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CLUSTER TEXT-EDITOR-CROSS · 16 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2015-09-04

Text editors and editing tools

This cluster consists of desktop-oriented text editors and editing tools, including cross-platform editors, Windows/Linux compatibility layers, and specialized variants for Arabic typing, Typst, PowerShell, and AI-assisted writing. Entries appear sporadically from January 2014 through June 2026, with no consistent growth pattern before the index start. The traction leaders—nib, Katvan, and textadept—all show zero stars, indicating minimal activity signal.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JAN 2014: 1SEP 2015: 1APR 2019: 1SEP 2019: 1JAN 2020: 1MAR 2020: 1DEC 2022: 1JUL 2023: 1JAN 2025: 2JUL 2025: 1MAY 2026: 1JUN 2026: 2AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 1
JAN 2014SEP 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 · 5 hand-coded · 10 unlabelled

Operator · 1 hobby · 13 open source · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 16 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01nib0★1 mo—A Windows text editor that hosts a local language model writing alongside the user in real time, reacting to keystrokes.
  2. 02powershell-editor-services0★3 moliveopen sourcePlatform for adding PowerShell editing capabilities to editors and applications.
  3. 03emeditor-wine0★1 moliveopen sourceWindows text editor that runs on Linux through a compatibility layer, giving desktop users syntax-aware text and code editing features.
  4. 04DIME0★4 mo—ai-builthobbyText input method editor for Windows that enables typing support across desktop and UWP applications.
  5. 05wxmedit0★4 moliveopen sourceOffers cross-platform text and hex editing as a fork of MadEdit with bug fixes.
  6. 06sakura-editor0★4 moliveopen sourceText editor that runs on Linux via Wine, offering a portable Windows editing experience.
  7. 07rosepad0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceCross-platform text editor designed for writing notes, letters, and poems.
  8. 08Textosaurus0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceCross-platform text editor providing a simple, familiar editing workflow for quickly viewing and modifying plain text and code files.
  9. 09textadept0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceA cross-platform text editor for writing and editing text, offering speed, minimalism, and extensibility.
  10. 10Notepad Next0★8 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceA cross-platform text and source code editor that reimplements a popular Windows editor for writing and editing plain text and code.
  11. 11xplist-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceCross-platform desktop editor for creating and modifying Apple property list files.
  12. 12qtextpad0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceProvides a lightweight cross-platform text editor with syntax highlighting.
  13. 13xi-core0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA text editor core engine implemented in Rust that provides a fast and responsive editing experience for developers.
  14. 14Monograph0★unknownliveText editor that formats articles and posts for instant-loading publishing on messaging apps and social networks, aimed at bloggers and writers.
  15. 15roslynpad0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA cross-platform editor for C# developers that provides a full development environment for writing code.
  16. 16textosaurus0★3 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA cross-platform text editor providing a simple and straightforward interface for editing text.

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.