Lite XL
A lightweight text editor extended with Lua plugins and a deliberately compact interface.GetMIT
LiteEdit
A small code editor for opening a project folder, reading files and making quick edits.
MIT · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- arietan
- Verified
- 2026
About LiteEdit
LiteEdit opens a folder with a file tree, tabs, line numbers and syntax highlighting, and remembers the session so the same files return on the next launch. Quick open and multi-cursor renaming cover the most common jobs of a secondary editor.
It is intended to sit beside a full IDE for reading code and small changes, and leaves out extensions, language servers, a terminal and Git tools on purpose. The project lists macOS 13 or later.
Information
- Source code
- arietan/lite-edit
- License
- MIT
- Website
- arietan.github.io
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Developer tools
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/arietan/lite-edit
- github.com/arietan/lite-edit/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/arietan/lite-edit/releases
- icon.png: arietan and LiteEdit contributors. MIT; upstream project asset, trademarks retained.
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