jEdit

About jEdit

jEdit is a long-running programmer's text editor maintained by a worldwide team. Because it is written in Java, it runs on Windows, macOS, Unix and other systems. It offers syntax highlighting for more than 200 languages, folding, word wrap, auto indent and wide character encoding support.

Its main strength is extensibility: it has a built-in macro language and hundreds of plugins and macros, which can be installed from inside the editor through the plugin manager. The current stable version is 5.7.0, released under the GPL 2.0.

Details

Pricing

FreeFree and open source under the GPL 2.0.

License

GPL-2.0

Developer

The jEdit contributors

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux

How it runs

Downloadable app

Account

Not required

Works offline

Yes

Best suited for

Programmers who want a highly configurable cross-platform editor with many plugins

Categories

Code editors

Last verified

September 23, 2026

Added

September 23, 2026

Provenance

Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

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