NEdit
Ranked 41 of 56 text editors by recommenders
A long-running, simple text editor that people still use for quick notes, with sane line wrapping out of the box. The common caveat is that it did not survive the switch to UTF-8.
A long-running, simple text editor that people still use for quick notes, with sane line wrapping out of the box. The common caveat is that it did not survive the switch to UTF-8.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Still used for daily notes
“I still use nedit pretty much daily whenever i want to note something down”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Fine, I'll build my own text editor” “Still using XNEdit at times (the version that supports UTF-8)”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Fine, I'll build my own text editor”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Did not survive UTF-8 switch
“Sadly it didn't really survive the switch to utf-8.”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Fine, I'll build my own text editor” Dated, only fine for mid-nineties
“Can't say I miss nedit. But it was alright for the mid nineties when I used it on university workstations”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Fine, I'll build my own text editor”
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| Vim | 513 | 127 | 80% | 13 | 20 yrs55 owners | Approved |
| Visual Studio Code | 485 | 547 | 47% | 12 | 2 yrs13 owners | — |
| NEditThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Still using XNEdit at times (the version that supports UTF-8)”
“Can't say I miss nedit. But it was alright for the mid nineties when I used it on university workstations”
“I still use nedit pretty much daily whenever i want to note something down”
“the text line wrapping was sane out of the box”
“Sadly it didn't really survive the switch to utf-8.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.