Overview
| Name | Creator | First public release | Latest stable version | Programming language | Cost (US$) | Software license | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | Rob Pike | 1993 | Plan 9 and Inferno | C | Free | LPL (OSI approved) | Yes |
| AkelPad | Alexey Kuznetsov, Alexander Shengalts | 2003 | 4.7.6 | C | Free | BSD | Yes |
| Alphatk | Vince Darley | 1999 | 8.3.3 | $40 | Proprietary, with BSD components | No | |
| Aquamacs | David Reitter | 2005 | 2.4 | C, Emacs Lisp | Free | GPL | Yes |
| BBEdit | Rich Siegel | 1992-04 | 10.0 | $49.99 | Proprietary | No | |
| Bluefish | Bluefish Development Team | 1999 | 2.2.2 | C | Free | GPL | Yes |
| ConTEXT | ConTEXT Project Ltd | 1999 | 0.98.6 | Object Pascal (Delphi) | Free | BSD | Yes |
| Crimson Editor | Ingyu Kang, Emerald Editor Team | 1999 | 3.72 | C | Free | GPL | Yes |
| Diakonos | Pistos | 2004 | 0.9.1 | Ruby | Free | GPL | Yes |
| E Text Editor | Alexander Stigsen | 2005 | 2.0.2 | $46.95 | Proprietary, with BSD components | No | |
| ed | Ken Thompson | 1970 | unchanged from original | C | Free | ? | Yes |
| EditPlus | Sangil Kim | 1998 | 3.50 | $35 | Shareware | No | |
| Editra | Cody Precord | 2007 | 0.6.77 | Python | Free | wxWindows license | Yes |
| EmEditor | Emurasoft, Inc. | 1997 | 10.0.1 | $39.99 1-user | Shareware | No | |
| epsilon | Lugaru Software | 1984 | 13.06 | C | $250 | Proprietary | No |
| gedit | GNU Project | 2000 | 3.2.2 | C | Free | GPL | Yes |
| Geany | Enrico Tröger | 2005 | 1.22 | C, GTK2 | Free | GPL | Yes |
| GNU Emacs | Richard Stallman | 1984 | 24.1 | C, Emacs Lisp | Free | GPL | Yes |
| Gobby | 0x539 dev group | 2005 | 0.4.12 | C++ | Free | GPL | Yes |
| JED | John E. Davis | 1992 | 0.99-19 | C | Free | GPL | Yes |
| jEdit | Slava Pestov | 1998 (?) | 4.4.1 | Java | Free | GPL | Yes |
| JOE | Joseph Allen | 1988 | 3.7 | C | Free | GPL | Yes |
| Kate | KDE Project | 2000-12 | 3.5.3 | C++ | Free | GPL | Yes |
| KEDIT | Mansfield Software Group, Inc. | 1983 | 1.6 | $129 | Proprietary | No | |
| Komodo Edit | Activestate | open-sourced 2007 | 7 | Python, JavaScript, Perl, Tcl, PHP, Ruby | Free | MPL, GPL, LGPL | Yes |
| Komodo IDE | Activestate | 2007 | 7 | Python, JavaScript, Perl, Tcl, PHP, Ruby | $295 | Proprietary | No |
| KWrite | KDE Project | 2000 | 4.4.5 | C++ | Free | GPL | Yes |
| LE | Alexander V. Lukyanov | 1997 | 1.14.5 | C++ | Free | GPL | Yes |
| Metapad | Alexander Davidson | 2011 | 3.6 | C | Free | GPL | Yes |
| MinEd | Thomas Wolff | 1992 | 2011.17 | C | Free | GPL | Yes |
| MS-DOS Editor | Microsoft | 1991 | 2.0.026 | Bundled with MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | No | |
| Nano | Chris Allegretta | 1999 | 2.2.6 | C | Free | GPL | Yes |
| ne | Sebastiano Vigna, Todd Lewis, Daniele Filaretti | 1993 | 2.3 | C | Free | GPL | Yes |
| NEdit | Mark Edel | 1991 | 5.5 | C | Free | GPL | Yes |
| Notepad | Microsoft | 1985 | 6.0 | Bundled with Microsoft Windows | Proprietary | No | |
| Notepad++ | Don Ho | 2003-11-25 | 6.1 | C++ | Free | GPL | Yes |
| Notepad2 | Florian Balmer | 2004-04 | 4.1.24 | C++ | Free | BSD | Yes |
| NoteTab | Eric Fookes, Fookes Software | 1995 | 6.20 | Object Pascal (Delphi) | Free, $10 Standard, $20 Pro | Proprietary | No |
| nvi | Keith Bostic | ? | 1.79 | C | Free | BSD | Yes |
| Pico | University of Washington | ? | 4.64 | Free | Proprietary | No | |
| PolyEdit | PolySoft Solutions | 1998 | 5.0 Preview Release | $27.95 | Shareware | No | |
| Programmer's Notepad | Simon Steele | 1998 | 2.3 | C++ | Free | BSD | Yes |
| PSPad | Jan Fiala | 2002 | 4.5.6 | Object Pascal (Delphi) | Free | Proprietary | No |
| Q10 | Baara Estudio | 2007 | 1.2.21 | ? | Free | Proprietary | No |
| RJ TextEd | Rickard Johansson | 2004 | 8.11 | Object Pascal (Delphi) | Free | Proprietary | No |
| RText | Fifesoft | 2003 | 1.1.0 | Java | Free | GPL | Yes |
| SciTE | Neil Hodgson | 1999-03 | 2.21 | C++ | Free | HPND | Yes |
| skEdit | Sean Kelly, skti | 2002 | 3.6.1 | $24.95 for lifetime | Proprietary | No | |
| SlickEdit | SlickEdit, Inc. | 1988 | 16.0.0 | C, Slick-C | $299 | Proprietary | No |
| Smultron | Peter Borg | 2004 | 3.8 | Objective-C | $5 | Proprietary | No |
| Source Insight | Source Dynamics | ? | 3.50.0065 | Source Insight macro language | $239-$255 | Proprietary | No |
| SubEthaEdit | TheCodingMonkeys | 2003 | 3.5.2 (3294) | $35 commercial use | Proprietary | No | |
| Sublime Text | Jon Skinner | 2008 | 2126 | C++ | $59 commercial use | Proprietary | No |
| TED Notepad | Juraj Simlovic | 2001 | 5.4.2 | C | Free | Freeware | No |
| TextEdit | Apple Inc. | 2001 | 1.7 | Free, bundled with OS X | New BSD | Yes | |
| TextMate | MacroMates | 2004-10-10 | 1.5.7 | Objective-C++ | €39 | Proprietary, with MIT components. Version 2 released under GPLv3 | Template:Yes (From version 2) |
| TextPad | Helios Software Solutions | 1992 | 6.1.3 | $30.00 (£16.50) | Shareware | No | |
| TextWrangler | Bare Bones Software | 2003 | 4.0.1 | Free | Proprietary | No | |
| The SemWare Editor | Sammy Mitchell | 1985-11 | 4.4 | C, SAL | $99 | Proprietary | No |
| UltraEdit | IDM Computer Solutions | 1994 | 18.00 | $59.95 | Proprietary | No | |
| VEDIT | Ted Green, Greenview Data | 1980 | 6.21 | Assembly, C | $89 standard, $239 Pro64 | Proprietary | No |
| Vim | Bram Moolenaar | 1991 | 7.3 | C, Vimscript | Free | GPL compatible | Yes |
| XEmacs | Lucid Inc. | 1991 | 21.4.22 | C, Emacs Lisp | Free | GPL | Yes |
| Yi | Don Stewart | 2005 | 0.6.6 | Haskell | Free | GPL | Yes |
| Name | Creator | First public release | Latest stable version | Programming language | Cost (US$) | Software license | Open source |
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