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Pulsar vs jEdit: catalog facts
Pulsar	jEdit
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
It revives the Atom package ecosystem with its own package registry, so the hackable editor and its plugins…	Hundreds of plugins installable from within the editor Built-in macro language
It is still Electron-based and inherits Atom's memory use and startup time, with a much smaller maintainer team.	Requires a Java runtime Interface looks dated next to newer editors
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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