| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Code editors | 7.8 (#32) | 8.9 (#4) |
| Customization | The project describes CodeEdit as extensible and customizable. | Users can customize it with Emacs Lisp code or a graphical interface. |
| Editor type | desktop | It is a customizable text editor with an Emacs Lisp interpreter at its core. |
| Extension support | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License | The repository says CodeEdit is licensed under the MIT license. | GNU Emacs is free software distributed under conditions of the GNU General Public License. |