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Bluefish Editor vs FeatherPad

A side-by-side look at Bluefish Editor and FeatherPad. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Bluefish Editor

Bluefish Editor

Development

Bluefish Editor is a free, open source text editor aimed primarily at programmers and webdevelopers. It has support for many programming languages and markup languages, and has many features useful for coding like syntax highlighting, code folding and snippets.

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FeatherPad

FeatherPad

Office & Productivity

FeatherPad is a lightweight text editor for Linux. It has basic editing features like syntax highlighting and search/replace, but aims to provide a simple, easy-to-use interface without unnecessary bells and whistles. Good for quick edits of configs, notes, etc.

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