# EmEditor Reviews **Vendor:** Emurasoft **Category:** [Text Editor Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/text-editor) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 27 ## About EmEditor EmEditor is a text editor for Windows that supplies larger files and Unicode, macros, plug-ins and more. ## EmEditor Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users value the **extensive language support** in EmEditor, enhancing usability across diverse coding languages. (1 reviews) - Users benefit from the **fast large file handling** in EmEditor, enabling quick processing of massive datasets effortlessly. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **fast performance speed** of EmEditor, enabling quick loading of large files and efficient searches. (1 reviews) - Users value the **fast search capabilities** of EmEditor, particularly for large files and RegEx searches. (1 reviews) ## EmEditor Reviews ### 1. loads a csv very quick / use RegEx for extracting or searching in multiple files **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 19, 2024 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** An email to support is answered in a few hours. It loads a csv file (50 or 100 million lines) very fast. You can use the 'find in files' search option to search with RegEx in folders and display the found content. A lot of languages are supported. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** Can't name one at the moment. It is really easy to use. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** Loading csv files very fast. Searching in multiple files for data. ### 2. Objectively the best all-purpose text editor / programming editor on Windows **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Charles S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 01, 2023 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** FUNCTIONALITY: There is nothing that EE can't do: that's its main selling point. It's packed with built-in functionality and let's you extend that core functionality with scriptable macros. Think "UltraEdit's flexibility without the slow-as-death macro playback". EmEditor also comes in handy in unexpected ways: forget Excel, EE is THE BEST way to work with CSV files. As of a few years ago, I've been using EE instead of Excel to quickly process / sort / filter data from my bank accounts and credit cards at tax time. By the way, the "filter" function extraordinarily useful, and I can't remember seeing it in other editors: type a string and EE hides all but the lines that contain that string. Another, somewhat related setting is the ability (Edit > Narrowing) to restrict the current editing area to a sub-portion of the current file. (Hitting Ctrl+Home goes to the top of that logical area, not the top of the file, and searching is restricted to that active area. Super useful, and I can't remember seeing this in another editor. You can not just customize menus and items, but even their accelerator-key (e.g., setting Alt+A as shortcut by renaming the "&Search" menu to "Se&arch"). QUALITY: I'm a fullstack web dev, but I've done quite a bit of Windows dev. I've never seen a piece of software that leverages so well all Windows APIs. You can tell that everything is done carefully and thoughtfully, even the most mundane functionality. (Even the "Tools > Import and Export" uses native wizard and progress bars. If you've ever done Windows dev, you'll know that it's much easier to implement this as a series of submenu items and just saving the appropriate file - EE is programmed by an artisan, if you see what I mean.) I'm just realizing this as I write this review. I don't think I've ever come across a bug in EmEditor. Stuff that doesn't behave as desired/expected, sure, but no bug or crash or hang - ever. In fact, one of EE's claim to fame is to be able to open huge files. (I can attest that it does: opening a PHP log from a live server and see it open in under a second is something.) EXTENSIBILITY: EE is clearly a labor of love. This editor is more regularly updated than any piece of software I know of, and it's been the case since its release around 2007/2008 (from memory - I only started seriously using EE about 10 years ago). As a result, pretty much anything you can think of has been asked by others and in many cases, implemented. For years, I've been using TextPad for its macros. The macros are saved in a binary format and they can't be customized after the fact. In EE, all macros are stored in editable JS code with a well documented API. Both of these mean that there's pretty much nothing you can't do with EE. SUPPORT: As far as I know, EmEditor is a one-man project. The upside is that Yutaka Emura, EmEditor's creator, provides support himself. On one end of the spectrum you have Sublime Text who's notion of support is to tell you to "search the forum", companies like JetBrains that refer you to their ill-conceived and always slow YouTrack system, or editors that are essentially dead because there's little to no money in that sector anymore. Receiving support from the person who wrote the software is a treat. I hope that many people will buy what is not only objectively the best all-purpose editor on Windows, but also the only one that is actively developed, and has been uninterruptedly so for over a decade. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** NEGATIVES: Despite unequivocally recommending EE, let's start with the negatives - not just to get them out of the way but also give this review some credibility. I struggle to find meaningful negatives with EE, but here are the ones that came to mind: - I wish that EE could give me the kind of insight into my code that JetBrains IDEs do. (But yes, I realize that is a programming editor, not an IDE.) - It's sometimes difficult to find a particular setting, at least the first time you look for it, but that's common in highly customizable pieces of software. One way EE could be improved is by approaching settings the way VS Code does, offering both a UI (like TextPad or JetBrains) and customizable syntax files (like EditPlus or Sublime Text). - Also relating to Settings, I wish that these three dialogs could be consolidated: "Properties for current configuration", "Properties for all configurations", and "Customize...". Sometimes it's hard to know where a setting will be stored and I search in the wrong dialog. - Sometimes EE inserts indents in puzzling places after you hit Enter, for example after a closing HTML tag or after a end-of-line semicolon in JS code. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm a software developer and text-editor fanatic. I've tried pretty much every Windows text editor that's ever been released. I don't just use them to their fullest for work, I love text editors onto themselves - not just as a mean, but also as an end. EmEditor (EE) has become my daily go-to editor for both text processing and coding for fun. Because of the size of my professional projects, I often have to work in full-fledged IDEs (JetBrains), which are comparatively slow and feel annoyingly non-native Windows. But whenever I can, I go old school and code in EE. It's pure bliss. After paying for a few years the yearly subscription fee to get the latest updates, I finally purchased the "lifetime version" around 2017 I think. And we, EE users, have gotten so much new functionality and updates since then. It's one of few pieces of software for which I'd say that paying for the lifetime version is a no-brainer. (By the way, you own the product regardless, the subscription only determines for how long you get free updates.) ### 3. Best Text Editor Ever! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vasilis K. | eDiscovery Associate Director, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 26, 2022 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** * Super fast, lightweight, easy to install and use * Opening very large files in a matter of seconds * Rapid development of new features and optimisations * Powerful built-in functions * Delimiters view makes Excel redundant * Fully customisable with support of macros (JavaScript, VBScript) * Unicode compliant * Pleasure to work with the Developer; very responsive and receptive to new ideas and feedback **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** There is not much to dislike really! Maybe documentation of methods can be slightly better (ie. having more examples), but other than that EmEditor is one of the best tools I have ever used and makes my workday much easier! **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** Ensure you use the delimited view and the core built-in functions, and if possible, create your own macros to fully experience how powerful EmEditor is. Give it a try and you will not regret it. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** Data wrangling of delimited (comma, tab, concordance) text files, usually very large ones. Data truncation and opening large text files are a thing of the past. In addition, automation of routine tasks, streamlining workflows, efficiency as well as consistency in outputs are all improvements that have been achieved through the use of EmEditor. ### 4. Great Editor support almost all language **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Darshan M. | Sr. Manager - GIS/NE - Gujarat Circle, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 10, 2023 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** Support almost all languages which are currently trending **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** Need to work on GUI and auto suggestions **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** Write code without utilizing concurrent license of IDE ### 5. EmEditor is the fastest editor for working on huge text files **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pierre A. | CEO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 26, 2022 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** The title says it all: EmEditor simply is the fastest editor I found when working on huge files. Even hundreds of MB are no problem. Compared to Notepad++ this is just the editor I had been waiting for :-) **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** Extending the editor is possible through macros, yet this requires more knowledge than what I was ready to invest for. Fortunately, EmEditor's author, Yutaka Emura, helped me solve my issues. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** Editing huge files can be a real challenge (e.g. long log files, or gigantic JSON files). Other editors choke on files which don't contain newlines (\n) making them stop responding for seconds when not minutes. EmEditor always stayed responsive. ### 6. No. 1 Editor for working with large files **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kapil T. | Head of Technology, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 21, 2022 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** There simply isn't a better editor for working with large text-centric files under Windows. The product is massively optimised and continues to be continually improved, with both further optimsations and new features. We have been using EmEditor for over 5 years now and it is worth every penny. We have tried virtually all of the major text editor's on the market and as an overall package, EmEditor comes out on top for working with large files. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** There really isn't a lot to dislike. The price for the full edition may put some potential user's off, but once you start using it (particularly with large files), you realise you get what you pay for. It is a phenomenal piece of software and for us, is absolutely worth the price. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** If you work with large text-centric files on Windows, you owe it to yourself to try EmEditor. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** Opening\searching\sorting\filtering\manipulating\extracting data from very large text files, using the built-in commands and macros. We haven't found a better editor under Windows for these tasks. We've tried all the main alternatives for working with larger files and EmEditor easily comes out on top. Some user's may be overwhelmed with the amount of features to start, but it is very customisable, the online help is continually updated and there is an active forum where questions are answered. ### 7. Best plain text editor for windows **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** T M. | iT Administrator **Reviewed Date:** March 22, 2022 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** EmEditor has a lot features you can read on www.emeditor.com, I use a lot of them. But there also a lot small points (not on this list), what it makes for me the daily work easier an there and therefore it is the best editor on microsoft platform for me. For example "Auto Marker" its one of small features what I don't want miss by daily work. "Filter" or "batch find/replace" featur are only two off the long list of features what I can't see by other ones. With "Filter" makes daily work faster and easier compare to "find". The filter, search and replace function has special options (e.g. number range) that I have never seen by competitors. Many other programs fail, because they are not able to open very large files (especially non-commercial programs), to filter with regex, or are much slower. It's easy to install, to use and to customize for you needs. I made a lot macros for my needs, so I save a lot time by daily work, undeppendet if for a lot small or really large files. For macros you can juse javascript or vbscript, other editors have often proprietary macro language. Plain Text not always easy to read. I spend a lot time for searching an Plain Text Editor with "even lines" view. By EmEditor I used "horizontal grid" view, what makes reading on files with long lines easier. Now "even lines" it's also a new features by EmEditor, so it's on your personal taste if like "horizontal grid" or "even lines" or still blank. "Auto Marker" and Markers are additional points for better and faster reading. For example, with "keyword highlight" I use by log files regex, so I see public ip's in a different color as pivate ip's. I am sure that I have forgotten a lot to write here, because there are countless functions that I use in my daily work with emeditor and only notice when I work on another computer (without EmEditor), whether professional or private. For me it is no longer a question whether i should use a commercial or a free editor. The functions, the fast qualified support as well as the continuous improvement and further development make emeditor the first choice for me. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** I have no real negative points, short time ago I send them a "nice to have list". (special request, I never saw this features by ohter ones) They have so much features compare to other plain text editors for my needs. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** analyze and search very large log files, but also a lot of small files (text or batch files) change it in a batch process with built-in functions or macros ### 8. EmEditor Is Versatile and Powerful the best CSV editor and analyzer **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nick Y. | Your Orange County California Attorney, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 23, 2022 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** Large massive CSV files can be opened, edited, and filtered. join like a database **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** So wonderful and powerful that I feel intimidated **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** database management ### 9. A text editor for professional or personal use **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mauricio P. | Desarrollador de software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 22, 2019 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** EmEditor can be adapted for professional or personal projects. I like that it has a simple interface, compatible with a wide variety of files. Another feature that I like is that it is a lightweight program. I also like your autocomplete and replaced options. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** EmEditor does not have an integrated browser function. Another aspect that I don't like is that it takes longer than expected to debug projects. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** EmEditor is an amazing software for web development or software development. It has options for beginners and can be greatly customized. I recommend it. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** EmEditor allows me to encode professional or personal projects quickly, because it is a lightweight editor and I can open several files simultaneously, splitting it into different tabs. It also allowed me to install some syntans and HTML highlighting plugins that make coding easier. ### 10. EmEditor has improved my development environment, it is excellent **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gilberto P. | Analista de información, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2019 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** EmEditor provides a built-in debugger that allows you to run all APIs. This editor handles multiple languages and extensions to develop web projects. This software is capable of handling the most sought-after languages such as HTML, JSP, PHP and XML. It is a much lighter software than Sublime Text and has regular updates. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** I have problems configuring JSON files, although I may not have the necessary experience. I also consider that it does not have enough available add-ons. Also, I would like to have support for React libraries. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** If you are in need of a compatible editor with several programming languages, use EmEditor. It is fast, reliable and powerful. I would recommend using it for simple applications, it has good syntax highlighting and autosuggestion functions. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am currently developing an APIs in Java on an Azure server to connect to the company's mobile employee management application. EmEditor gives me benefits such as reducing debugging times and solving incompatibility problems that other publishers have, thanks to this editor supporting many languages. ### 11. A text editor with so many functions that it seems overwhelming **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ricardo Q. | Arquitecto Software SR, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 07, 2019 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** EmEditor is a light application and easy to install. It has a toolbar with excellent features in which you can highlight: macros to adjust XML and HTML, to filter to find access to suggestions and to search bar to find words quickly. It also has options to separate by commas or by tabulator. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** The syntax highlighting is poor, which makes code recognition difficult, especially for beginners. Also sometimes it has update notifications that are intrusive and break my workflow. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** This software is a great tool to run unit tests. It is a multipurpose tool for common text editor and also for programming. You can easily add plugins to customize your work environment and facilitate your tasks. I recommend it. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** EmEditor allows me to modify XML and HTML files, since it supports different coding languages. This software has the function of autocorrection which saves me time, because otherwise I would have to review line by line of the code in which it is working. It also allows me to access the Windows command line to execute the functions. ### 12. Great text editing software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 20, 2019 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** The means you can open any text file and specify your delimiters to be able to edit it. You can open enormous files and it will use your hard disk and not open it in RAM as alll text editors used to do. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** Can be complex to learn, often I have had to google how to do something simple like filter column or search - but I think it’s getting better **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** It is the best text editing software I have seen, and I have been in operations and development for many years. You will unlikely be disappointed with it. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** Speed to edit large text files to identify issues before being imported into databases which can take time. Fast investigations lead to minimised time for employees, saving likely hundreds of man hours for us. ### 13. Powerful editor **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** jhon c. | jhon castro, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 21, 2019 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** An editor not very well known, but one of the best I've used, has an incredible ability to open large files, very similar to Word but it can open a file of several GBs in a second. You can use it for HTML, CSS... You have a free license to try it, but the best part is that you can have it portable to use it anywhere or under any circumstance without having to install anything on your device. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** There is nothing that I dislike, perhaps at first use you might find it difficult to find something in the interface but you quickly find it. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** I recommend it if you don't want to pay for an expensive license, the portable use, and the ability to open large files. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** In my case, having it portable to use anywhere if a problem arises is incredible. I just have to insert my pen drive, run it, and edit the files I want. It also includes plugins that will make certain tasks easier for you. ### 14. Mini word **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jose p. | Great text editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 19, 2019 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** Well, a simple editor, of the old school, I was impressed with its use. It's like a Microsoft Office Word but simple and easy. It's only available for Windows, and you have it portable. You can use it to jot down small things or to do work. Additionally, you can add certain plugins to make your work easier. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** The only thing I don't like is your graphical interface, it looks like an old Windows XP program, but if you give it a chance, you will like it. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** Of course I recommend it, it can get you out of an unexpected situation if you carry it portable on a pen drive, for example. The installation is quick and easy, and it's free. If you don't want to pay for another text editor, I definitely recommend this one. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** The benefits are several, the main one being that it is free, followed by the fact that you can install certain plugins to make your work easier. ### 15. Great for large files (>1gb) and has optimizations to aid in processing **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David S. | Principal Owner, Accounting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 15, 2019 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** - fast processing time for large files. comparing to other software, EmEditor breezes through the files like they are nothing - supports many charsets - macros are powerful and easy to use - able to parse delimiters - powerful outlining - very responsive and easy to use - optimizes deletion with functions like 'removing the undo function for large datasets to cut down on processing time' **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** - interface is not intuitive. finding things in the menu alone takes up most of my time - documentation is not the best **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** EmEditor is a very powerful tool which allows you to handle files which are large. Compared to the other products which we have tried, this is by far the best software we have used. The other products just malfunctions and stop working once you load the files in. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** my company constantly requires us to manage large amount of textfiles as well as files which are too large to be processed by normal notepad or even notepad++. it allows us to clean up our data for post-processing and cuts down much of our agony when the computer malfunctions when dealing with large files. ### 16. Great Editor To Work With! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Miguel Antonio E. | IT Technical Support, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 13, 2016 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** EmEditor provides a solution if you want to work with text edition. If you work with html files of php files Emeditor works for you easy to install easy to work with provides an colorful tag system to identify open/close tags and tools like search text, In general if you work with text files EmEditor is a great text editor program. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** As regular text editor user have no complains with EmEditor so far right now the program works well and is pretty stable. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** From the multiple text editors on the market EmEditor does the task well you should try the features comes with. Stable and works with low hardware resources **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** Create and edit multiple text files easily and quickly. Works with html files. ### 17. Great editor **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** federico s. | Federico, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 19, 2019 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** To be a small editor, it is very useful, it has many features. You can add plugins to it. If you need to program in HTML or PHP, it has tag highlighting that makes your work easier. If you can't buy the license, there is a free version available. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** What I like the least are their various paid licenses. But if you want it for simple use, the free license will suffice. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** Easy installation and free license. If you need to do small tasks or touch up an HTML file, you can carry it portable on the pen drive. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** The benefits are several, being able to install plugins that facilitate your work and it has a free license. ### 18. Superb For Large Files **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paul N. | Data Analyst / Scuba Dive Instructor, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2018 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** Without a shadow of a doubt the best thing about EmEditor is its ability to open extremely large text files very quickly which most other editors i've tried struggle with or just simply can't do. There is also a completely free version that has a limited set of options. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** I'm not sure i use it enough to warrant getting the paid version which seems quite pricey in its various price package guises. Could do with more formatting addins/options like Notepad++. The free version lacks nice column alignment. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** Use it in conjunction with Notepad++ (also free), between the two of them it should meet all your editor needs for creating, opening and viewing any type of text file **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** The biggest issue i had before discovering EmEditor was the ability to open very large text files and be able to search within them, Notepad++ just wasn't cutting it. EmEditor is superb for opening large files, it is definitely the best free text editor out there for that (I tried many) ### 19. The Best EDITOR for BIG files ! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Peter N. | System Administrator, Computer Hardware, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 16, 2017 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** + Easy-to-use text editor ! + Powerful CSV editing. + Good macros integration, Unicode support + Can open very large files. i tested +10GB file myself + Great Coding environment + Plug-ins, extensions + Customizable Interface and text markers **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** - EmEditor so far works well and stable , i don't see any thing to dislike about it other than it's high price ! **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** I would highly recommend EmEditor as a first choice for any intensive text- editing **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** When it comes to dealing with large database dump and csv files containing client information EmEditor can provide such a good working environment that allows you to split or combine those files. also you can open specified part of the your server logs if you are a sysadmin which is a life saving feature. ### 20. A good new product for large files. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sakhi A. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2017 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** It can operate on large files very easily. one of the best commercial enterprise grade editor which features extensible categories. The other interesting feature of this program is the use of Microsoft platform. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** It does not offer many extra features as expected. The software is slow to get updates and it would be nice to have a more marketable approach for this software. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** Go to their website and thoroughly read it. They have a lot of good stuff. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** I work with large files a lot while coding on various group projects. This has helped me to work on them very easily. ### 21. Editor to edit big files **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yash P. | CEO of Linksys at LinkSys Compsnies, Information Technology and Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 05, 2017 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** I like Macros Integration and plug ins that they are supporting is very much likable . **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** This software is slow in bug fixing .They need to look forward for this and should place regular updates and also bug reporting is quite difficult . **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** Yes ! strongly recommended to all who are dealing with csv files and have to deal with large files . **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy to write email , modify macros and so many other things you can do in day to day life . ### 22. Fantastic code editing alternative **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jessica M. | Diseñador gráfico, Marketing and Advertising, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 27, 2016 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** It has full featured advanced searching tools, it's well integrated with HTML/CSS, it has plugins, you can create and execute macros, it supports multilanguages, you can control large files, it's has many options to configure it easily, it supports many programming languages, it has a browser preview for HTML/CSS files . **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** It doesn't have GitHub integration, you can only make plugins in C/C++, it doesn't have FTP support, it doesn't support Markdown. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** It's a full featured alternative, you can be very productive with this tool specially for Front-End projects. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** Front-End projects, HTML/CSS/JS editing, it's a full featured editor with many options, it has special tools for HTML/CSS, it's a lightweight alternative and it runs fast. ### 23. Advanced code editor tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lucy K. | Diseñador de páginas web, Warehousing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2016 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** A great straightforward editor, macros support, many programming languages syntax colors, you can configure it easily, it works with multiple files, it has many advanced features for editing, you can install plugins, UI is clean and it renders fonts well. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** It doesn't have GitHub or other SVN integration, it's not free, sometimes it can run slowly with large files. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** It's a great alternative for web projects and programming in general, if you want a simple code editor you should give a try. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** Web applications projects, fixing and tweaking code, it's a complete code editor solution, it's well suited for web projects. ### 24. Best code editor alternative to Sublime **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zoraida M. | Junior Front-End Developer, Program Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 04, 2016 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** It has a ton of HTML/CSS features, you can manage large project files structure easily, it comes with a web browser for quickly previews, you can install extra plugins for specific behavior, it looks good and it's easy to configure it. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** It's kinda hard to create and use extra Macros, it doesn't support LESS or SASS files, it doesn't have code completation at all, poorly JavaScript integration. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** It comes with many features from others, it's well suited for web applications projects, if you are planning to use for Web development you should give a try. ### 25. Full featured editor **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael B. | Gerente de recursos humanos, Legislative Office, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2016 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** Plugins support, it has Macros for repetitive tasks, you can work with CSV files, multilanguage support, advanced searching and editing features, you can compare files for changes, UI is clean and it renders fonts well. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** It's quite expensive, can be slow with large files, it doesn't have equations support, you can't add images. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** You can be very productive with this tool, if you are a writer or a programmer you should give a try. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** Email writing, articles editing, simple plain text creation, it's a full featured editor, you can use for many kind of daily tasks. ### 26. Well suited code editor **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anna W. | Ingeniero de software, Program Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2016 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** Macros can be a very util feature, you can have different workplaces with projects, it supports many programming languages although you can also create new settings for others, you can have extra plugins installed, it's easy to configure it, syntax colors and fonts looks great. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** Plugins creation is hard, it doesn't have Git integration, it's not free and quite expensive. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** It's a great editor, it has all editing features that big ones have, can be a handy tool for projects in general, it's a solid alternative to work in web applications. ### 27. Successfully code editor **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anastacia M. | Desarrollador de software, Program Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 02, 2016 **What do you like best about EmEditor?** Great support for Macros creation, it has plugins to install, you can compare two files, it has a clean interface with many features, you can have bookmarks in documents, great syntax colors, it supports multiple tabs, it has multiple selection and search/replace advanced features. **What do you dislike about EmEditor?** It's quite expensive, it doesn't have GitHub integration, it doesn't support code completation. **Recommendations to others considering EmEditor:** It's a great alternative and it can be customized easily for your needs and it's easy to learn. **What problems is EmEditor solving and how is that benefiting you?** JavaScript development, it's a full featured code editor and it's well suited for large projects. - [View EmEditor pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/emeditor/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-14+19%3A52%3A29+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=acea6430-c0b2-4629-99cb-a644824a84ea&secure%5Btoken%5D=887d52e5f3c7d5e83a41fa7bb6fe55a76b29500ee3a9eef12ad8e754b59ddd75&format=llm_user) ## EmEditor Features **Coding** - Syntax highlighting - Autocompletion - Find and replace - Code folding **Editing** - Collaborative editing - Language Support - Selection Methods **Functionality** - Extensibility - Cross-platform support - Plugins and integrations - Security **Agentic AI - Landing Page Builders** - Cross-system Integration ## Top EmEditor Alternatives - [Notepad++](https://www.g2.com/products/notepad/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (2,398 reviews) - [Sublime Text](https://www.g2.com/products/sublime-text/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,747 reviews) - [UltraEdit](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (1,103 reviews)