This article compares notabletext editors. It may not be up-to-date or all-inclusive. Comparisons are between stable versions (not upcoming or beta releases) and are exclusive of any add-ons, extensions or external programs unless otherwise noted.
Other features can be listed via theCategory of text editor features.
| Name | Developer | Initial release | Latest release | Programming language | Cost (US$) | License | GUI | TUI or CLI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | Date | ||||||||
| Acme | Rob Pike | 1993 | Plan 9 andInferno | C | No cost | MIT GPL-2.0-only LPL-1.02 |  |  | |
| Alphatk | Vince Darley | 1999 | 8.3.3[1]  | 2004-12-10 | $40 | Proprietary, with BSD components | | | |
| Atom | GitHub | 2014 | 1.63.1[2] | 2022-11-23 | HTML,CSS,JavaScript,C++ | No cost | MIT | | |
| BBEdit | Rich Siegel | 1992 | 15.5.2[3] | 2025-07-15 | Objective-C,Objective-C++ | No cost for most features, $49.99 for full version | Proprietary | | |
| Bluefish | Bluefish Development Team | 1999 | 2.2.19[4] | 2025-11-21 | C | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | | |
| Brackets | Adobe Systems | 2012 | 2.2.1[5] | 2023-03-22 | HTML,CSS,JavaScript,C++ | No cost | MIT | | |
| Coda | Panic | 2007 | Objective-C | $99 | Proprietary | | |||
| ConTEXT | ConTEXT Project Ltd | 1999 | Object Pascal (Delphi) | No cost | BSD-3-Clause | | |||
| Crimson Editor | Ingyu Kang | 1999 | 3.72-r286m[6] | 2011-10-01 | C++ | No cost | Proprietary | | |
| ed | Ken Thompson | 1970 | unchanged from original | C | No cost | ? | | | |
| Editra | Cody Precord | 2007 | 0.7.20 | 2013-01-05 | Python | No cost | wxWindows license | | |
| EmEditor | Emurasoft, Inc. | 1997 | 21.3.0 | 2021-11-24 | C++ | $39.99 | Shareware | | |
| epsilon | Lugaru Software | 1984 | 14.00[7] | 2020-10-20 | C | $250 | Proprietary | ||
| FeatherPad | Pedram Pourang | 2016 | 1.4.1[8] | 2023-06-12 | C++,Qt | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | | |
| FocusWriter | Graeme Gott | 2008 | 1.8.13[9] | 2025-08-18 | C++,Qt | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | | |
| gedit | GNU Project | 2000 | 48.0[10] | 2024-09-14 | C | No cost | GPL-3.0 | | |
| Geany | Enrico Tröger | 2005 | 2.1.0[11] | 2025-07-06 | C,GTK+ | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later | | |
| GNU Emacs | Richard Stallman | 1984 | 30.2[12] | 2025-08-14 | C, Emacs Lisp | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | | |
| GNU nano | Chris Allegretta | 1999 | C | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | | | ||
| IA Writer | Information Architects | 2010.09.22 | 7.2 | 2025-08-25 | Objective-C (iOS), Objective-C (macOS),C# (Windows),Java (Android) | $29.99 | Proprietary | | |
| JED | John E. Davis | 1992 | 0.99-19 | 2009-12-13 | C,S-Lang | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later | | |
| jEdit | Slava Pestov | 1998 | 5.7.0[13] | 2024-08-03 | Java | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later | | |
| JOE | Joseph Allen | 1988 | 4.6[14] | 2018-01-09 | C | No cost | GPL | | |
| JOVE | Johnathon Payne | 1983 | 4.17.5.5[15] | 2025-05-14 | C | No cost | JOVE license | | |
| Kate | KDE Project | 2000-12 | 25.08.0[16] | 2025-08-14 | C++ | No cost | LGPL, MIT | | |
| KEDIT | Mansfield Software Group, Inc. | 1983 | 1.6.1 | 2016-12-05 | C | $129 | Proprietary | | |
| Komodo Edit | Activestate | 2007 | 12.0.1[17] | 2020-02-10 | Python, JavaScript,Perl,Tcl,PHP, Ruby | No cost | MPL, GPL,LGPL | | |
| Komodo IDE | Activestate | 2001 | Python, JavaScript, Perl, Tcl, PHP, Ruby | $295 | Proprietary | | | ||
| KWrite | KDE Project | 2000 | 24.12.1[18] | 2025-01-09 | C++ | No cost | LGPL | | |
| LE | Alexander V. Lukyanov | 1997 | 1.16.8[19] | 2021-02-05 | C++ | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | | |
| Leo | Edward K. Ream | 1996 | 6.7.6[20] | 2023-12-19 | Python | No cost | MIT | | |
| Light Table | Chris Granger | 2012 | 0.8.1[21] | 2016-01-22 | ClojureScript | No cost | MIT | | |
| mcedit | Miguel de Icaza | 1994 | 4.8.33[22] | 2025-01-23 | C, Python, PHP, Javascript, Perl, Tcl, Ruby | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | | |
| Metapad | Alexander Davidson | 1999 | 3.6[23][24] | 2011-05-28 | C | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | | |
| mg | Dave Conroy | 1986 | current[a] | 2020-07-22 | C | No cost | Public domain | | |
| MinEd | Thomas Wolff | 1992 | 2022.27 | 2022-12-23 | C | No cost | GPL | | |
| MS-DOS Editor | Microsoft | 1991 | 2.0.026 | Bundled withMS-DOS,Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | | | ||
| ne | Sebastiano Vigna Todd Lewis Daniele Filaretti | 1993 | 3.3.4[26] | 2025-02-06 | C | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | | |
| NEdit | Mark Edel | 1991 | 5.7[27] | 2017-02-08 | C | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later | | |
| Notepad | Microsoft | 1985 | 11.2302.16.0 | MASM (originally) | Bundled with Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | | | |
| Notepad++ | Don Ho | 2003-11-25 | 8.9.1[28] | 2026-01-26 | C++ | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | | |
| nvi | Keith Bostic | 1994 | 1.81.6[29] | 2007-11-18 | C | No cost | BSD-3-Clause | | |
| Pico | University of Washington | 1992 | 4.64 | C | No cost | Apache-2.0 | | | |
| PolyEdit | PolySoft Solutions | 1998 | 5.4 | 2010‑04‑07 | $27.95 | Shareware | | | |
| PSPad | Jan Fiala | 2002 | 5.5.1[30] | 2025-02-05 | Object Pascal (Delphi) | No cost | Proprietary | | |
| RJ TextEd | Rickard Johansson | 2004 | 15.63[31] | 2022-09-29 | Object Pascal (Delphi) | No cost | Proprietary | | |
| Sam | Rob Pike | 1980s (early) | stable | C | No cost | LPL (OSI approved) | | | |
| SciTE | Neil Hodgson | 1999 | 5.5.4[32] | 2024-12-18 | C++ | $41.99 for macOS.No cost for others | HPND | | |
| SlickEdit | SlickEdit, Inc. | 1988 | 28.0.1 | 2024-01-21 | C, Slick-C | $299 | Proprietary | | |
| Smultron | Peter Borg | 2004 | 12.0.6 | 2020-01-03 | Objective-C | $7.99 | Proprietary | | |
| SubEthaEdit | TheCodingMonkeys | 2003 | 5.2.4[33] | 2022-01-08 | No cost | MIT | | ||
| Sublime Text | Jon Skinner,Sublime HQ | 2008 | 4 (Build 4200)[34] | 2025-05-21 | C++,Python | $99 | Shareware | | |
| TED Notepad | Juraj Simlovic | 2001 | 6.3.1[35] | 2021-12-01 | C | No cost | Proprietary | | |
| Textadept | Mitchell | 2007 | 12.9[36] | 2025-10-01 | C,Lua | No cost | MIT | | |
| TextEdit | Apple Inc. | 2001 | 1.18 | 2022-10-24 | No cost (also bundled withmacOS) | BSD-3-Clause | | | |
| TextMate | MacroMates | 2004-10-10 | 2.0.23[37] | 2021-10-12 | Objective-C++ | No cost | GPL-3.0-or-later | | |
| TextPad | Helios Software Solutions | 1992 | 9.3.0[38] | 2023-08-01 | $30.00 (£16.50) | Shareware | | | |
| TextWrangler | Bare Bones Software | 2003 | 5.5.2 | 2016-09-20 | No cost | Proprietary | | ||
| The SemWare Editor | Sammy Mitchell | 1985-11 | 4.49[39] | 2023-01 | C, SAL | No cost | BSD-2-Clause | ||
| UltraEdit | IDM Computer Solutions | 1994 | 25.0 | 2018-03-12 | C++ | $99.95 | Proprietary | | |
| VEDIT | Ted Green, Greenview Data | 1980 | 6.24.2 | 2015-01-12 | Assembly, C | $89 standard, $239 Pro64 | Proprietary | | |
| vi | Bill Joy | 1976 | 3.7 | C | No cost | BSD-4-Clause or CDDL | | | |
| Vim | Bram Moolenaar | 1991 | 9.1.0[40] | 2024-01-02 | C,Vim script | No cost | Vim | | |
| Visual Studio Code | Microsoft | 2015 | 1.109.2[41][42] | 2026-02-11 | JavaScript,TypeScript | No cost | Source code:MIT[43] Binaries built by Microsoft:Proprietary[44][45] | | |
| XEmacs | Lucid Inc. | 1991 | 21.4.22[46] | 2009-01-30 | C, Emacs Lisp | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later | | |
| XNEdit | Olaf Wintermann | 2018 | 1.5.2 | 2023-10-05 | C | No cost | GPL-2.0-or-later | | |
| Languages | |
|---|---|
| Acme | English |
| Alphatk | English |
| Atom | English |
| BBEdit | English |
| Brackets | English, German, French, Polish(Outdated), Korean, Japanese, Italian, Czech, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish(Outdated) |
| Coda | English, German, French, Spanish |
| ConTEXT | English, German, French, Polish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Crimson Editor | English |
| ed | |
| Editra | English, German, French, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| EmEditor | English, German, French, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Spanish |
| epsilon | English |
| Geany | English, German, French, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Hindi |
| gedit | English, German, French, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Hindi |
| GNU Emacs | English |
| JED | English |
| jEdit | English |
| JOE[48] | English, German, French |
| JOVE | English |
| Kate[49] | English, German, French, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| KEDIT | English |
| Komodo Edit | English |
| KWrite | English, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Metapad[50] | English, German, French, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| mined | English |
| MS-DOS Editor | English, German, French, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| Nano | English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese |
| NEdit | English |
| Notepad | English, German, French, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Hindi |
| Notepad++ | English, German, French, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Hindi |
| nvi | English |
| Pico | English, Italian |
| PolyEdit | English |
| PSPad | English, German, French, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Czech, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| RJ TextEd | English, German, French, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| Sam | English |
| SciTE[51] | English, German, French (Outdated (1.72)), Polish, Japanese (Outdated (1.62)), Italian, Dutch (Outdated (1.67)), Portuguese (Outdated (1.63)), Spanish, Swedish |
| SlickEdit | English |
| Smultron | English, German, French, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish |
| SubEthaEdit | English |
| TED Notepad | English |
| TextEdit | English, German, French, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| TextMate | English |
| TextPad | English, German, French, Polish (Outdated (4.7.3)), Japanese, Italian(Outdated (4.7.3)), Dutch (Outdated (4.7.3)), Spanish (Outdated (4.7.3)), Portuguese (Outdated (4.7.3)) |
| TextWrangler | English |
| The SemWare Editor | English |
| UltraEdit | English, German, French, Korean, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese |
| VEDIT | English |
| vi | English |
| Vim | Afrikaans, Catalan, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Taiwan), Czech, Danish, Dutch, German, English(UK), English(US), Esperanto, Finnish, French, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian(Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese(Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese |
| Visual Studio Code | English, Bulgarian, Chinese, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish |
| XEmacs | English |
| XNEdit | English |
The following table identifies the following attributes of an editor that describe its user experience with respect to multiple documents:
| Multiple instances | Single document window splitting | MDI overlappable windows | MDI tabbed document interface | MDI window splitting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | | | | | |
| Alphatk | | | | | |
| Atom | | | | | |
| BBEdit | | | | | |
| Bluefish | | | | | |
| Brackets | | | | | |
| Coda | | | | | |
| ConTEXT | | | | | |
| Crimson Editor | | | | | |
| ed | | | | | |
| Editra | | | ? | | ? |
| EmEditor | | | | | |
| Geany | | Plug‑in | | | |
| gedit | | Plug‑in[g] | | | Plug‑in[h] |
| GNU Emacs | | | | [i][j] | |
| JED | | | | | |
| jEdit | | | | | |
| JOE | | | | [k] | |
| JOVE | | | | | |
| Kate | | | | | |
| KEDIT | | | | | |
| Komodo Edit | | | | | |
| Komodo IDE | | | | | |
| KWrite | | | | | |
| LE | | | | | |
| Light Table | | | | | |
| Metapad | | | | | |
| mined | | | [l] | | |
| MS-DOS Editor | | | | | |
| Nano | | | | | |
| NEdit | | | | | |
| Notepad | | | | | |
| Notepad++ | | | | | 2 windows |
| nvi | | | | | |
| Pico | | | | | |
| PolyEdit | | | | | |
| PSPad | | | | | |
| RJ TextEd | | | | | |
| Sam | | | | | |
| SciTE | | | | [m] | |
| SlickEdit | | | | | |
| Smultron | | | | | |
| SubEthaEdit | | | | | |
| TED Notepad | ? | ? | ? | | ? |
| TextEdit | | | | | |
| TextMate | | | | | |
| TextPad | | | | | |
| TextWrangler | | | | | |
| The SemWare Editor | | | | | |
| UltraEdit | | | | | |
| VEDIT | | | | | |
| vi | | | | | |
| Vim | | | [n] | [o] | |
| Visual Studio Code | | | | | |
| XEmacs | | | | | |
| XNEdit | | | | | |
| Spell checking | Regex-based find & replace | Encoding conversion | Newline conversion | Multiple undo/redo | Rectangular block selection | Virtual space support | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | external[p] | | | | | | ? |
| Alphatk | | | | | | | ? |
| Atom | | | | | | Plug‑in | |
| BBEdit | | | | | | | ? |
| Bluefish | | | | | | | ? |
| Brackets | Plug‑in | | Plug‑in | | | | ? |
| Coda | | | | | | | ? |
| ConTEXT | | Partial [q] | Partial [r] | | | | ? |
| Crimson Editor | Instant/live (like Firefox) | | | | | | ? |
| ed | | | | | | | ? |
| Editra | | | ? | ? | ? | | ? |
| EmEditor | | | | | | | |
| Geany | Plug‑in[s] | | | | | | [53] |
| gedit | [t] | Plug‑in[u] | | | | plug‑in [54] | ? |
| GNU Emacs | Plug‑in[v] | | | | | | [55] |
| JED | | | | | | | ? |
| jEdit | Plug‑in[w] | | | | | | [56] |
| JOE | Plug‑in[x] | Partial [y] | [z] | | | | ? |
| JOVE | | | | | | | ? |
| Kate | | | | | | | |
| KEDIT | | | | | | | ? |
| Komodo Edit | | | | | | | ?[aa] |
| Komodo IDE | | | | | | | ?[ab] |
| KWrite | | | | | | | ? |
| LE | | | [ac] | | | | ? |
| Light Table | Plug‑in[57] | ? | | | | ? | ? |
| Metapad | Partial [ad] | | | | | | ? |
| mg | | [58] | | Partial | [58] | | ? |
| MinEd | | [ae] | [af] | [ag] | | | ? |
| MS-DOS Editor | | | | | | | |
| Nano | | | | | | | ? |
| ne | | | | | | | ? |
| NEdit | Plug‑in[59] | | | | | | ? |
| Notepad | | | Partial | Partial | | | ? |
| Notepad++ | [60] | | | | | | |
| nvi | | | | | | ? | ? |
| Pico | | | | | | | ? |
| PolyEdit | | | | | | | ? |
| PSPad | | | | | | | ? |
| RJ TextEd | | | | | | | ? |
| Sam | external[ah] | | | | | | ? |
| SciTE | | Limited [ai] | | | | | ? |
| SlickEdit | | | | | | | [citation needed] |
| Smultron | | | | | | | ? |
| SubEthaEdit | | | | | | [61] | ? |
| Sublime Text | | | | | | | [62] |
| TED Notepad | | | | | | | ? |
| TextEdit | | | | | | | ? |
| TextMate | | | Partial | | | | ? |
| TextPad | | | | | | | ? |
| TextWrangler | | | | | | | ? |
| The SemWare Editor | | | | | | | ? |
| UltraEdit | | Limited [aj] | | | | | ? |
| VEDIT | [ak] | | | | | | ? |
| vi | | | | | | | ? |
| Vim | [al] | | | | | | No[citation needed] |
| Visual Studio Code | Plug‑in | | | | | Limited [am] | [64] |
| XEmacs | Plug‑in[v] | | | | | | ? |
| XNedit | Plug‑in[59] | | | | | | ? |
| Syntax highlighting | Function list | Symbol database | Bracket matching | Auto indentation | Auto completion | Code folding | Text folding | Compiler integration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | | external[p] | external[p] | | | Partial [an] | | | external[p] |
| Alphatk | | ? | ? | | | | | | |
| Atom | | | | | | | | | Plug‑in |
| BBEdit | | | | | | | | | |
| Bluefish | | | | | | | | | [ao] |
| Brackets | | | | | | | | | Plug‑in |
| Coda | | | | | | | | | |
| ConTEXT | | ? | ? | | | | | | |
| Crimson Editor | | | Partial [ap] | | | | | | |
| ed | | | | | | | | | external[aq] |
| Editra | | ? | ? | | | ? | | ? | ? |
| EmEditor | | Plug‑in | Plug‑in | | | Plug‑in[ar] | | | |
| Geany | | | [as] | | | | Partial | | |
| gedit | | Plug‑in | Plug‑in | | | Plug‑in | | Plug‑in[at] | [au] |
| GNU Emacs | | | | | | | | | |
| JED | | | | | | | | | |
| jEdit | | Plug‑in | Plug‑in | | | | | | Plug‑in |
| JOE | | ? | | | | ? | | | |
| JOVE | | | | | | | | | |
| Kate | | Plug‑in | Plug‑in | | | | | | Plug‑in |
| KEDIT | | | Macro | | | | | | |
| Komodo Edit | | | | | | | | | |
| Komodo IDE | | | | | | | | | |
| KWrite | | ? | ? | | | | | | |
| LE | | | | | | | | | [av] |
| Light Table | | | | | | | | | Partial [aw] |
| Metapad | | | | | | | | | |
| mined | [ax] | ? | | | | | | | |
| MS-DOS Editor | | | | | | | | | |
| Nano | | | | | | | | | |
| ne | | | | | | | | | |
| NEdit | | Plug‑in | | | | Plug‑in | | | |
| Notepad | | | | | | | | | |
| Notepad++ | | [ay] | [65][66] | | | [az] | | | |
| nvi | | ? | | | | | | | |
| Pico | | | | | | | | | |
| PolyEdit | | | | | | | | | |
| PSPad | | | Plug‑in | | | | | | |
| RJ TextEd | | | | | | | | | |
| Sam | | | | | | | | | external[ah] |
| SciTE | | [ba] | ? | | | | | | |
| SlickEdit | | | | | | | | | |
| Smultron | | | | | | | ? | ? | ? |
| SubEthaEdit | | ? | ? | | | | | | |
| TED Notepad | | ? | ? | | | | | | |
| TextEdit | | | | | | | | | |
| TextMate | | | Plug‑in | | | [bb] | | | |
| TextPad | | | Plug‑in[bc] | | | | | | |
| TextWrangler | | | | | | | | | Plug‑in[bd] |
| The SemWare Editor | | | Plug‑in[67] | | | [be] | Partial [bf] | | |
| UltraEdit | | | Partial [bg] | | | | | | |
| VEDIT | | | | | | <[bh] | | | |
| vi | | | | | | | | | |
| Vim | | Plug‑in[68] | | | | | | | |
| Visual Studio Code | | | | | | | | | |
| XEmacs | | ? | | | | | | | |
| XNEdit | | Plug‑in | | | | Plug‑in | | | |
| CLI shell integration | GUI shell integration | Macro language | Collaborative editing | Large file support | Long line support | Multi-line regex support | Search in files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | | | Extensible | | ? | ? | | ? |
| Alphatk | | | [bi] | | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Atom | [69] | ? | Plug‑in[70] | | ~27 MB | Soft-wrapping | [71] | |
| BBEdit | | | [bj] | | memory [72] | | | |
| Bluefish | | | ? | | ? | ? | | ? |
| Brackets | | | Extensible | | | ? | Partial | |
| Coda | | | [bk] | | ? | ? | | |
| ConTEXT | | | | | memory [bl] | ? | | ? |
| Crimson Editor | | | | | | ? | | ? |
| ed | | | | viamkfifo | ? | ? | ? | |
| Editra | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2 GB | ? | ? | ? |
| EmEditor | | | | | 16TB | ? | | |
| Geany | | ? | Plug‑in | ? | ? | ? | | |
| gedit | | | [bm] | Plug‑in | | ? | | Plug‑in[73] |
| GNU Emacs | | | | | 2.3 EB[74][75][76][77] | | | |
| JED | | | | | memory [78] | | | Plug‑ins |
| jEdit | | | | | (heap)[bn] | ? | | |
| JOE | | | | | [citation needed] | ? | ? | [80] |
| JOVE | | | | | memory | ? | | |
| Kate | | | Plug‑in | | [81] | Maybe [bo] | | Plug‑in |
| KEDIT | | | | | [citation needed] | 10Kb | | |
| Komodo Edit | ? | ? | [83] | | ? | ? | | |
| Komodo IDE | ? | ? | [83] | | ? | ? | | |
| KWrite | | | | | [81] | [84] | | ? |
| LE | | | | [bp] | memory [bq] | ? | | ? |
| Light Table | | | | | ? | ? | | |
| Metapad | | | | | memory [85] | ? | | |
| mined | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | ? |
| EDIT (MS-DOS) | | | | | (64~300 KB) | | | |
| EDIT (DR-DOS) | | | | | 2 GB, for as long as there is disk swap space for two temporary files | | | |
| Nano | | | | | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| NEdit | | | | | | | | ? |
| Notepad | | | | | memory | ? | | |
| Notepad++ | | | | [86] | 2GB[87] | [88] | | |
| nvi | | | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Pico | ? | ? | ? | | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| PolyEdit | | | | | [citation needed] | ? | | ? |
| PSPad | | | | | memory [89] | ? | with plug‑in | |
| RJ TextEd | | | | | | ? | | ? |
| Sam | | | | | ? | ? | | external[ah] |
| SciTE | ? | ? | | | | ? | | |
| SlickEdit | | | | | 2 TB | | | |
| Smultron | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| SubEthaEdit | | | | | ? | ? | | ? |
| TED Notepad | | | | | | ? | ? | ? |
| TextEdit | | | | | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| TextMate | | | | | | ? | | ? |
| TextPad | | | | | memory [90] | ? | | |
| TextWrangler | | | | | memory [91] | | | ? |
| The SemWare Editor | | | | Only in special DOS multi-user version | 2 GB | | ? | |
| UltraEdit | | | | | [br] | | | |
| VEDIT | | | | | [citation needed] | | | |
| vi | | | | | ~65 MB | ? | | |
| Vim | | | | with plug‑in[92] | memory [bs] | | | |
| Visual Studio Code | | | | with plug‑in[93] | ? | ? | | |
| XEmacs | | | | | on 64-bit OS [bt] | ? | | |
| XNEdit | | | | | | | | ? |
Notes:
| FTP | HTTP | SSH | WebDAV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | | | | |
| Alphatk | | | | |
| Atom | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| BBEdit | | | | |
| Bluefish | | | | |
| Brackets | Plug‑in | | | |
| Coda | | | | |
| ConTEXT | [115] | ? | [115] | ? |
| Crimson Editor | | | | |
| ed | | | | |
| Editra | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| EmEditor | | | | |
| Geany | | | | |
| gedit | | | | |
| GNU Emacs | | | | |
| JED | | | | |
| jEdit | plug‑in[116] | [117] | plug‑in[116] | plug‑in. |
| JOE | | | | |
| JOVE | | | | |
| LE | | | | |
| Kate | | | | |
| KEDIT | | | | |
| Komodo IDE | FTP, FTPS, SFTP | | | |
| KWrite | | | | |
| Metapad | | | | |
| mined | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MS-DOS Editor | | | | |
| Nano | | | | |
| FTP | HTTP | SSH | WebDAV | |
| NEdit | | | | |
| Notepad | | | | |
| Notepad++ | Plug‑in for FTP, FTPS, FTPES, SFTP | | Plug‑in | |
| nvi | | | | |
| Pico | | | | |
| PolyEdit | | | | |
| PSPad | | | | |
| RJ TextEd | FTP, SFTP | | | |
| Sam | | | | |
| SciTE | | | | |
| SlickEdit | | | | |
| Smultron | | ? | ? | ? |
| SubEthaEdit | | | | |
| TED Notepad | [118] | ? | [118] | ? |
| TextEdit | | | | |
| TextMate | | | | |
| TextPad | | | | |
| TextWrangler | FTP, SFTP[119] | | | |
| The SemWare Editor | | | | |
| UltraEdit | | | | |
| VEDIT | | | | |
| vi | | | | |
| Vim | [120] | [120] | [120] | [120] |
| Visual Studio Code | Plug‑in[121] | Plug‑in (limited?)[121] | Plug‑in[121] | Plug‑in[121] |
| XEmacs | | | | ? |
| XNEdit | | | | |
The following table identifies notablecharacter encodings that an editor supports – can load, save, view and edit text in the encoding without changing any characters.Partial implies that the editor can only convert the character encoding to internal (8-bit) format for editing, some encodings are supported only in some platforms or the editor can only display a character set (such as OEM) by loading corresponding font, but does not support keyboard entry for that character set.
| ASCII | ISO-8859 | DOS (OEM) | EBCDIC | UTF-8 | UTF-16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | | ? | ? | ? | | ? |
| Alphatk | | ? | ? | ? | | |
| Atom | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| BBEdit | | | | | | |
| Bluefish | | | | | | |
| Brackets | | | | | | |
| Coda | | | | ? | | |
| ConTEXT | | | Partial [cc] | | | |
| Crimson Editor | | | Partial [cc] | | Partial | |
| ed | | ? | ? | ? | | |
| Editra | | | | | | |
| EmEditor | | | | | | |
| Geany | | | | ? | | |
| gedit | | | ? | ? | | |
| GNU Emacs | | | | | [cd] | [ce] |
| JED | | | | ? | | Partial [cf] |
| jEdit | | | | | | |
| JOE | | ? | ? | ? | | |
| JOVE | | | | | | |
| LE | | ? | ? | ? | | |
| Kate | | | ? | ? | | |
| KEDIT | | | Partial [cc] | | | |
| Komodo Edit | | | | | | |
| Komodo IDE | | | | | | |
| KWrite | | ? | ? | ? | | |
| Metapad | | | Partial [cc] | | | |
| mined | | | | | | |
| MS-DOS Editor | | ? | | ? | ? | ? |
| Nano | | | ? | ? | | |
| NEdit | | ? | ? | ? | | |
| Notepad | | | Partial [cc] | | | |
| Notepad++ | | | | plug‑in? | | |
| nvi | | ? | ? | ? | [cg] | |
| Pico | | | | | | |
| PolyEdit | | ? | ? | ? | | |
| PSPad | | | | ? | | |
| RJ TextEd | | | | | | |
| Sam | | ? | ? | ? | | |
| SciTE[ch] | | | | | | |
| SlickEdit | | | | | | |
| Smultron | | ? | ? | ? | | |
| SubEthaEdit | | | | | | |
| TED Notepad | | ? | ? | ? | | |
| TextEdit | | | ? | ? | | |
| TextMate | | | ? | ? | | |
| TextPad | | ? | ? | ? | Partial [ci] | Partial [ci] |
| TextWrangler | | | | | | |
| The SemWare Editor | | [cj] | Partial [cc] | Plug‑in | | |
| UltraEdit | | | | | | |
| VEDIT | | | | | Partial [ck] | Partial [ck] |
| vi | | ? | ? | ? | | |
| Vim | | | | Partial [cl] | | |
| Visual Studio Code | | | | [123] | | |
| XEmacs | | | ? | ? | [cm] | |
| XNEdit | | | ? | ? | | |
Support forright-to-left (RTL) text is necessary for editing some languages likeArabic,Persian,Hebrew, andYiddish and the mixture of left-to-right (LTR) and RTL known asbidirectional (BiDi). The following table indicates whether an editor supports RTL and BiDi text. Some editors (e.g. Notepad++ 5.1.3) can render bidirectional text but does not support editing it.
The following table identifiesnewline support of editors. The three options are:
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The search covers all loaded buffers.
JOE also emulates several other editors. JSTAR is a close imitation of WordStar [...]. JPICO is a close imitation of the Pine mailing system's PICO editor [...]. JMACS is a GNU-EMACS imitation. [...] Key binding tables are defined. You can define as many as you like [...].
character sets must use LF (0x0A) or CR-LF (0x0D - 0x0A) as line terminators [...]. [...] character sets which use CR terminated lines (MACs) will not yet work.