G2 Vendor Directory

GNU Emacs vs. Brackets

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricGNU Emacs

by FreeCAD

Brackets

by Adobe

Overall rating4.54.4
Review count84262
Ease of use6.79.2
Ease of setup6.39.5
Quality of support8.28.5
Meets requirements9.39.0
NPS65.4761958.687259
Small Business46.4%62.3%
Mid-Market31.0%20.0%
Enterprise22.6%17.7%
Total page views51310
Total LLM citations163889

GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs is a customizable text editor that is an interpreter and dialect with extension to support text editing with content-sensitive editing modes, built-in documentation, Unicode support, and more.

Pros

  • Customizability
  • Customization

Brackets

Brackets is a modern, open-source code editor specifically designed for web development, focusing on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Developed by Adobe and released in 2014, Brackets is built using web technologies, making it lightweight and highly extensible. It is cross-platform, supporting macOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems. Brackets offers a range of features tailored to enhance the web development workflow.

Pros

  • Live Preview
  • Ease of Use
  • User Interface
  • Productivity Improvement
  • Easy Integrations
  • Lightweight