Caret

Professional text editing for Chrome and Chrome OS

Total ratings

4.58 (Rating count: 1,263)

Review summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great text editor specifically for Chrome OS.
  • Fast performance even on large files.
  • Supports a variety of programming languages with syntax highlighting.
  • User-friendly interface with customizable themes.
  • Free to use.
Cons
  • Auto-launch feature cannot be disabled.
  • Some users experience freezing or crashing issues.
  • Missing features like project directory autoload.
  • Problems with certain encoding options (e.g., windows-1251).
  • Limited settings menu for user customization.
Most mentioned
  • Great for Chromebook users.
  • Syntax highlighting for multiple programming languages.
  • Issues with performance and stability.
  • Requests for dark mode and settings access.
  • Positive feedback on overall usability and functionality.
See reviews for Caret on Chrome Web Store
Upgrade to see all 113 reviews

User reviews

Recent rating average: 4.10
All time rating average: 4.58
Upgrade to see all 113 reviews

Rating filters

5 star
75% (85) 4 star
12% (14) 3 star
3% (3) 2 star
4% (5) 1 star
5% (6)
Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2024-12-02
Santhiratan Mandyam		 en Without this text editor, Chromebook is useless. Kudos to Thomas Wilburn.
2024-10-25
Jessica Theodat		 en Not great. Often freezes and loses data more often than I care to put up with. I'm now in search of a replacement given that these issues persistent across two separate devices (a Chrome OS workstation and Chrome OS laptop) and multiple OS versions.
2024-05-26
Andrew P		 en Very solid text editor with a lot of themes. Only giving it 4 stars because of the feature which lets you write multiple lines at one with Ctrl+Up/Down; that tends to get annoying very quickly.
2024-04-30
zue cell		 en i wish also available on tablet . this is the best n' the longest editor i ever use .
2024-03-21
Paul Figueiredo		 en The best available natively for ChromeOS. Was using Kate through a flatpak in Crostini, and it's nice to have something comparable that runs out of the box.
2023-08-23
Alexis Germán		 es No hay otro mejor para Chrome OS Es fantástico, muy recomendado.
2023-08-07
David Spalding		 en I don't know why, but after a recent update to Chrome OS, this app disappeared from my Lenovo Chromebook. Argh! So glad to find it hasn't been killed off. It's my ASCII text editor of choice for Chrome OS.
2023-04-01
- TIMO -		 fr qui peut me dire comment mettre le mode sombre svp who can tell me how to put the dark mode thx
2023-03-25
Patrick Taggart		 en i would rate it higher but they have an auto launch feature on chromebook that cannot be disabled. i absolutely hate when developers try to force their product on you by including annoying features that are impossible to get around. uninstalling and not downloading this garbage again. bozos
2022-11-03
Jonathan Paul		 en Best text editor i've ever used. and FREE. I'm bummed chrome is killing web apps, what will happen to Caret?
Upgrade to see all 113 reviews