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Users consistently praise SciTE for its lightweight design and customizability, making it a practical choice for coding across various programming languages. The simplicity and user-friendly interface enhance the coding experience, although some users note that the search feature can be inconvenient, occasionally causing the program to freeze.
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Educational Consultant
Consumer Electronics
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
2.5/5

After using the product, this reviewer finds that SciTE offers a user-friendly interface that simplifies coding tasks. The simplicity is a drawback for developers seeking more advanced capabilities.

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Rohit K.
RK
Rohit K.
Web Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Fast and efficient tool for web development"
4.5/5
What do you like best about SciTE?

SciTE supports a wide range of programming languages as well as scripting. It provides code highlighting and appealing colors. One of its biggest characteristics is that it is completely customizable. Another aspect that is extremely useful to me is that, while it comes with a range of attachments, it allows me to add a variety of accessories based on my needs. Finally, in case something goes wrong, it offers an automatic save tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SciTE?

Overall, SciTE is a great tool. But what I dislike is the search, which is inconvenient when it is entered into the folders because the SciTE editor has a fault that causes the program to stop and forces you to close and reopen it. That is the thing I dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeff M.
JM
Jeff M.
Production Cooridnator
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great Editor for AutoHotkey"
4/5
What do you like best about SciTE?

The ability to customize SciTE is pretty cool! I have been using this to write AutoHotkey scripts in the SciTE4AutoHotkey variant, and it is just so powerful! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SciTE?

Code completion is not as well developed as some other editors, but that is to be expected for a free product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Franklin M.
FM
Franklin M.
Ingeniero de sistemas
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"A review on Scite, a free and powerful software"
4.5/5
What do you like best about SciTE?

Scite is a very useful editor for programming, and unlike other software, it supports many programming languages and that is what I like most. Additionally, another feature that I like is that an open source software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SciTE?

For me, this software was created thinking of developers who have no money to acquire a license, so I have nothing negative to say about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Victor A.
VA
Victor A.
Arquitecto de software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"SciTE: A tool for programmers who handle a large number of lines of code"
5/5
What do you like best about SciTE?

One of the best features that SciTE has is that it is fully customizable. You have options to see end lines, line numbers, indentation guides or whitespace. Another feature that is very helpful to me is that although it brings a variety of accessories, it also allows me to install numerous accessories according to my needs. Finally, it has an automatic save tool in case something goes wrong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SciTE?

Thinking about the disadvantages of this software, only its interface came to mind. In my opinion, it has an outdated design and I would like it to have a more modern and more colorful theme. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GP
Gustavo P.
Arquitecto de Software .NET
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"An amazing editor for web development and scripting"
4/5
What do you like best about SciTE?

SciTE is lightweight and has tools that facilitate the development of source codes. I like that the program has features. The interface is simplistic, basic, and fresh. This tool also has the ability to create, save code extensions. Another feature that I like is its color highlighting in each code variable. In addition, it supports several programming languages such as Java, C, Javascript, JSON, and PHP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SciTE?

I wish the search / replace feature could add more options such as search by variable or word. I would also like to have add-ons for text highlighting or autosuggestions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JF
Juan F.
Programador de Java
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"SciTE is a basic editor, but it is very helpful"
3.5/5
What do you like best about SciTE?

This editor supports a large number of programming languages and also scripting. SciTE has code highlighting and the colors are attractive. It has good features such as loading speed and replacement functions. I can say that it is a light program and easy to install. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SciTE?

For large-scale editing it is mandatory to do it in an IDE. SciTE does not have the integration tools to carry out the development of the code, besides it does not have the debugging functions to execute it. On the other hand, the program slows down when opening large files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AA
Alfonso A.
Analista Programador Sr. de BI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"SciTE, a lightweight and convenient tool for simple tasks"
4/5
What do you like best about SciTE?

SciTE has no cost and the best thing is that it does not weigh even 2 Megabytes. I like that it has support for the most used programming languages such as HTML, Java, Javascript, PHP and C. It also has text prediction functions to facilitate code entry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SciTE?

The user interface and text highlighting may dislike you because they are not very colorful and there are no animations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AB
Alejandro B.
Ingeniero de Desarrollo Junior
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"SciTE is simple, fast and efficient"
4/5
What do you like best about SciTE?

SciTE is a simple text editor with a large number of themes and sources. It allows me to open / edit multiple files in a single window, offering an excellent user experience. I also like its macro scroll function on the right side. His multiple selection is also very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SciTE?

The search has inconveniences when it is entered into the folders, because the editor has a bug that freezes the program and you must close it and open it again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Oscar R.
Mr
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Scite"
5/5
What do you like best about SciTE?

What I like about “Scite” is that it helped me learn coding on my Mac and the features scite has is really helpful for me. Even though I only had a free trial from a friend I am working to get money to get the full version of this application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SciTE?

I don’t dislike anything at all about scite Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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