jEdit Alternatives

jEdit is described as 'Mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it. jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use AND it is released as free software with full source code' and is a very popular Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to jEdit for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best jEdit alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like jEdit are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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  1. Squircle CE icon
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    Squircle CE is a fast, lightweight code editor and file manager with support for over 30 programming languages, remote file access via SFTP/FTP(S) and Git VCS integration. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, or professional developer, Squircle CE lets you write, manage, and...

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
    • Squircle CE is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to jEdit.

    • Squircle CE is Free and Open SourcejEdit is also Free and Open Source
    • Squircle CE is LightweightjEdit is not according to our users
  2. EmEditor icon
     77 likes
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    Versatile Windows editor offering lightweight, ultra-fast performance with robust support for text, code, and CSV files, AI-assisted writing, macros, Unicode, plugins, syntax highlighting, advanced search, column editing, split views, and file encoding conversion.

    125 EmEditor alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  3. CotEditor icon
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    Syntax Highlighting: Colorize more than 50 pre-installed major languages like HTML, PHP, Python, Ruby or Markdown. You can also create your own settings.

    161 CotEditor alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  4. BBEdit icon
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    BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text.

    118 BBEdit alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  5. Textadept icon
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    Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and ridiculously extensible cross-platform text editor for programmers. Written in a combination of C and Lua and relentlessly optimized for speed and minimalism over the years, Textadept is an ideal editor for programmers who want endless...

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. wxMEdit icon
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    wxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor, derived from MadEdit . It adds automatic updates, bookmarks, selecting lines with a tripple click, a FreeBASIC syntax file, more supported encodings (L1, CP850, CP437 etc, KOI8, UTF-x), better...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Xed icon
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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.

    159 Xed alternatives

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    • Linux
     
  8. Nova icon
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    The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.

    126 Nova alternatives

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    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  9. EditPlus icon
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    EditPlus is a text editor, HTML editor and programmers editor for Windows. While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.

    64 EditPlus alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  10. Leafpad icon
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    Leafpad is a lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor.

    103 Leafpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
     
  11. Notepad Next icon
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    A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. Releases are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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