What are the best extensible editors?

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What are the best extensible editors?

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Best extensible editors	Price	Platforms	License
-- Sublime Text	Free / Paid	Windows, macOS, Linux	Proprietary
-- Emacs	-	Unix-like, macOS, Windows, Cygwin	GPL-3.0-or-later
-- Visual Studio Code	FREE	Windows, macOS, Linux	MIT, Proprietary (official builds)

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Sublime Text

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Platforms:Windows, macOS, Linux

License:Proprietary

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Emacs

Top Con

Sometimes the extensibility can distract you from your actual work

If I ever want to lose half a day, I'll start by tweaking my .spacemacs config file. See More

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Keyboard-focused, mouse-free editing

Emacs can be controlled entirely with the keyboard. While true, I often find the mouse and menus handy for those lesser-used commands. An aide-memoir. See More

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Platforms:Unix-like, macOS, Windows, Cygwin

License:GPL-3.0-or-later

Multi Language Support:Yes

Auto Complete:Yes

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Visual Studio Code

Top Con

Embedded Git isn't powerful enough

You can do nothing but to track changes, stage them and commit. No history, visualization, rebasing or cherry-picking – these things are left to git console or external git client. See More

Top Pro

TypeScript integration

There is very solid TypeScript integration in Visual Studio Code. Both are developed by Microsoft and VSC itself is written in TypeScript. See More

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Platforms:Windows, macOS, Linux

License:MIT, Proprietary (official builds)

Multi Language Support:Yes

Auto Complete:Yes

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What are the best extensible editors?

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Sublime Text

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My Recommendation for Sublime Text

Emacs

My Recommendation for Emacs

My Recommendation for Emacs

Sometimes the extensibility can distract you from your actual work

Keyboard-focused, mouse-free editing

Visual Studio Code

My Recommendation for Visual Studio Code

My Recommendation for Visual Studio Code

Embedded Git isn't powerful enough

TypeScript integration

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