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Install gedit with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper

GNOME text editor. Version 50.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gedit

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gedit

MacPorts ports tree · gnome/gedit/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gedit

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gedit · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gedit

Debian stable package indexes · gedit · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install gedit

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · gedit · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gedit

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ge/gedit/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gedit

Arch Linux sync databases · gedit · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gedit

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gedit · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/gedit

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gedit.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

GNOME text editor

Commands and aliases

  • gedit

history

Project history and usage

gedit is a general-purpose text editor associated with GNOME and built on GTK and Gedit Technology libraries.

Project history

The official gedit site and README state that development started in 1998 at the beginnings of the GNOME project. The current project describes gedit as easy to learn, comfortable to use, and suitable for simple notes as well as software-development-oriented editing.

Adoption history

The input package facts list gedit across many package managers, including apk, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, Scoop, Ubuntu, and zypper. That breadth matches gedit's long role as a familiar GTK/GNOME editor available through desktop Linux and cross-platform packaging channels.

How it is used

Users run gedit as a desktop text editor for notes, documents, source code, and structured text. Developers and plugin authors use the official developer documentation and the main Git repository README and CONTRIBUTING files as entry points.

Why package nerds care

gedit is significant to package-manager users because it is a long-lived GUI editor that carries GTK, GNOME, plugin, syntax-highlighting, and cross-platform desktop packaging concerns in a single application.

Timeline

  • 1998: gedit development started near the beginning of the GNOME project.
  • 2024: gedit 47 release notes highlighted improved API documentation for plugin developers.
  • 2026: The official site copyright and release posts show ongoing maintenance by the gedit team.

Related projects

  • GTK, Gedit Technology, GtkSourceView, libpeas, gspell, and GNOME are related projects named by the official gedit site and technology pages.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 16 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 8 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
geditcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version50.0
manager updated2026-07-05
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://gedit-technology.github.io/apps/gedit/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gedit
Version50.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gedit
Homepagehttps://gedit-technology.github.io/apps/gedit/
Repositoryhttps://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/gedit
Upstream docshttps://gedit-text-editor.org/developer-docs/gedit
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/gedit/-/archive/50.0/gedit-50.0.tar.bz2
Last updated2026-07-05T04:22:29Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesadwaita-icon-theme, cairo, gdk-pixbuf, gettext, glib, gobject-introspection, gsettings-desktop-schemas, gspell, gtk+3, gtk-mac-integration, libgedit-amtk, libgedit-gfls, libgedit-gtksourceview, libgedit-tepl, libpeas@1, pango
Build dependenciesdesktop-file-utils, docbook-xsl, gettext, gtk-doc, itstool, meson, ninja, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegedit
Version Scheme0
Revision2
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

gedit 48.1-4

popular text editor for the GNOME desktop environment

https://gedit-text-editor.org/

sudo apt install gedit
  • Section: gnome
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 19 dependencies
  • 3 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gedit from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

gedit-common 48.1-4

popular text editor for the GNOME desktop environment (support files)

https://gedit-text-editor.org/

sudo apt install gedit-common
  • Section: gnome
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gedit
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gedit-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

gedit-dev 48.1-4

popular text editor for the GNOME desktop environment (dev files)

https://gedit-text-editor.org/

sudo apt install gedit-dev
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gedit
  • 6 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gedit-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

gedit

nix profile install nixpkgs#gedit
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ge/gedit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

gedit 46.2-2

popular text editor for the GNOME desktop environment

https://gedit-technology.github.io/apps/gedit/

sudo apt install gedit
  • Section: universe/gnome
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 25 dependencies
  • 3 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gedit from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

gedit-common 46.2-2

popular text editor for the GNOME desktop environment (support files)

https://gedit-technology.github.io/apps/gedit/

sudo apt install gedit-common
  • Section: universe/gnome
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gedit
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gedit-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

gedit-dev 46.2-2

popular text editor for the GNOME desktop environment (dev files)

https://gedit-technology.github.io/apps/gedit/

sudo apt install gedit-dev
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gedit
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gedit-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

gedit 50.0-r0

An easy-to-use and general-purpose text editor

https://gedit-text-editor.org

sudo apk add gedit
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gedit
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gedit from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gedit-dev 50.0-r0

An easy-to-use and general-purpose text editor (development files)

https://gedit-text-editor.org

sudo apk add gedit-dev
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gedit
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gedit-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gedit-doc 50.0-r0

An easy-to-use and general-purpose text editor (documentation)

https://gedit-text-editor.org

sudo apk add gedit-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gedit
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gedit-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gedit-lang 50.0-r0

Languages for package gedit

https://gedit-text-editor.org

sudo apk add gedit-lang
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gedit
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gedit-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

gedit 49.0-2.fc44

Text editor for the GNOME desktop

https://gedit-text-editor.org/

sudo dnf install gedit
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: gedit
  • 26 dependencies
  • 6 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gedit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

gedit-devel 49.0-2.fc44

Support for developing plugins for the gedit text editor

https://gedit-text-editor.org/

sudo dnf install gedit-devel
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: gedit
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gedit-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

gedit 50.0-3

Easy-to-use general-purpose text editor

https://gedit-text-editor.org/

sudo pacman -S gedit
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 16 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: gedit from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

gedit 50.0-1.1

UTF-8 text editor

https://gedit-text-editor.org

sudo zypper install gedit
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Productivity/Text/Editors
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gedit
  • 19 dependencies
  • 16 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gedit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gedit-devel 50.0-1.1

Development files for the gedit text editor

https://gedit-text-editor.org

sudo zypper install gedit-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gedit
  • 3 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gedit
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gedit-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

package graph

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