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CLUSTER TEXT-CODE-MULTI · 14 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-05-23

Syntax-highlighting text editors

This cluster consists of desktop and mobile text editors focused on syntax highlighting, multi-cursor editing, and plugin support. The dated entries span from 2018 to 2026 with a sparse, roughly annual cadence, including two entries in 2024. Traction is minimal, with all three leaders (Jollpi, Xed-Editor, SciTE) showing zero stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAY 2018: 1MAR 2021: 1JUL 2023: 1MAR 2024: 1APR 2024: 1MAY 2025: 1MAY 2026: 1AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 3OCT 2026: 1
MAY 2018OCT 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 · 1 ai-built · 4 hand-coded · 9 unlabelled

Operator · 4 hobby · 9 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 14 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01NotepadMac0★23 dayslivehand-codedhobbyDesktop text editor for macOS that offers the full feature set of Notepad++ including syntax highlighting and code folding.
  2. 02Slate0★17 days—hobbyDesktop code editor that opens local files and folders, edits in tabs with syntax highlighting, and supports keyboard shortcuts.
  3. 03codeforge-desktop0★3 days—ai-builthobbyDesktop code editor that gives Windows developers a workspace for writing and managing code.
  4. 04liteedit0★14 days—hobbyLightweight desktop code editor with multi-tab editing, syntax highlighting, integrated terminal, and Git panel for Windows.
  5. 05Jollpi0★4 moliveopen sourceDesktop text editor offering syntax highlighting, multi-tab and multi-window editing, and native interface integration for writing code and text files.
  6. 06Xed-Editor0★18 daysliveopen sourceAdvanced text editor for Android with syntax highlighting, file browsing, and a built-in terminal for coding.
  7. 07SciTE0★4 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop text editor based on Scintilla with syntax highlighting and code execution features.
  8. 08Sublime Text0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceSource code and text editor offering syntax highlighting, multiple selections, a command palette, and regex search across many languages.
  9. 09Nextpad++0★unknownliveDesktop text editor bringing tabbed editing, regex find-replace, syntax highlighting, split views, macros, and plugin support to Linux and macOS users.
  10. 10kate0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceMulti-document desktop text editor with syntax highlighting, code folding, window splitting, and an embedded console for editing text and code.
  11. 11eleventy-plugin-syntaxhighlight0★6 moliveopen sourceProvides a set of Eleventy plugins for syntax highlighting in Markdown, Liquid, and Nunjucks templates.
  12. 12jdTextEdit0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop text editor with syntax highlighting, plugins, macros, bookmarks, and session saving for editing text and code.
  13. 13cudatext0★unknownliveopen sourceCross-platform desktop text editor offering syntax highlighting for many languages, code folding, multi-cursor editing, and a plugin system for developers.
  14. 14Notepadqq0★8 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceText editor with syntax highlighting for many programming languages, regular expression search, and multi-cursor editing for software developers.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.