GNOME Text Editor

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#68 of 82

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Score

6.3

The facts below are what the maker publishes about GNOME Text Editor, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From GNOME Text Editor's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Free	Free	Text editor · Flathub lists 1 MiB download

Each one read from GNOME Text Editor's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Architecture: Flathub lists x86_64 and aarch64 as available architectures.checked 11 Oct 2026
Development builds: GNOME says nightly builds are for testing and warns that they may not work as intended.checked 11 Oct 2026
Distribution: GNOME directs users to install the latest version from Flathub.checked 11 Oct 2026
Editing: The app edits text files.checked 11 Oct 2026
Editor type: desktopchecked 20 Sep 2026
Issue reporting: GNOME directs users to the app’s issue tracker to report issues or give feedback.checked 11 Oct 2026
Maintainer: The Apps for GNOME page names Christian Hergert as the app maintainer.checked 11 Oct 2026
Project scope: GNOME describes itself as a global community that produces and maintains around 120 software modules.checked 11 Oct 2026
Purpose: GNOME Text Editor is a simple text editor focused on a pleasing default experience.checked 11 Oct 2026
Source code: The app’s source code is available in the GNOME GitLab project.checked 11 Oct 2026
Syntax highlighting: The app page shows a syntax highlighting interface.checked 11 Oct 2026
Translation: The app is translated through GNOME’s Damned Lies translation system.checked 11 Oct 2026

Maker: The GNOME Project says it was founded in 1997 by Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena.checked 11 Oct 2026