Updated Aug 25, 2026

Best Editor Software

Editor software is where text and code are written. The category covers both developer-facing text editors and WYSIWYG editors embedded within other applications for non-technical users.

Solutions in this category cover text editors and WYSIWYG editors. Users evaluate them for cross-platform support, plugins and integrations, collaborative editing, templates, HTML input, and drag-and-drop. Development teams generally prioritize extensibility and language support. Embedded editors are selected for how cleanly they fit a host application and how predictable their output markup is.

Best Editor Software by type

G2 scores products inside each subcategory, against the products they actually compete with. Below are the three highest-scoring products in each type, in the same order as the navigation.

Best Text Editor Software

80 products9,394 reviews

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Rank	Products	Rating	Reviews
1	Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a free, lightweight, and powerful source code editor developed by Microsoft, compatible with Windows, macOS, and... Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a free, lightweight, and powerful source code editor developed by Microsoft, compatible with Windows, macOS, and...	4.7/5	2,757 337 in last year
2	Notepad++ Notepad++ is a free, open-source text and source code editor for Windows, designed to provide a lightweight yet powerful alternative to the... Notepad++ is a free, open-source text and source code editor for Windows, designed to provide a lightweight yet powerful alternative to the...	4.6/5	2,473 92 in last year
3	Sublime Text Sublime Text is a sophisticated, cross-platform text and source code editor renowned for its speed, efficiency, and extensive customization... Sublime Text is a sophisticated, cross-platform text and source code editor renowned for its speed, efficiency, and extensive customization...	4.5/5	1,782 31 in last year

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Best WYSIWYG Editors

55 products1,033 reviews

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Rank	Products	Rating	Reviews
1	TinyMCE TinyMCE is the WYSIWYG rich text editor known and loved by millions of developers worldwide. It's built to fit seamlessly into your product or... TinyMCE is the WYSIWYG rich text editor known and loved by millions of developers worldwide. It's built to fit seamlessly into your product or...	4.5/5	119 9 in last year
2	Froala Editor Froala Editor is a premium, lightweight WYSIWYG HTML Editor built with JavaScript, offering seamless rich text editing capabilities for your... Froala Editor is a premium, lightweight WYSIWYG HTML Editor built with JavaScript, offering seamless rich text editing capabilities for your...	4.4/5	188 7 in last year
3	CKEditor CKEditor 5 is an AI-powered rich text editor built for modern applications that need a reliable, enterprise-ready editing experience. It combines a... CKEditor 5 is an AI-powered rich text editor built for modern applications that need a reliable, enterprise-ready editing experience. It combines a...	4.3/5	66 1 in last year

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Frequently asked questions about Editor Software

Editor software includes types such as Text Editor and WYSIWYG Editors. Products are reviewed and ranked within each type.

Text Editor software text editors are used to change configuration files, source code language, and documentation files. G2 lists 81 text editor software products.

WYSIWYG Editors software what you see is what you get editors (WYSIWYG) allow users to create websites by utilizing images, graphics, and text that closely resembles what the finished product with look like. G2 lists 53 wysiwyg editors software products.

Editor products are ranked within each type of editor software rather than against the whole category. Rankings use the G2 Score, an algorithm that calculates customer satisfaction and market presence based on reviews from our user community.

Satisfaction and market presence are calculated separately for each category a product appears in, so a product can rank differently in different categories. Products need enough recent reviews to be ranked, and reviews carry less weight as they age.

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Published: 2026-08-25