orbiton
✅ Recently maintainedSnappy and configuration-free text editor/IDE for the terminal. Suitable for writing git commit messages, editing Markdown, config files, source code, man pages and for quick edit-format-compile cycles when programming. Has syntax highlighting, jump-to-error, rainbow parentheses, macros, copy/paste portals, gdb, dlv and LSP support.
Go · BSD-3-Clause · Last push 2026-11-02
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Get the project
git clone https://github.com/xyproto/orbiton.gitCloning downloads the source. For dependencies and installation, follow the project README.
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