CudaText vs. Helix Editor vs. Wing Python IDE vs. jEdit Comparison Chart

CudaText is a cross-platform text editor, written in Object Pascal. It is open source project and can be used free of charge, even for business. It starts quite fast on Linux on CPU Intel Core i3 3GHz. It is extensible by Python add-ons, plugins, linters, code tree parsers, external tools. Syntax parser is feature-rich, from EControl engine. Syntax highlight for lot of languages (270+ lexers). Code tree structure of functions/classes/etc, if lexer allows it. Code folding, multi-carets and multi-selections. Find/Replace with regular expressions. Configs in JSON format. Including lexer-specific configs. Tabbed UI, with a split view to primary/secondary, and a split window to 2/3/4/6 groups of tabs. Command palette, with fuzzy matching, minimap, and micromap. Shows unprinted whitespace and offers support for many encodings. Customizable hotkeys. Binary/Hex viewer for files of unlimited size (can show 10 Gb logs).

Wing Python IDE was designed from the ground up for Python, to bring you a more productive development experience. Type less and let Wing worry about the details. Get immediate feedback by writing your Python code interactively in the live runtime. Easily navigate code and documentation. Avoid common errors and find problems early with assistance from Wing's deep Python code analysis. Keep code clean with smart refactoring and code quality inspection. Debug any Python code. Inspect debug data and try out bug fixes interactively without restarting your app. Work locally or on a remote host, VM, or container. Wingware's 21 years of Python IDE experience bring you a more Pythonic development environment. Wing was designed from the ground up for Python, written in Python, and is extensible with Python. So you can be more productive.