jEdit Reviews

What a great editor. I don't understand why it is not more in widespread use. I like it as much as emacs or vi. And writing your own macros is easy and very powerful ; it's much easier than in emacs !

I use jEdit all the time, but version 5.6.0 is very unstable in Windows (try open some ten documents, search for a common word, and then try view the results in each file, my 5.6 program crashed on that). I replaced it by version jEdit 5.5 and that works so far as it always did. Great programmer editor if you know RegExp! --- --- --- P.S. Stick to the default Metal look and feel, and no "experimental features" (strangely enough in 5.5 you can't copy paste in the search field with other look and feels).

Thank you very much for the free open source program!

cool editor!!

Very extensible, and perfect for developers.

JEdit is developed for long time. It really worth to learn it. It works perfectly on multiple platform (Mac, Win Linux) and make easier to switch between platforms.

Very handy editor for programmers, it has not only syntax highlights but basic class explorer features and mature plugin infrastructure.

I'm using jEdit for every text-edit tasks I have simply because: 1) It's so versatile 2) (relatively) easy to adjust to one's needs 3) Powerful due to its plugins 4) fast (enough) on a descent system 5) Usable on each OS I care for: macOS, Linux, (sometimes) WinDOS and even Solaris (back in those days...)

Great if you want something really flexible and reliable that will help you for years

Works great.

jEdit is great because: 1) reliable and portable 2) live project with much developer activity 3) edit modes are great, I've written two myself 4) regex search and replace is fantastic 5) great plugins like code2html jEdit is my IDE for developing in my open open source language Ublu, the Midrange and Mainframe Life Cycle Extension Language

Лучший редактор для тех, кто любит горячие клавиши. Не хватает только emmet/zencoding и дополнения значений CSS-свойств. UPD: появился zrncoding, хоть и не до конца, но лучше, чем ничего. К тому же, автор исправляет баги, о которых я пишу, это радует.

Good, but r*****ing

Very handy

I love it because it is open-source, platform agnostic, very customizable, good looking and pleasant to use.

I use jEdit daily and have done so for years. It collects a number of features together under a single application and has a strong base editor. The features I use have changed over the years, but that's just a testament to its utility :)

Highly customizable. If you know Java, you can write your own macros and plugins.

Superb editor with a plethora of features. Thank you.

Oh PLEASE hire a UI designer!

Wonderful editor witha a lot of Plugin. I use it every day on Windows and Linux.

Very good editor

Simply one of the most versatile editors out there. Anything you want is there and it is infinitely customisable. And the maintainers are very nice and helpful.

great and versatile text editor

I love jEdit. Thanks for the great tool

Thanks for jEdit, it's the best!