nedit ☆

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Description:
Fast, compact Motif/X11 plain text editor

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: text-editor x11 motif development productivity

Install: brew install nedit

About:
Nedit is a high-performance, multi-tabbed text editor for Unix/Linux systems using the Motif widget set and X11. It combines the speed and simplicity of classic Unix editors with modern GUI features like syntax highlighting and macro programming. Its primary value is providing a lightweight yet powerful editing environment for developers and system administrators working in X11 sessions.

Key Features:

Extremely fast startup and low memory footprint
Powerful macro programming interface for customization
Syntax highlighting for over 30 programming languages
Multi-window and multi-tab interface

Use Cases:

Quickly editing configuration files on headless Linux servers with X11 forwarding
Lightweight source code editing for C, Python, and shell scripts
Automating text manipulation tasks using built-in macros

Alternatives:

Vim – Vim is terminal-based and ubiquitous, while Nedit provides a more traditional GUI experience with mouse support.
Gedit – Gedit is a modern GNOME editor with simpler configuration, whereas Nedit is lighter and uses the classic Motif interface.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 7:56am		1	VERSION_BUMP	b306fc6f