Textadept

A fast, minimalist, extensible editor

About Textadept

Textadept is a fast, minimalist and heavily extensible cross-platform text editor written in C and Lua. It runs in GUI and terminal modes, supports split views and can be customised almost entirely through Lua scripting. For everyday users and professionals alike, it offers a focused and dependable way to get this work done without complicated setup steps or bloated, expensive software suites.

Textadept key facts

Category: Developer Tools
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: text editor, minimal, lua
Official site: orbitalquark.github.io

About the Developer Tools category

Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 738 tools. Alongside Textadept, it includes micro, Helix, Lapce, Zed.

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