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Text Editors

Open‑source text editors and code editors for developers, including modal editors like Neovim and Vim that emphasize extensibility and usability.

51 projects

234,189 contributors

$520M

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor that runs on desktop and supports a wide range of programming languages and development operations. It includes built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages and tools.

Contributors

117,849

Organizations

18,906

Software value

$94M

Zed

Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor designed to be fast, collaborative, and keyboard-driven. It features real-time collaboration, a modern interface, and is built with Rust for speed and reliability.

Contributors

21,615

Organizations

5,685

Software value

$41M

Neovim

Neovim is a modern, extensible text editor that is a fork of Vim focused on maintainability and user customization. It refactors Vim's codebase to improve its architecture while maintaining compatibility with most Vim plugins and workflows.

Contributors

11,637

Organizations

3,012

Software value

$42M

Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and text editor replacement for Windows. It supports syntax highlighting for multiple programming languages, auto-completion, multi-document editing, and various plugins to extend its functionality.

Contributors

9,251

Organizations

886

Software value

$23M

Spacemacs

Spacemacs is a community-driven Emacs distribution that combines the ergonomic editing features of Vim with the extensibility of Emacs. It provides a curated set of configurations, packages, and key bindings that make Emacs more accessible while maintaining its power and flexibility.

Contributors

8,236

Organizations

2,115

Software value

$3.6M

Helix

Helix is a post-modern text editor implemented in Rust, inspired by Neovim and Kakoune. It offers modal editing, multiple selections, tree-sitter integration, language server protocol (LSP) support, and extensible architecture.

Contributors

6,979

Organizations

1,611

Software value

$19M

vim

Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems, with extensive text editing capabilities, powerful scripting features, and a large ecosystem of plugins.

Contributors

5,420

Organizations

1,321

Software value

$47M

Monaco Editor

The Monaco Editor is a versatile code editor that powers Visual Studio Code, providing features like syntax highlighting, code completion, and diff editing. It can be embedded in web applications as a sophisticated browser-based code editing component.

Contributors

4,632

Organizations

1,134

Software value

$13M

Ace

Ace is a high-performance code editor for the web, written in JavaScript. It can be easily embedded in any webpage and provides features like syntax highlighting, automatic indent and outdent of code, search and replace with regular expressions, and support for hundreds of programming languages and file formats.

Contributors

4,186

Organizations

1,179

Software value

$8.4M

Slate

Slate is a customizable rich text editor framework built with React that allows developers to create WYSIWYG editors with features like formatting, keyboard shortcuts, and collaborative editing

Contributors

3,467

Organizations

888

Software value

$1.9M

VSCodium

binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing

Contributors

3,289

Organizations

720

Software value

$481K

LunarVim

LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim that provides a complete configuration with batteries included, offering enhanced features, plugins, and user experience while maintaining Vim's core functionality and extensibility

Contributors

3,037

Organizations

667

Software value

$317K

Neovide

Neovide is a graphical user interface for Neovim that aims to provide a modern, GPU-accelerated terminal experience. It enhances Neovim with smooth animations, ligatures support, and a native look and feel while maintaining the core functionality of the text editor.

Contributors

2,784

Organizations

698

Software value

$821K

Magit

Magit is a Git interface for Emacs that provides a complete text-based user interface to Git, allowing users to perform Git operations directly from within Emacs. It offers extensive functionality for staging, committing, pushing, pulling, and managing Git repositories through an intuitive interface that integrates seamlessly with Emacs' workflow.

Contributors

2,629

Organizations

907

Software value

$1.4M

Etherpad

Etherpad is a highly customizable, real-time collaborative text editor that allows multiple users to simultaneously edit documents in their web browser. It features version control, chat functionality, and the ability to export documents in various formats.

Contributors

2,379

Organizations

678

Software value

$2.8M

TeXstudio

TeXstudio is a fully featured LaTeX editor. Our goal is to make writing LaTeX documents as easy and comfortable as possible.

Contributors

2,163

Organizations

261

Software value

$52M

Geany

A fast and lightweight IDE

Contributors

2,054

Organizations

292

Software value

$10M

MacVim

Vim - the text editor - for macOS

Contributors

2,014

Organizations

465

Software value

$48M

Kakoune

mawww's experiment for a better code editor

Contributors

1,502

Organizations

376

Software value

$1.1M

Nixvim

Nixvim is a Neovim configuration system built with Nix that allows users to declaratively configure Neovim using Nix expressions. It provides a modular approach to managing Neovim settings, plugins, and customizations through the Nix package manager.

Contributors

1,130

Organizations

254

Software value

$3.4M

Pulsar

A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor

Contributors

1,073

Organizations

172

Software value

$13M

CotEditor

Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS

Contributors

1,040

Organizations

174

Software value

$6.1M

Neorg

Modernity meets insane extensibility. The future of organizing your life in Neovim.

Contributors

1,015

Organizations

189

Software value

$651K

Monaco Editor for React

A React wrapper for the Monaco Editor that enables embedding the popular code editor component from VS Code into React applications with full TypeScript support and customizable features

Contributors

918

Organizations

248

Software value

$232K

Micro

Micro is a modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor written in Go, designed to be a lightweight and user-friendly alternative to nano. It features syntax highlighting, mouse support, multiple cursors, and plugin system while maintaining ease of use.

Contributors

869

Organizations

165

Software value

$949K

Indent Blankline

A Neovim plugin that adds indentation guides to empty lines, helping visualize code structure and nesting levels through vertical lines

Contributors

868

Organizations

230

Software value

$135K

IdeaVim

IdeaVim is a plugin that brings Vim emulation to JetBrains IDEs, allowing developers to use Vim keybindings and commands while working in IntelliJ-based development environments

Contributors

823

Organizations

162

Software value

$7.5M

Phoenix

Phoenix is a web-based code editor and IDE built with web technologies, designed to provide a modern development environment that runs directly in the browser. It aims to offer a powerful and accessible coding experience with features like syntax highlighting, code completion, and project management.

Contributors

812

Organizations

64

Software value

$25M

SilverBullet

SilverBullet is a local-first personal knowledge management and text editing system that combines markdown editing with powerful data capabilities. It features bidirectional linking, customizable commands, plugins, and data queries while keeping all data stored locally.

Contributors

787

Organizations

183

Software value

$1.9M

Treemacs

Treemacs is a tree layout file explorer for Emacs that provides a visual directory tree interface with Git integration, project management capabilities, and extensible features. It aims to enhance file navigation and project organization within the Emacs editor through an intuitive tree-based UI.

Contributors

781

Organizations

229

Software value

$578K

Trouble.nvim

A Neovim plugin that provides a pretty list for showing diagnostics, references, telescope results, quickfix and location lists to help solve troubles in your code

Contributors

776

Organizations

224

Software value

$236K

Blink Completion

A code completion tool that provides intelligent suggestions and autocompletion functionality for developers

Contributors

763

Organizations

136

Software value

$555K

elementary Code

Code editor designed for elementary OS

Contributors

755

Organizations

110

Software value

$764K

Tokyo Night

A dark and light color scheme for Neovim and other terminal applications, inspired by the colors of Tokyo at night. It features carefully selected colors, support for multiple plugins and languages, and customizable styles.

Contributors

725

Organizations

182

Software value

$918K

doom-modeline

A fancy and fast mode-line inspired by minimalism design.

Contributors

714

Organizations

197

Software value

$185K

Lite XL

A lightweight text editor written in Lua

Contributors

686

Organizations

141

Software value

$1M

none-ls.nvim

A Neovim plugin that provides an interface for integrating external linting, formatting, diagnostics, code actions and other language server features, serving as a successor to null-ls.nvim

Contributors

683

Organizations

124

Software value

$897K

Kate

Advanced text editor

Contributors

639

Organizations

48

Software value

$7.6M

CudaText

Cross-platform text editor, written in Free Pascal

Contributors

621

Organizations

67

Software value

$8.3M

SLIME

The Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs

Contributors

588

Organizations

126

Software value

$1.7M

WeChat Markdown Editor

A Markdown editor specifically designed for WeChat official accounts, allowing users to create and format content that maintains consistent styling when published on WeChat's platform

Contributors

445

Organizations

54

Software value

$781K

all-the-icons

A comprehensive icon package for Emacs that provides a collection of icons and fonts for enhancing the visual appearance of Emacs buffers and interfaces

Contributors

428

Organizations

121

Software value

$177K

TextMate

TextMate is a sophisticated text editor for macOS that combines a native GUI with powerful editing features including syntax highlighting, code folding, snippets, project management, and extensibility through bundles and themes.

Contributors

339

Organizations

130

Software value

$2.8M

KTextEditor

KTextEditor is a powerful text editor component that provides advanced features like syntax highlighting, code folding, and line modification interfaces. It serves as the core text editing framework used in KDE applications, offering a versatile and embeddable editor widget with support for multiple programming languages.

Contributors

242

Organizations

31

Software value

$4.2M

Leo Editor

Leo Editor is a powerful text editor and IDE that supports outlining, literate programming, and task management. It allows users to organize code and data in hierarchical outlines, create views of data, and manage complex programming projects with features like cloning, external files, and version control integration.

Contributors

213

Organizations

53

Software value

$20M

Modus Themes

A collection of highly accessible themes for Emacs that conform to the WCAG AAA standard, providing carefully crafted color combinations with a focus on readability and reduced eye strain across different lighting conditions.

Contributors

203

Organizations

41

Software value

$692K

CodeMirror View

DOM view component for the CodeMirror code editor

Contributors

89

Organizations

28

Software value

$420K

CodeMirror Autocomplete

CodeMirror Autocomplete is a package that provides autocompletion functionality for the CodeMirror 6 code editor, offering customizable code completion suggestions as users type

Contributors

41

Organizations

18

Software value

$77K

Atom

:atom: The hackable text editor

This project hasn't been onboarded to LFX Insights.

Brackets

An open source code editor for the web, written in JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

This project hasn't been onboarded to LFX Insights.

GNU Emacs

Mirror of GNU Emacs

This project hasn't been onboarded to LFX Insights.
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