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CLUSTER CODE-EDITOR-TEXT · 11 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2010-11-13

Desktop text and code editors

This cluster is made up of desktop text editors for code and plain text, with varied focuses including speed, extensibility, specialized language support, and customization. The dated entry history is sparse, with single entries scattered across months from 2010 to 2025 and two entries in July 2026, showing no clear pattern of growth. The traction leaders are writ-bin, Vim, and Emacs, though all currently report zero stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

NOV 2010: 1MAR 2012: 1DEC 2019: 1FEB 2020: 1FEB 2023: 1MAR 2025: 1NOV 2025: 1JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 2
NOV 2010SEP 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 9 unlabelled

Operator · 2 hobby · 9 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 11 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01code-for-word37★14 dayslivehobbyTool that formats code with syntax highlighting and pastes it into Microsoft Word documents, preserving colors and Chinese text for theses and reports.
  2. 02writ-bin0★2 moliveopen sourceText editor for developers that loads instantly for quick edits and code writing.
  3. 03Vim0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceText editor that enables efficient text editing and code writing, with extensive customization and support for various file formats.
  4. 04luiz0067-code0★1 mo—hobbyPlugin that adds a code editor block with syntax highlighting, custom themes, line numbers, and copy button for developers and writers.
  5. 05Emacs0★1 moliveopen sourceExtensible text editor built on a Lisp interpreter, offering syntax-aware editing modes, a package system, and tools like mail, calendar, and debugging.
  6. 06Bluefish0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceCode editor for programmers and web a developers that provides syntax highlighting, project management, and remote-file access.
  7. 07uex0★3 moliveopen sourceA desktop text editor that provides advanced editing capabilities for code and plain text.
  8. 08xnedit0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA text editor for programmers and general users, offering syntax highlighting and a familiar interface for efficient code and file editing.
  9. 09ne0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA text editor focused on speed and simplicity, offering efficient code editing for programmers and general users.
  10. 10xjed-snapshot0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA text editor application that allows users to write and edit code with syntax highlighting and configurable settings.
  11. 11esperantilo-bin0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceText editor tailored to the Esperanto language, providing spelling and grammar checking along with machine translation features.

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