual Studio Code, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to edile and 17 are Code Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Code Editor alternatives to edile are VSCodium, Vim, Kate and gedit.

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Edile is a basic but useful text editor for Linux, Mac OSX and other unix-like operating systems. Written in Python, Edile is implemented in a single source code file and requires no installation - you simply execute the...

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  1. Visual Studio Code icon
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    Visual Studio Code

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    Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.

    210 Visual Studio Code alternatives
    Visual Studio Code screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    Visual Studio Code screenshot 1
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  IDE
    4.  Built-in terminal emulation
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Code Completion
    7.  Multiple languages
    8.  Git Support
    9.  GitHub Integration
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Supports Python
    12.  C++
    13.  Source code debugging
    14.  Multiple Cursors
    15.  Graphical User Interface
    16.  Support for MarkDown
    17.  Auto Update
    18.  Plug-ins
    19.  Support for Node.js
    20.  Support for Javascript
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    Visual Studio Code VS edile

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    • Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to edile.

    • Visual Studio Code is the most popular free alternative to edile.

    • Visual Studio Code is Free and Proprietaryedile is Free and Open Source
    • Visual Studio Code is Customizableedile is not according to our users
  2. VSCodium icon
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    VSCodium

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    This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.

    199 VSCodium alternatives
    VSCodium screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Prevent telemetry
    3.  IDE
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  No registration required
    7.  MIT License
    8.  Autocompletion
    9.  Git integration
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Syntax Highlighting
    12.  Ad-free
    13.  Minimap
    14.  Color coding
    15.  Built-in terminal emulation
    16.  Support for MarkDown
    17.  Code navigation
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    VSCodium VS edile

    Is VSCodium a good alternative to edile?
     

    • VSCodium is the most popular Open Source alternative to edile.

    • VSCodium is Free and Open Sourceedile is also Free and Open Source
    • VSCodium is Customizable and Privacy focusededile is not according to our users
  4. Vim icon
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    Vim

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    Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a GUI version called GVim.

    209 Vim alternatives
    Vim screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    GVim with netrw+airlines+ctrlspace+xkb-switch+monokai theme+Source Pro font
    Plugin Gitgutter shows added lines as '+' and altere as '~'.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Keyboard focused
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Hackable
    4.  Well documented
    5.  Modal editor
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Support for MarkDown
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Portable
    11.  Batch Editing
    12.  Terminal-based
    13.  Macro Recording
    14.  Built-in terminal emulation
    15.  Support for Large File
    16.  Dedication to home row
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  5. Kate icon
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    Kate

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    The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application.

    142 Kate alternatives
    Kate screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    Kate screenshot 1
    Kate with an ATOM color scheme using some RegEx to find and replace.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Native application
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Themes
    4.  Editable text color schemes
    5.  Built-in terminal emulation
    6.  IDE
    7.  Tabbed interface
    8.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    9.  Git Support
    10.  Code Formatting
    11.  Spell Checking
    12.  Full-Text Search
    13.  Support for MarkDown
    14.  Support for regular expressions
    15.  Built-in themes
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  6. gedit icon
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    gedit

     686 likes
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    Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with plugins.

    186 gedit alternatives
    The Default look under GNOME with Adwaita

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    • OpenSolaris
    • Flathub
    gedit screenshot 1
    gedit screenshot 2
    +2
    gedit screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Spell Checking
    8.  Support for Unicode
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  7. GNU Emacs icon
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    GNU Emacs

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    GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:

    175 GNU Emacs alternatives
    The GNU Emacs Manual calls Emacs the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Homebrew
    • Snapcraft
    • Debian
    • MacPorts
    Beyond just being able to edit plain text files, Emacs includes special features to help you write in many different human languages and programming/markup languages
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Extensibility
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Org-mode
    4.  Self-documenting
    5.  IDE
    6.  Terminal-based
    7.  Multi OS
    8.  Syntax Highlighting
    9.  Support for scripting
    10.  Command line interface
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  IDE All Languages
    13.  Editable text color schemes
    14.  Code Completion
    15.  Package Control
    16.  Works Offline
    17.  Spell Checking
    18.  Ad-free
    19.  Support for MarkDown
    20.  No registration required
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    GNU Emacs VS edile

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    • GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to edile.

    • GNU Emacs is Free and Open Sourceedile is also Free and Open Source
    • GNU Emacs is Customizableedile is not according to our users
  9. CudaText icon
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    CudaText

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    CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus / Free Pascal.

    193 CudaText alternatives
    Multi-selections, Replace dialog at bottom

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    Dark theme, Minimap
    2 groups shown, picture file opened, JavaScript fragment in HTML
    +3
    Code Tree for Pascal lexer

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Native application
    3.  Minimap
    4.  Command palette
    5.  Autocompletion
    6.  Syntax Highlighting
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Portable
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  10. Lapce icon
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    Lapce

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    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    194 Lapce alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Built-in terminal emulation
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  Git Support
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Full-Text Search
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Works Offline
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Modal editor
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  11. JetBrains Fleet icon
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    JetBrains Fleet

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    Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI.

    193 JetBrains Fleet alternatives
    JetBrains Fleet screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4.  Autocompletion
    5.  Code Formatting
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    JetBrains Fleet iconedile Icon

    JetBrains Fleet VS edile

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  12. Pluma icon
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    Pluma

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    Pluma, fork of gedit , is a text editor part of MATE Desktop Environment. It supports most standard editor features, extending this basic functionality with other features not usually found in simple text...

    160 Pluma alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Tabbed interface
    3.  Support for Unicode
    4.  Automatic Indentation
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    Pluma VS edile

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  13. Graviton Editor icon
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    Graviton Editor

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    Graviton Code Editor is a minimalist, cross-platform editor focused on speed, customization and productivity.

    190 Graviton Editor alternatives
    Graviton Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Graviton Editor Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  Plugin API
    Graviton Editor screenshot 1
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    Graviton Editor VS edile

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  14. Xed icon
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    Xed

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    A text editor forked from Pluma and Gedit. Xed is the default text editor of Linux Mint. It can be customized and is available in multiple languages.

    157 Xed alternatives
    Xed screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Xed screenshot 1
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  No registration required
    3.  X server
    4.  Support for Unicode
    5.  Automatic Indentation
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