gedit Alternatives for Linux
There are many alternatives to gedit for Linux if you are looking to replace it. The most popular Linux alternative is 
Visual Studio Code, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to gedit and loads of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to gedit are 
Atom (Free, Open Source), 
Sublime Text (Paid), 
Vim (Free, Open Source) and 
Geany (Free, Open Source).
- VS Code is more than just a code editor, it provides the tools and extensions to compile, debug, compare, refactor, and even manage code repositories all within a... View 170 alternatives to Visual Studio Code
- Free
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- Electron / Atom Shell
- Extensible, cross-platform text editor with a rich ecosystem of plugins and themes. View 185 alternatives to Atom
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- Electron / Atom Shell
- Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. View 173 alternatives to Sublime Text
- 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. View 176 alternatives to Vim
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
- Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. View 120 alternatives to Geany
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- Xfce
lucienp3008 Loads faster than gedit, but requires a bit of manual editing to get a good dark theme. - Brackets is an open-source editor for web design and development built on top of web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript. View 98 alternatives to Brackets
Discontinued
The last version 1.14.2 has no .deb version for Linux, and seems to crash on Mac when launching. More generally, the development of the project seems to be paused or stopped.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
- Binary releases of Visual Studio Code without Microsoft branding, telemetry and licensing. View 164 alternatives to VSCodium
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron / Atom Shell
- GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. View 119 alternatives to GNU nano
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- 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... View 118 alternatives to Kate
- GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. View 141 alternatives to GNU Emacs
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Homebrew