--- 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) ![Mihai V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mihai V.") MV Mihai V. Software Engineer Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/19/2016 "The best ubuntu text editor." 4.5/5 What do you like best about gedit? As described in the title, it is the default text editor used in ubuntu. For me, it is one of the very best, as it is flexible with many features and highly customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? It doesn't support any plugin platforms, to make it more customizable, such as adding terminals and integrated compilers. It is still quite slow when loading large text files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: I strongly recommend other people using ubuntu or other linux distros regularly Gedit as being the best text editor available. If you use it for editing code enable line numbering and install solarized dark theme. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? I have been using it as a user for reading text files, editing codes. I used it in my first academic year for editing and compiling code in Haskell functional programming language. I also liked the solarized theme that was available for gedit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite SG Sai Krishna Kubera G. CEO Automotive Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/22/2016 "Best beginning text editor" 5/5 What do you like best about gedit? Best text editor for any user more helpful for beginner. No need to install it seprately as it comes inbuilt with ubuntu operating system. Many syntax higlighting, indentation formatting etc...are good to use which is free of cost. Cool user interface is an advantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? Not available for windows operating system. UI doesnt change which is same from when i installed my OS. No other comments on gedit as it is the best editor for anyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: All ubuntu users have a chance of getting the best editor for free with many features included and easy to use and handy tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? A passioned programmer with best addicted to C programming i use gedit for code checking and verifying which neatly displays my code in proper indentation and highlighting which makes me understandable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing") UE Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/20/2016 "A Default Experience" 1.5/5 What do you like best about gedit? There are a few positive things I can say about gedit. It's available as part of GNOME and set as the default text editor, so chances are you will run into using it as some point or another. It is also simple and fairly easy to use. gedit also supports syntax highlighting and customizable indentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? I found gedit to be far too simple and have strange default options. I can't exactly explain why, but it also doesn't look very polished, possibly due to the default font/background color options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: I do not know many people who prefer to use gedit. There are many options for text editors that are better than gedit. For raw performance, consider using Vim or Emacs. For a more rich experience, consider Sublime Text or Atom. gedit is kind of stuck in the middle, and while it makes sense for a default GNOME application, it probably isn't what you really want to use as your main text editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? I use gedit when my other preferred text editors are not available. It serves its purpose fairly well if all you want to do is simple text editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Brad P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Brad P.") BP Brad P. Technical Support Engineer Oil & Energy Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/28/2016 "Easy-to-use text editor without frills" 4.5/5 What do you like best about gedit? Gedit is a lightweight text editor that fits most of my needs. It is fast to load and never crashes. Open source and free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? Gedit does not have all of the text processing options that more comprehensive text editors have, but the existing options are easy-to-find and easy-to-use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: If you would like to write formatted code without installing tons of programs, this is a good, free option. There are probably better options for serious text editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? Writing formatted code on personal computers, computers without dedicated software development packages, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Danushka B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Danushka B.") DB Danushka B. Technology Consultant Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/7/2016 "Great open source tool." 4.5/5 What do you like best about gedit? Can open any format file. Syntax highlighting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? No ftp support, no folder view. Lack of tabbed view Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? Use it for programming mostly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated 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 Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/19/2016 "Best text editor for Linux" 5/5 What do you like best about gedit? It is a very good text editor. When writing a source code, it colours and highlights your text according to the language you code in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about gedit? Unlike other UNIX text editors(emacs), it does not contain a "console" for compiling and running the code right there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering gedit: Try it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is gedit solving and how is that benefiting you? Code writing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/23/2016 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. [ Ask about gedit ](https://www.g2.com/products/gedit/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is gedit used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-gedit-used-for) GU Guest User • Last activity about 3 years ago Is gedit good for programming? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-gedit-good-for-programming) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/gedit/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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