Programmer's File Editor (PFE) is a freeware text editor targeted particularly to the needs of software programmers.

[2][3] It was written by Alan Phillips of Lancaster University in the north of England.

Development of Programmer's File Editor ceased in 1999, but the program is still in use by some programmers.

It was featured in a report about free software in an episode of the BBC series The Net.

Strengths of the editor include: Weaknesses of the editor include: