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jEdit vs VSCodium: catalog facts
jEdit	VSCodium
Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Hundreds of plugins installable from within the editor Built-in macro language	The same editor as VS Code, built from the same MIT-licensed source without Microsoft branding Telemetry is disabled in the default configuration
Requires a Java runtime Interface looks dated next to newer editors	Extensions come from Open VSX, so a few marketplace-only extensions are missing Microsoft’s proprietary extensions, including the C# debugger and Remote Development, are not licensed for it
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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