--- title: gedit Reviews meta\_title: 'gedit Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 76 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how gedit works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.0 review\_count: 76 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Editor url: https://www.g2.com/categories/editor --- # gedit Reviews & Product Details gEdit is a general purpose text editor that includes internationalized text, syntax highlighting, undo/redo, file reverting, print and print preview support and more. * * * Seller [GNOME Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/gnome-foundation) Discussions [gedit Community](https://www.g2.com/products/gedit/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/gedit/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Notepad++](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Notepad++") Notepad++ 4.6/5(2,475) ](https://www.g2.com/products/notepad/reviews) [ ![Sublime Text](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sublime Text") Sublime Text 4.5/5(1,783) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sublime-text/reviews) [ ![Kate](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kate") Kate 4.3/5(14) ](https://www.g2.com/products/kate/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/gedit/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 76 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Mohammed T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mohammed T.") MT Mohammed T. Cloud Administrator (AWS, GCP) Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/6/2021 "gedit best open source text editor" 5/5 What do you like best about gedit? open source, support multiple programming languages, lots plugins, themes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? no autocomplete for programming languages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? i use gedit to write a bash script and python script Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ahmed A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ahmed A.") AA Ahmed A. Staff Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/6/2021 "The default Linux Text Editor, good enough as a daily for power users!" 4/5 What do you like best about gedit? Gedit has a simple and easy-to-use interface. It's effortless to get used to and provides the standard features offered by any other text editor. It also includes a marketplace for 3rd party plugins that you can install. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? Nothing, I liked everything about Gedit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? I'm using Gedit daily for editing all kinds of text documents, like quick code changes, writing and editing scripts for deployment, and other activities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/1/2022 "One of the best text editor for Ubuntu" 2.5/5 What do you like best about gedit? I used this in ubuntu, which comes by default with the OS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? Frequent crashes is something I don't like in gedit Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? I use this as a text editor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ET Evelyn T. System Code Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/26/2021 "Write genuine code." 3.5/5 What do you like best about gedit? I like to write and modify software code on Linux and Windows. Compatible with Python and Perl, exclusive and extensive code for greater control and security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? Writing code from different projects in the console consumes a lot of system resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: Run program and correct security error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? I do proofreading and write software with main security and user registry functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![tripti t.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "tripti t.") TT tripti t. Senior Software Developer Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/18/2019 "Simple Text Editor" 4/5 What do you like best about gedit? Another suitable component is of small length: it could run fast on both low-end PCs and excessive computing devices. This is good for customers who are more open to operating with GUI, rather than organizing mechanical line assemblies. It can work your code, or really cross as a spell checker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? I can't give an accurate explanation of why, but it also doesn't seem very polished, possibly due to the default font or inherited color alternatives. I discovered that gedit is a way too simple and I have strange default options. I also want there to be more git guidance and shading problems to make the code more readable and less difficult to navigate and manage versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: Text editor integrated into Unix operating systems, for what it is, a simple text editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? It includes my code and makes me more beneficial. It allows me to easily edit files, using the mouse. I also use it when I need to update sentences in a document, since it is easier to do it with VIM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite RK ramneek k. Senior Software Developer Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/11/2019 "gedit review" 3/5 What do you like best about gedit? It is easy to use, it is a good tool for searching and replacing, it has the auto saved for data security, it has the option to be able to edit how the text looks and you can search for spelling mistakes, use little memory and CPU and that allows read very large logs without major problem Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? There is nothing that upsets me since it is a staple in my day Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: The application is designed to work on X Window System, using the GTK + and GNOME libraries, has a clear and clean graphic interface and has a multi-language corrector Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? It allows me to make from drafts for my emails, to my schedules that I get to do for some update of pages or the creation of others, it also allows me to save links of my work to have them all at hand, I also use it to save the main ideas that I get to have a project or job Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite SS Sreejith S. System Administrator Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/16/2019 "Good Text Editor." 4/5 What do you like best about gedit? Gedit is a text editor, and I can also use it for coding, because Gedit support syntax highlighting , and that makes it more useful for coding. it also has all the other basic options like Goto Line ,find and replace. And I really like the option to insert the date and time that is a really good option. It also has a Spell checking feature that helps me check the words that I typed. I can also customise the keyboard shortcuts. And Gedit has a cross platform support, so we can install Gedit on Windows,Mac and Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? Opening a Folder in gedit is kinda tricky, and the only option is to open the entire file browser structure and find the folder from there. other than that I really like gedit as a text editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: If you are a Linux user then gedit comes preinstalled on your computer, so you don't have to install, but the installation is also very easy. and Its a good text editor , And gedit got a fast response when you open it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? I use Gedit as a Text Editor and also use it to write shell scripts when I use it on Linux, and I can run gedit as admin too , so when I edit system files gedit is really helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite JD Jithin D. Web Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/3/2019 "Text and Code Editor." 4.5/5 What do you like best about gedit? Gedit got all the text editor options and also syntax highlighting for code. I like the customisation options , we can change fonts and themes or we can just import a theme/colour scheme file.And Gedit got some nice tools that we can use like find and replace,grid, line numbers and goto line. One other thing that I really like is the keyboard shortcuts , I really like that I can customise the keyboard shortcuts as my needs. There are some plugins too that we can make it enable and use as some extra features in Gedit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? I noticed that there is no option to install plugins from online, and I expected some more colour schemes that we can choose from without importing new theme files. Other than that I liked how gedit works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: Gedit is really good for taking notes and for coding too, and its so easy to install and its always pre installed on Ubuntu OS. So if you don't already have it then, You should install it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? Gedit is a good text editor to save code snippets. easy to open and type some code and we can change the syntax highlighting manually to that really convenient. and that made our work easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Carlos G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Carlos G.") CG Carlos G. Encargado de redes sociales Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/26/2019 "An editor for any occasion" 4.5/5 What do you like best about gedit? It is easy to use, it is a good tool for search and replace, it has auto-save for data security, it has the option to edit how the text looks, and you can search for spelling mistakes, it uses little memory and CPU, and it allows you to read very large logs without major problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? There is nothing that I dislike since it is a basic in my day Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: The application is designed to run on the X Window System, using the GTK+ and GNOME libraries. It has a clear and clean graphical interface and includes a multi-language spell checker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? It allows me to create drafts for my emails, as well as the schedules I make for any page updates or the creation of others. It also allows me to save links to my work to have them all at hand. I also use it to save the main ideas I come up with for any project or work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated DD Dorothy D. Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/15/2019 "Gedit your text editor that runs very well with Linux" 3.5/5 What do you like best about gedit? It is a good text editor that complements very well with Linux, has many notable features that make it excellent, such as: Undo redo. Revert files. Spelling correction Go to specific line. Text wrap. Current line highlighted. Configurable fonts and colors. Online user manual, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? Loading becomes very slow with large files and it takes a long time to respond. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: I recommend it, it's easy to install, compatible with Linux, Ubuntu and Windows, it's free. I use it with Linux and they complement each other very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? Thanks to this tool that consumes few resources, allows us to have several documents open, I can also take notes and add the date and time, so I can quickly locate them without any problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about gedit? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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