gedit

Spec sheet

Purpose

gedit is a general-purpose text editor for notes, documents, and software development.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Free plan

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Founded

1998Read 28 Sep 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Business services

Services offered around gedit include plugin development, code maintenance, training, support, and long-term support versions.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Editing features

Features include regular-expression search and replace, spell-checking, word auto-completion, auto-indentation, line numbers, and text wrapping.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Extension support

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

GNOME integration

gedit’s development began in 1998 alongside the GNOME project, and it integrates with that desktop environment.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Licensing

The product is released under Free/Libre Open Source software licenses; gedit plugins need to be distributed under the GPL license.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Linux installation

On Linux, gedit and gedit-plugins can be installed from a distribution’s packages or from Flathub.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

macOS installation

The site says gedit is packaged in Homebrew for macOS.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Plugins

A flexible plugin system can add features, with listed plugins for bookmarks, document statistics, file browsing, modelines, sorting, spell-checking, and other tasks.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Programming support

Syntax highlighting is available for languages including Python, Shell, C, C++, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, and Markdown.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Remote files

gedit supports editing files from remote locations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Reusable libraries

gedit features are implemented in part as reusable libgedit shared libraries that can underpin text editors and IDEs.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Support and bug reports

The site directs users to its manual, GNOME Discourse, and bug reporting guidance, which asks for system details and steps to reproduce a problem.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Supported platforms

Linux,macOS,WindowsRead 22 Sep 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Tabs and text support

Files open in tabs, and gedit supports internationalized text using Unicode and UTF-8.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Windows installation

The site says gedit is available from the Microsoft Store for Windows.Read 11 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

Plans and prices

Every gedit plan and price →

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