Best Open Source Linux Text Editors 2026

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OxygenOffice Professional - Office Suite

OxygenOffice Professional(OOOP, O2OP)is an enhanced version of free OpenOffice.org what is a multi-platform office productivity suite.OxygenOffice Professional contains more extras like templates, cliparts, samples, fonts and VBA support. Get 3.2.1

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Downloads: 40 This Week

Last Update: 2013-05-01
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FCKeditor

FCKeditor (retired)

FCKeditor is the previous version of CKEditor and has been discontinued after version 2. The new CKEditor is redesigned from the ground up, offering more WYSIWYG text editing features, enhanced security and better integration. Don’t force yourself with retro FCKeditor. Switch to the new, cool CKEditor at ckeditor.com

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Downloads: 16 This Week

Last Update: 2017-10-24
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MindTouch (frmly deki wiki)

This is the home of the old MindTouch Platform and Core. This project was turned over to the community in 2010. Please visit www.MindTouch.com for the most up to date version of MindTouch--software that accelerates customer success. More info on the old Core and Platform: http://mndt.ch/oss-dep Thanks for your interest and for making the old MindTouch open source one of the most popular (top 5) open source projects in the world from 2007-2010. Some key terms commonly associated with this project are: customer support, self service support, customer success center, help center, enterprise wiki, etc

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Downloads: 1 This Week

Last Update: 2014-08-15
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NetBeans Dictionaries

Additional dictionary files for the NetBeans spellchecker.

Additional dictionary files for the NetBeans spellchecker.

Downloads: 2 This Week

Last Update: 2013-03-16
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Ekit (Java HTML Editor)

Ekit is a Java HTML editor applet and application.

Downloads: 1 This Week

Last Update: 2013-04-17
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