jEdit

jEdit is a free software text editor available under GPL-2.0-or-later. It is written in Java and runs on any operating system with Java support, including BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows.

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Software.name: jEdit
Software.logo: JEdit Logo.png
Software.screenshot: JEdit 4.3 Fedora.png
Software.caption: jEdit 4.3 showing Java macro.
Software.author: Slava Pestov
Software.developer: jEdit project
Software.latest release version: 5.7.0
Software.latest release date: 3 August 2024
Software.operating system: Java-supporting
Software.programming language: Java
Software.language: English
Software.genre: Text editor
Software.license: GPL-2.0-or-later

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.jedit.org
Image: JEdit 4.2 showing en jEdit page source.png

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inception: 1998-00-00
Commons category: JEdit
Commons gallery: JEdit
software version identifier: 5.7.0
source code repository URL: svn.code.sf.net/p/jedit/svn/jEdit

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jEdit is a free software text editor available under GPL-2.0-or-later. It is written in Java and runs on any operating system with Java support, including BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows.

==History== The development of jEdit was started by Slava Pestov in 1998, who left the project in 2006, handing development to the free software community.