Comparing Popular Text Editors on Github
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Comparing Repositories vscode vs vim vs notepad-plus-plus vs brackets
microsoft
vscode
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vim
vim
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notepad-plus-plus
notepad-plus-plus
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adobe
brackets
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| Created | Created 2015-09-03 | Created 2015-08-18 | Created 2015-03-28 | Created 2011-12-07 |
| Age | Age 3,448 days | Age 3,464 days | Age 3,607 days | Age 4,814 days |
| License | License mit | License vim | License other | License mit |
| Star Rank | Star Rank #26 (99th percentile) | Star Rank #471 (99th percentile) | Star Rank #1,158 (99th percentile) | Star Rank #608 (99th percentile) |
| Stars | Stars 167,113 | Stars 37,421 | Stars 23,751 | Stars 33,224 |
| Stars This Week | Stars This Week 223 | Stars This Week 52 | Stars This Week 43 | Stars This Week 2 |
| Stars This Month | Stars This Month 1,078 | Stars This Month 255 | Stars This Month 223 | Stars This Month 2 |
| Stars This Year | Stars This Year 11,256 | Stars This Year 3,146 | Stars This Year 2,736 | Stars This Year -103 |
| Watchers | Watchers 3,320 | Watchers 669 | Watchers 643 | Watchers 1,562 |
| Forks | Forks 30,414 | Forks 5,551 | Forks 4,695 | Forks 7,608 |
| Open Pull Requests | Open Pull Requests 502 | Open Pull Requests 47 | Open Pull Requests 10 | Open Pull Requests 166 |
| Merged Pull Requests | Merged Pull Requests 30,892 | Merged Pull Requests 438 | Merged Pull Requests 93 | Merged Pull Requests 4,332 |
| Open Issues | Open Issues 8,536 | Open Issues 1,456 | Open Issues 2,552 | Open Issues 2,617 |
| Closed Issues | Closed Issues 181,344 | Closed Issues 7,058 | Closed Issues 8,072 | Closed Issues 7,066 |
| Default Branch | Default Branch main | Default Branch master | Default Branch master | Default Branch master |
| Last Commit | Last Commit 2025-02-09 | Last Commit 2025-02-09 | Last Commit 2025-02-09 | Last Commit 2021-03-18 |
| Primary Language | Primary Language TypeScript | Primary Language Vim Script | Primary Language C++ | Primary Language JavaScript |
| Topics | Topics editor, electron, visual-studio-code, typescript, microsoft | Topics vim, c, text-editor, cross-platform | Topics notepad-official, notepad, editor, windows | Topics |