macOS
Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install neditlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsvérifié · 94%
sudo port install neditMacPorts ports tree · editors/nedit/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
brew
Installer nedit avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de nedit pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
Commandes d'installation supplémentaires
Linux
Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%
sudo apk add neditAlpine Linux edge package indexes · nedit · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install neditDebian stable package indexes · nedit · Source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%
sudo dnf install neditFedora Rawhide package metadata · nedit · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#neditnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ne/nedit/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install neditopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · nedit · Source: download.opensuse.org
aperçu
Résumé du paquet
Fast, compact Motif/X11 plain text editor
Liens du projet
Commandes et alias
- ncl
- nedit
historique
Historique du projet et usages
NEdit is a Motif/X11 graphical text editor with a long Unix workstation lineage. Its package identity is classic and conservative: a fast GUI editor for programmers and plain-text users, with syntax highlighting, a macro language, and keyboard/mouse behavior familiar to people coming from Macintosh or Windows editors.
Historique du projet
The NEdit codebase predates its SourceForge era. The project is widely documented as originating at Fermilab, with Mark Edel among the original authors, and the maintained source tree's README lists many long-time contributors. The SourceForge project was registered on 2000-09-07, and the README says NEdit became freely distributable under the GPL as of version 5.1 with a Motif/Open Motif linking exception.
NEdit's later history is mostly maintenance and preservation. SourceForge news for 2014-12-06 announced the long-delayed 5.6 release after Debian had effectively been shipping CVS-derived code for some time. The RaumZeit GitHub mirror identifies version 5.7 as January 2017, while Homebrew packaged version 5.8 when checked on 2026-07-01.
Historique d'adoption
NEdit was adopted by Unix workstation users who wanted a GUI editor without moving into Emacs, vi, or a heavyweight IDE. SourceForge user reviews explicitly describe long-term use dating back to Solaris and 1990s Linux workflows, and Debian's de-facto packaging role mattered enough that upstream treated Debian's CVS-derived package as the practical 5.6 baseline.
Homebrew's formula page listed the package with X11 and OpenMotif dependencies and showed 337 installs over 365 days, 140 over 90 days, and 35 over 30 days when checked on 2026-07-01. That small but persistent usage fits a legacy GUI tool kept alive by muscle memory, remote X11 habits, and users who prefer its rectangular selection, macro, and syntax-highlighting behavior.
Modes d'utilisation
Package users install it when they have X11 support available and want a mature GUI editor launched as `nedit`, plus the client helper historically packaged as `nc` or `ncl` depending on distribution. It is used for programming, config editing, data-file cleanup, and old-school X11 desktop workflows where a fast Motif editor is preferable to a terminal editor or full IDE.
The practical caveat is that NEdit remains tied to Motif/X11 assumptions. That makes it valuable to package nerds as preserved workstation software, but also explains why modern forks such as XNEdit focused on Unicode and rendering improvements.
Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent
NEdit is significant as living Unix archaeology: it is a packaged survivor of the Motif workstation era, still installable through modern package managers. Its package metadata also illustrates how long-lived desktop tools depend on distro maintainers, compatibility libraries, and small upstream maintenance bursts rather than continuous feature development.
Chronologie
- 1990s: NEdit established itself as a Motif/X11 GUI editor for Unix workstations.
- 2000-09-07: SourceForge project registered.
- 2014-12-06: SourceForge announced version 5.6 after Debian had already carried similar CVS-derived code.
- 2017-01: GitHub mirror README identifies NEdit version 5.7.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula stable version observed as 5.8.
Related projects
- OpenMotif
- LessTif
- XNEdit
- Debian nedit package
Sources
posture de sécurité
Niveau de risque : vert
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Classificateur de risque
risque vert · confiance faible · appliance
Pourquoi
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signaux
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Comportement d'installation
- Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
- Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
- S’installe avec 8 dépendances d’exécution.
Revue recommandée
Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
$NEDIT_HOME/.nedit~/.nedit~/.Xresources~/.Xdefaults
exécutables
Exécutables installés
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
ncl | cli | exécutable global | |
nedit | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
Version et fraîcheur
Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.
page générée2026-07-25
version du gestionnaire5.8
gestionnaire mis à jour2026-05-01
données localesOK
amontnot checked
dernière version détectéenon détecté
https://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/confiance none
métadonnées d'installation
Métadonnées du paquet
| Clé du paquet | brew:nedit |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.8 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nedit |
| Page d'accueil | https://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/ |
| Dépôt | https://sourceforge.net/p/nedit/git |
| Docs amont | https://nedit.sourceforge.io/ |
| Licence | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Archive source | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/nedit/nedit-source/nedit-5.8-src.tar.gz |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-05-01T04:23:41Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dépendances | libice, libsm, libx11, libxext, libxp, libxpm, libxt, openmotif |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
faits du registre
Détails de la base source
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | nedit |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
|
correspondances dans les bases sources
Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
Debian apt95%
nedit 1:5.7-5+b1
powerful, customizable, Motif based text editor
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/
sudo apt install nedit- Section: editors
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: nedit
- 4 Dépendances
- 5 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nedit
Nix95%
nedit
nix profile install nixpkgs#nedit- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nedit
Ubuntu apt95%
nedit 1:5.7-5build2
powerful, customizable, Motif based text editor
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/
sudo apt install nedit- Section: universe/editors
- Architecture: amd64
- 4 Dépendances
- 5 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nedit
apk95%
nedit 5.7-r4
The Nirvana Editor, a multi-purpose X11 editor that's easy to use
https://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/
sudo apk add nedit- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: nedit
- 1 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nedit
apk95%
nedit-doc 5.7-r4
The Nirvana Editor, a multi-purpose X11 editor that's easy to use (documentation)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/
sudo apk add nedit-doc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: nedit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nedit
dnf95%
nedit 5.7-22.fc44
A GUI text editor for systems with X
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/
sudo dnf install nedit- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: nedit
- 7 Dépendances
- 3 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nedit
zypper95%
nedit 5.7-4.4
A GUI text editor
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/
sudo zypper install nedit- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Text/Editors
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: nedit
- 7 Dépendances
- 3 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nedit
MacPorts95%
nedit
sudo port install nedit- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nedit
Debian apt92%
libncarg-bin 6.6.2.dfsg.1-10+b2
NCAR command-language library - development tools
sudo apt install libncarg-bin- Section: science
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ncl
- 9 Dépendances
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : Ncl
Debian apt92%
libncarg-data 6.6.2.dfsg.1-10
NCAR command-language library - Data
sudo apt install libncarg-data- Section: science
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: ncl
- 4 Dépendances
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : Ncl
Debian apt92%
libncarg-dev 6.6.2.dfsg.1-10+b2
Development files for the NCAR command language library
sudo apt install libncarg-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ncl
- 11 Dépendances
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : Ncl
Debian apt92%
libncarg0t64 6.6.2.dfsg.1-10+b2
NCAR command-language library
sudo apt install libncarg0t64- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ncl
- 24 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- 2 dépendances optionnelles
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : Ncl
Debian apt92%
ncl-ncarg 6.6.2.dfsg.1-10+b2
NCAR Command Language and NCAR graphics
sudo apt install ncl-ncarg- Section: science
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ncl
- 25 Dépendances
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : Ncl
dnf92%
ncl 6.6.2-63.fc45
NCAR Command Language and NCAR Graphics
sudo dnf install ncl- License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: ncl
- 32 Dépendances
- 3 fournit
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : Ncl
dnf92%
ncl-common 6.6.2-63.fc45
Common files for NCL and NCAR Graphics
sudo dnf install ncl-common- License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: ncl
- 2 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : Ncl
dnf92%
ncl-devel 6.6.2-63.fc45
Development files for NCL and NCAR Graphics
sudo dnf install ncl-devel- License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: ncl
- 6 Dépendances
- 3 fournit
- installed executable or alias match
- Correspondance par : Ncl
piste source
Généré depuis les données du dépôt
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Sources utilisées
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment