https://github.com/rxi/lite

A lightweight text editor written in Lua
https://github.com/rxi/lite

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A lightweight text editor written in Lua

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rxi/lite
• Owner: rxi
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-12-28T11:12:25.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-20T16:35:31.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-23T05:05:02.084Z (9 days ago)
• Language: Lua
• Size: 9.79 MB
• Stars: 7,860
• Watchers: 103
• Forks: 357
• Open Issues: 108
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# lite

![screenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3920290/81471642-6c165880-91ea-11ea-8cd1-fae7ae8f0bc4.png)

A lightweight text editor written in Lua

* **[Get lite](https://github.com/rxi/lite/releases/latest)** — Download

  for Windows and Linux

* **[Get started](doc/usage.md)** — A quick overview on how to get started

* **[Get plugins](https://github.com/rxi/lite-plugins)** — Add additional

  functionality

* **[Get color themes](https://github.com/rxi/lite-colors)** — Add additional colors

  themes

## Overview

lite is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide

something practical, pretty, *small* and fast, implemented as simply as

possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.

## Customization

Additional functionality can be added through plugins which are available from

the [plugins repository](https://github.com/rxi/lite-plugins); additional color

themes can be found in the [colors repository](https://github.com/rxi/lite-colors).

The editor can be customized by making changes to the

[user module](data/user/init.lua).

## Building

You can build the project yourself on Linux using the `build.sh` script

or on Windows using the `build.bat` script *([MinGW](https://nuwen.net/mingw.html) is required)*.

Note that the project does not need to be rebuilt if you are only making changes

to the Lua portion of the code.

## Contributing

Any additional functionality that can be added through a plugin should be done

so as a plugin, after which a pull request to the

[plugins repository](https://github.com/rxi/lite-plugins) can be made. In hopes

of remaining lightweight, pull requests adding additional functionality to the

core will likely not be merged. Bug reports and bug fixes are welcome.

## License

This project is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under

the terms of the MIT license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.