# SlickEdit Reviews **Vendor:** SlickEdit **Category:** [Text Editor Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/text-editor) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 19 ## About SlickEdit SlickEdit provides software developers with the multi-language, multi-platform code-editing capabilities they need to write better code, faster. ## SlickEdit Reviews ### 1. Lightweight editors which is no 1 choice of developer community **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sudhakar S. | Cloud Solution Architect, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2022 **What do you like best about SlickEdit?** I liked the most customization feature which enables integration with any application on the fly. you can easily integrate with GitHub or another repository. **What do you dislike about SlickEdit?** its a bit costly, during the time of opensource developers having other options available **What problems is SlickEdit solving and how is that benefiting you?** used for coding ### 2. A suitable replacement for CodeWright. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alex O. | Embedded Software Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 28, 2021 **What do you like best about SlickEdit?** Code navigation and multilanguage support. **What do you dislike about SlickEdit?** Almost too much configurability available. **What problems is SlickEdit solving and how is that benefiting you?** I hope between languages, and SlickEdit gives a seamless experience. It has pretty decent project management. It has really good code navigation. It has easy version control integration (Perforce, Git et al). It provides debug as well as edit tools. ### 3. SlickEdit is a text editor and at the forefront of the world of programming **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Manuel M. | Analista de Sistemas, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2019 **What do you like best about SlickEdit?** This text editor has excellent script functions. Another positive feature of SlickEdit is that it can be configured to integrate with MySQL. Also very important are customization options, which allow you to change from the theme of the interface to the colors that will be highlighted in the code syntax. In addition, the application is updated frequently, so you will always be at the forefront of the world of programming. **What do you dislike about SlickEdit?** I can't find negatives about SlickEdit. In my opinion, after each update the software surprises with increasingly powerful and easy-to-use features. This tool can be used for years without problems. **Recommendations to others considering SlickEdit:** Try and buy this text editor, to greatly improve your way of programming. SlickEdit is powerful and has two different versions, capable of satisfying your needs. **What problems is SlickEdit solving and how is that benefiting you?** In the organization where I work I am responsible for designing and developing applications or web pages following the business processes that they are established through each client, so to maintain quality standards and quickly write lines of code I use SlickEdit, which has tools for highlighting syntax, integrations with databases, as well as connecting it directly to Git to load projects. ### 4. SlickEdit has been my go-to IDE for several years. **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Antonio L. | Software Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2019 **What do you like best about SlickEdit?** The two things I like most about code editing are the ability to configure an entire project and how easy it is to search code and navigate to areas of interest - to be able to select records with precision. Ease of use. The startup time is also decent, so we don't have to waste time waiting for the editor to be fully loaded. **What do you dislike about SlickEdit?** The auto-completion can be improved, but it's okay - sometimes, though rarely, it closes abruptly, but it happens when I open a new file. One thing I don't like very much is when I put my machine in sleep mode and resume, Slickedit will ask for the license and if any file is open through network sharing and the network location is inaccessible, it would make me close them or keep them open, but show them as unsaved. It didn't adapt to my use, but it might work very well for others. **Recommendations to others considering SlickEdit:** Get used to the vision of the project as quickly as possible None I would just say try it out and see how useful it is It's a great text editor take your time to learn it and you will be greatly rewarded. **What problems is SlickEdit solving and how is that benefiting you?** For me, Slickedit is the preferred editor for creating scripts and programming files with different width sizes and many different types of records. There have been several occasions where I have been able to search efficiently and find problems much more quickly than would otherwise be possible. ### 5. A Great Way to Edit Your Data **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ledia E. | Securities Administration Services Analyst II, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 22, 2019 **What do you like best about SlickEdit?** It’s straightforward. There is nothing I don’t understand about this software. **What do you dislike about SlickEdit?** There are too many buttons. There should be a better organization of keys. **Recommendations to others considering SlickEdit:** None **What problems is SlickEdit solving and how is that benefiting you?** Na ### 6. Good cross platform. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2018 **What do you like best about SlickEdit?** That it has brief emulation. Though it is not perfect, it can be programmed. **What do you dislike about SlickEdit?** It is a bit of a pain to work with other tools to share the project/build management when you go between debugging and programming/editing. **Recommendations to others considering SlickEdit:** Get the trial and try it. It is always a pain to set up all the build/project at first, but that is try with most IDEs and editors. **What problems is SlickEdit solving and how is that benefiting you?** Having an editor that I like. I miss having Brief. ### 7. Great cross-platform source code/text editor **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jack C. | Staff Physical Design Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2017 **What do you like best about SlickEdit?** It supports a lot of languages and the loading speed is decent even on large projects. I like the group support in the GUI to make manage project much easier. It supports over 90 different languages and over 9 platforms. Start up time is decent as well so we don't have to waste time waiting for the edit to fully loaded. **What do you dislike about SlickEdit?** It has a lot of features but the it requires some learning curve before a new user can start to use it. Sometimes when a new language is supported, it might be buggy and it takes a while to figure out the problem and contact SlickEdit to fix it because of the complexity. Setting up different version control tools to work with SlickEdit might be a little difficult depending on how the two tools working together. GUI might look a bit different when there is a major version update and it requires user to re-learn the GUI, which might be time consuming. **Recommendations to others considering SlickEdit:** SlickEdit is best suit for projects across multiple sites using different programming languages. **What problems is SlickEdit solving and how is that benefiting you?** Slickedit helped us to improve efficiency on projects using different coding languages. It reduces communication overhead and also makes integration of different program functions much easier. Overall it would reduce the engineering and communication cost over a project. ### 8. slick indeed **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Wireless | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2017 **What do you like best about SlickEdit?** Slickedit is lightweight and loads in a hurry. I like the ease of customization and how I can integrate it with other applications (version control). Another plus is the compare tool which can compare whole folders as well as individual files. I like the small memory footprint and that it does not slow down my laptop. **What do you dislike about SlickEdit?** One thing I don't like so much is when I put my machine on sleep and come back up, Slickedit will ask for the license and if any files were open through network share, and the network location was inaccessible, it would either make me close them or keep them open but show them as unsaved. I understand the reason but I wish there was a better solution. **Recommendations to others considering SlickEdit:** Get used to the project view as soon as possible. There might be a small learning curve there but it saves so much time later. **What problems is SlickEdit solving and how is that benefiting you?** For me, Slickedit is the editor of choice for scripting and programming. It is able to automate a lot of indentation and helps with getting a project view where searching references and definitions is a cinch. ### 9. Great full-featured text editor **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 13, 2017 **What do you like best about SlickEdit?** Ease of use. As soon as I installed slickedit, it was intuitive to use after I went through the wizard/getting started at the beginning. additionally I found the menus very well laid out. The macros function allows you to automate repetitive processes. **What do you dislike about SlickEdit?** crashes. When I have too many files open it tends to get slow and crash. having to configure the app for each user can be very tedious. **Recommendations to others considering SlickEdit:** It's a great text editor take your time to learn it and you will be greatly rewarded. **What problems is SlickEdit solving and how is that benefiting you?** Programming in multiple different languages is very good with slickedit. The source code highlighting is slick and the keyboard shortcuts are very helpful! ### 10. SlickEdit is great for development **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Defense & Space | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2017 **What do you like best about SlickEdit?** Customization Layout Workspace/Project features **What do you dislike about SlickEdit?** There isn't a whole lot to say about disliking SlickEdit. One feature I haven't explored too greatly is the source control integration. It hasn't fit my use, but it may work great for others. **Recommendations to others considering SlickEdit:** Take the time to customize your setup. Don't forget to make a workspace and a project - it will make life much easier. I have had colleagues who search in all files rather than finding references/definitions. **What problems is SlickEdit solving and how is that benefiting you?** Software Development ## SlickEdit Discussions - [What does Slickedit do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-slickedit-do) - [How do I start SlickEdit on Linux?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-i-start-slickedit-on-linux) - [How much does SlickEdit cost?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-much-does-slickedit-cost) - [Is SlickEdit free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-slickedit-free) - [What improvements/enhancements are being worked for this text editor?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/34652-what-improvements-enhancements-are-being-worked-for-this-text-editor) - [View SlickEdit pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/slickedit/reviews/slickedit-review-4248480?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-21+11%3A01%3A33+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=f447b37e-d14e-4176-8902-5413acbc8431&secure%5Btoken%5D=0a7584645948ce71adc14d5ec2d0f563472d849bdb738e77cd9d52a5fbcae711&format=llm_user) ## SlickEdit 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 SlickEdit Alternatives - [Visual Studio Code](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-studio-code/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (2,590 reviews) - [UltraEdit](https://www.g2.com/products/ultraedit/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (1,103 reviews) - [Notepad++](https://www.g2.com/products/notepad/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (2,402 reviews)