Editing Comparison of text editors (section)

==Overview==
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|+ List of text editors
! rowspan="2" | Name
! rowspan="2" | Developer
! rowspan="2" | Initial release
! colspan="2" | Latest release
! rowspan="2" | [[Programming language|Program{{shy}}ming language]]
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="currency" | Cost ([[United States dollar|US$]])
! rowspan="2" | [[Software license|License]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Text-based user interface|TUI]] or [[Command-line interface|CLI]]
|-
! class=sticky-table-none data-sort-type="number"| Version
! Date
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Acme (text editor)|Acme]]
| [[Rob Pike]]
| 1993
| [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs|Plan 9]] and [[Inferno (operating system)|Inferno]]
|
| [[C (programming language)|C]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[MIT License|MIT]]<br />[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-only]]<br />[[Lucent Public License|LPL-1.02]]}}
| {{ya}} 
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | AkelPad
| Alexey Kuznetsov<br />Alexander Shengalts
| 2003
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1084900|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1084900|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[BSD licenses|BSD-2-Clause]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Alphatk]]
| Vince Darley
| 1999
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4735278|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q4735278|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|
| {{nonfree|$40}}
| {{partial|Proprietary, with BSD components}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Atom (text editor)|Atom]]
| [[GitHub]]
| 2014
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q16766305|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q16766305|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[HTML]], [[CSS]], [[JavaScript]], [[C++]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[MIT License|MIT]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[BBEdit]]
| Rich Siegel
| 1992
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q795617|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q795617|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[Objective-C]], [[Objective-C++]]
| {{partial|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]] for most features, $49.99 for full version}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Bluefish (software)|Bluefish]]
| Bluefish Development Team
| 1999
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q651027|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q651027|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Brackets (text editor)|Brackets]]
| [[Adobe Systems]]
| 2012
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4683967|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q4683967|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[HTML]], [[CSS]], [[JavaScript]], [[C++]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[MIT License|MIT]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Coda (web development software)|Coda]]
| Panic
| 2007
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1105496|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1105496|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| Objective-C
| {{nonfree|$99}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
|
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[ConTEXT]]
| ConTEXT Project Ltd
| 1999
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q728134|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q728134|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[Object Pascal]] ([[Delphi (programming language)|Delphi]])
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|BSD-3-Clause}}
| {{ya}}
|
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Crimson Editor]]
| Ingyu Kang
| 1999
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2591922|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2591922|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C++
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
|
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | CudaText
| UVViewSoft{{efn|alexey_t, kvichans, matthias030.}}
| 2015
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q55430618|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q55430618|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[Object Pascal]] ([[Lazarus (software)|Lazarus]])
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[Mozilla Public License|MPL-2.0]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[ed (text editor)|ed]]
| [[Ken Thompson (computer programmer)|Ken Thompson]]
| 1970
| unchanged from original
|
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|?}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Editra]]
| Cody Precord
| 2007
| 0.7.20
| 2013-01-05
| [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[wxWindows license]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[EmEditor]]
| Emurasoft, Inc.
| 1997
| 21.3.0
| 2021-11-24
| C++
| {{nonfree|$39.99}}
| {{proprietary|Shareware}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[epsilon (text editor)|epsilon]]
| Lugaru Software
| 1984
| 14.00<ref>{{Cite web |title=Epsilon 14 Update Information |url=https://lugaru.com/updinfo.html |access-date=2020-10-22 |website=Lugaru Software, Ltd.}}</ref>
| 2020-10-20
| C
| {{nonfree|$250}}
| {{proprietary}}
|
|
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[FeatherPad]]
| Pedram Pourang
| 2016
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q78908533|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q78908533|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C++, [[Qt (software)|Qt]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[FocusWriter]]
| Graeme Gott
| 2008
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4038855|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q4038855|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C++, [[Qt (software)|Qt]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[gedit]]
| [[GNU]] Project
| 2000
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q194501|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q194501|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Geany]]
| Enrico Tröger
| 2005
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1122464|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1122464|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C, [[GTK+]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[GNU Emacs]]
| [[Richard Stallman]]
| 1984
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1252773|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1252773|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C, Emacs Lisp
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[GNU nano]]
| Chris Allegretta
| 1999
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q306101|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q306101|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[IA Writer]]
| Information Architects
| 2010.09.22
| 5.6
| 2020-12-07
| [[Objective-C]] (iOS), Objective-C (macOS), [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] (Windows), [[Java (programming language)|Java]] (Android)
| {{nonfree|$29.99}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[JED (text editor)|JED]]
| John E. Davis
| 1992
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q467413|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q467413|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C, [[S-Lang]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[jEdit]]
| [[Slava Pestov]]
| 1998
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q292976|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q292976|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Joe's Own Editor|JOE]]
| Joseph Allen
| 1988
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1691315|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1691315|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|GPL}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[JOVE]]
| Johnathon Payne
| 1983
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q3156938|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q3156938|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|JOVE license}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Kate (text editor)|Kate]]
| [[KDE]] Project
| 2000-12
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q261933|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q261933|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C++
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|LGPL, MIT}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[XEDIT|KEDIT]]
| Mansfield Software Group, Inc.
| 1983
| 1.6.1
| 2016-12-05
| C
| {{nonfree|$129}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Komodo Edit]]
| [[Activestate]]
| 2007
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1265324|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1265324|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| Python, JavaScript, [[Perl]], [[Tcl]], [[PHP]], Ruby
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[Mozilla Public License|MPL]], GPL, [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Komodo IDE]]
| Activestate
| 2001
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q21043327|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q21043327|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| Python, JavaScript, Perl, Tcl, PHP, Ruby
| {{nonfree|$295}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[KWrite]]
| [[KDE]] Project
| 2000
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q742712|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q742712|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C++
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|LGPL}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[LE (text editor)|LE]]
| Alexander V. Lukyanov
| 1997
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4042433|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q4042433|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C++
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Leo (text editor)|Leo]]
| Edward K. Ream
| 1996
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q6523506|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q6523506|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| Python
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[MIT License|MIT]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Light Table (software)|Light Table]]
| Chris Granger
| 2012
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q6546235|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q6546235|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[ClojureScript]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[MIT License|MIT]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[mcedit]]
| [[Miguel de Icaza]]
| 1994
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1340000|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1340000|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C, Python, PHP, Javascript, Perl, Tcl, Ruby
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Metapad]]
| Alexander Davidson
| 1999
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q11777663|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q11777663|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[mg (text editor)|mg]]
| Dave Conroy
| 1986
| current{{efn|last update in OpenBSD repo<ref>{{Cite web |title=src/usr.bin/mg at master · openbsd/src |url=https://github.com/openbsd/src/tree/master/usr.bin/mg |access-date=2020-10-21 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref>}}
| 2020-07-22
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[Public domain]]}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[mined (text editor)|MinEd]]
| Thomas Wolff
| 1992
| 2022.27
| 2022-12-23
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|GPL}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[MS-DOS Editor]]
| [[Microsoft]]
| 1991
| 2.0.026
|
|
| {{nonfree|Bundled with [[MS-DOS]], [[Microsoft Windows]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[ne (text editor)|ne]]
| Sebastiano Vigna<br />Todd Lewis<br />Daniele Filaretti
| 1993
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q6983892|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q6983892|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[NEdit]]
| Mark Edel
| 1991
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2719620|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2719620|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Microsoft Notepad|Notepad]]
| Microsoft
| 1985
| 11.2302.16.0
|
| [[Microsoft Macro Assembler|MASM]] (originally)
| {{nonfree|Bundled with Microsoft Windows}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Notepad++]]
| Don Ho
| 2003-11-25
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2033|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2033|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[C++]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[nvi]]
| [[Keith Bostic (software engineer)|Keith Bostic]]
| 1994
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q556171|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q556171|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[BSD licenses|BSD-3-Clause]]}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Pico (text editor)|Pico]]
| [[University of Washington]]
| 1992
| 4.64
|
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[Apache License|Apache-2.0]]}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[PimNote]]
| Pimtel
| 2023
| 1.2.0<ref>Pimtel. [https://www.pimtel.com/pimnote/ Pimnote].</ref>
| 2023-04-22
| C#
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[PolyEdit]]
| PolySoft Solutions
| 1998
| 5.4
| 2010{{nbh}}04{{nbh}}07
|
| {{nonfree|$27.95}}
| {{proprietary|Shareware}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[PSPad]]
| Jan Fiala
| 2002
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1342374|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1342374|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| Object Pascal (Delphi)
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[RJ TextEd]]
| Rickard Johansson
| 2004
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4047864|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q4047864|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| Object Pascal (Delphi)
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Sam (text editor)|Sam]]
| [[Rob Pike]]
| 1980s (early)
| stable
|
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[Lucent Public License|LPL]] ([[Open Source Initiative|OSI]] approved)}}
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[SciTE]]
| Neil Hodgson
| 1999
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q186301|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q186301|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C++
| {{partial|$41.99 for macOS. [[Gratis versus libre|No cost]] for others}}
| {{open source|[[Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer|HPND]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[SlickEdit]]
| SlickEdit, Inc.
| 1988
| 28.0.1
| 2024-01-21
| [[C (programming language)|C]], Slick-C
| {{nonfree|$299}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Smultron]]
| Peter Borg
| 2004
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q167140|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q167140|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| Objective-C
| {{nonfree|$7.99}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[SubEthaEdit]]
| TheCoding{{shy}}Monkeys
| 2003
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q664378|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q664378|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[MIT License|MIT]]}}
| {{ya}}
|
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Sublime Text]]
| {{#statements:developer|from=Q267193}}
| 2008
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q267193|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q267193|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{#statements:P277|from=Q267193}}
| {{nonfree|$99}}
| {{proprietary|[[Shareware]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[TED Notepad]]
| Juraj Simlovic
| 2001
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1761171|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1761171|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Textadept]]
| Mitchell
| 2007
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q18388827|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q18388827|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C, [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[MIT License|MIT]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[TextEdit]]
| [[Apple Inc.]]
| 2001
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q519774|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q519774|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]] (also bundled with [[macOS]])}}
| {{open source|[[BSD licenses|BSD-3-Clause]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[TextMate]]
| MacroMates
| 2004-10-10
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2297533|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2297533|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| Objective-C++
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[TextPad]]
| Helios Software Solutions
| 1992
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2295946|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2295946|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|
| {{nonfree|$30.00 (£16.50)}}
| {{proprietary|Shareware}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[BBEdit|TextWrangler]]
| [[Bare Bones Software]]
| 2003
| 5.5.2
| 2016-09-20
|
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
|
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[The SemWare Editor]]
| Sammy Mitchell
| 1985-11
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7763278|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q7763278|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C, SAL
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[BSD licenses|BSD-2-Clause]]}}
|
|
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[UltraEdit]]
| [[IDM Computer Solutions]]
| 1994
| 25.0
| 2018-03-12
| C++
| {{nonfree|$99.95}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[VEDIT]]
| Ted Green, Greenview Data
| 1980
| 6.24.2
| 2015-01-12
| [[assembly language|Assembly]], C
| {{nonfree|$89 standard, $239 Pro64}}
| {{proprietary}}
| {{ya}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Vi (text editor)|vi]]
| [[Bill Joy]]
| 1976
| 3.7
|
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[BSD licenses|BSD-4-Clause]]}} or CDDL
| {{na}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Vim (text editor)|Vim]]
| [[Bram Moolenaar]]
| 1991
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q131382|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q131382|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C, [[Vim script]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|Vim}}
| {{ya}} <!-- as "gvim" -->
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Visual Studio Code]]
| [[Microsoft]]
| 2015
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q19841877|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q19841877|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[JavaScript]], [[TypeScript]]
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{partial|Source code: [[MIT License|MIT]]<ref name="code-oss-license">{{cite web | url=https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/main/LICENSE.txt | title=LICENSE.txt | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | work=github.com/Microsoft/vscode | date=17 November 2015}}</ref> <br /> Binaries built by Microsoft: [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<ref name="official-download-license">{{Cite web |url=https://code.visualstudio.com/license |title=Microsoft Software License Terms |website=code.visualstudio.com |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The best parts of Visual Studio Code are proprietary |url=https://underjord.io/the-best-parts-of-visual-studio-code-are-proprietary.html}}</ref>}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[XEmacs]]
| [[Lucid Inc.]]
| 1991
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2164944|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2164944|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| C, Emacs Lisp
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{ya}}
|-
! nowrap {{rh}} | [[Nedit|XNEdit]]
| Olaf Wintermann
| 2018
| 1.5.2
| 2023-10-05
| C
| {{free|[[Gratis versus libre|No cost]]}}
| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| {{ya}}
| {{na}}
|}
{{sticky table end}}