Jedit Omega

Jedit Omega

Jedit Omega is a developer's text editor for editing source code. It is designed to be highly customizable with a plugin architecture and supports syntax highlighting for almost any programming language. It is cross-platform, written in Java, and open source.
Jedit Omega screenshot

Jedit Omega: Developer Text Editor

Highly customizable text editor with plugin architecture for syntax highlighting of almost any programming language, cross-platform and open source written in Java.

What is Jedit Omega?

Jedit Omega is an open-source text editor for software developers designed for editing source code. It is a fork of the original jEdit editor aiming to continue development and add new features.

Some key features of Jedit Omega include:

  • Syntax highlighting for nearly any programming language
  • Highly customizable interface with a built-in plugin architecture for adding new functionality
  • Supports projects and multiple documents with structure views and file browsers
  • Powerful searching and code folding capabilities
  • Extensible through macros and scripts written in BeanShell or JavaScript
  • Cross-platform support across Windows, macOS, and Linux

As a programmer's text editor, Jedit Omega focuses on features useful for writing and editing code, such as multiple carets for simultaneous editing, auto-completion, error checking integrations, version control support, and more. Its open source nature allows developers to expand and enhance the editor to suit their needs.

Jedit Omega Features

Features

  1. Syntax highlighting for over 200 programming languages and file formats
  2. Code folding
  3. Code completion
  4. Plugin architecture to extend functionality
  5. Multi-view editing
  6. Project support
  7. Regular expression search and replace
  8. Macros
  9. UTF-8 encoding support

Pricing

  • Open Source

Pros

Lightweight and fast

Highly customizable

Cross-platform - works on Windows, Mac, Linux

Open source and free

Active community support

Cons

Steep learning curve due to high configurability

Not as feature rich as some commercial IDEs

UI is dated compared to more modern text editors

Reviews & Ratings

Login to Review
No reviews yet

Be the first to share your experience with Jedit Omega!

Login to Review

The Best Jedit Omega Alternatives

Top Development and Text Editors and other similar apps like Jedit Omega

No alternatives found for Jedit Omega. Why not suggest an alternative?