https://github.com/text-forge/text-forge
Simplicity to start, power to grow! Work with your code editor as your coworker with highly extendable structure.
https://github.com/text-forge/text-forge
code-editor css-editor csv-editor free godot-engine html-editor json-editor latex-editor log-viewer markdown-editor modular-application modular-design multi-language-editor python-editor text-editor text-forge xml-editor yaml-editor
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Simplicity to start, power to grow! Work with your code editor as your coworker with highly extendable structure.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/text-forge/text-forge
- Owner: text-forge
- License: mit
- Created: 2025-06-21T17:49:46.000Z (6 months ago)
- Default Branch: Main
- Last Pushed: 2025-07-09T11:12:56.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-09T12:27:50.988Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: code-editor, css-editor, csv-editor, free, godot-engine, html-editor, json-editor, latex-editor, log-viewer, markdown-editor, modular-application, modular-design, multi-language-editor, python-editor, text-editor, text-forge, xml-editor, yaml-editor
- Language: GDScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 2.79 MB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 40
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Security: SECURITY.md
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README
# Text Forge - Simplicity to start, power to grow!
Extensible and modular code editor with Godot 4.4
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Text Forge is a lightweight, extensible, and mode-driven text editor. It's customizable, scriptable, and ready to handle
any format and language. There is a data-driven and object-oriented environment for create customized code editors without any
change in source.
Text Forge is an editor with **highly structured** core, there is a lot of ways to enhance your environment as a
programmer! Just plug what you want and see how it will expand everything as you want, with this modular framework you
have a complete workspace that is as fast as possible!
^ Simple screenshot from Text Forge in `HTML` mode with *Find & Replace* panel (This screenshot is a demo of special auto formatter, html file in image was generated automatically by text forge auto format [from this input](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4e3dda16-7167-428e-aae3-47cd4bd19f86))
> [!Note]
> This project currently is in development state, feel free to contribute in any way you like. Text Forge is an
> open-source project, so you can use it **for free**, **forever**, **for anything**, just share what you think about
> Text Forge with us!
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## ✨ Core Principles
- **lightweight design**
- **extensibility**
- **mode-drive design**
- **be customizable**
- **scriptable design**
- **language agnostic design**
- **data-driven interface**
- **object-oriented design**
- **plug-and-play extension architecture**
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## Why Text Forge?
Text Forge is a response to the growing demand for tools that **empower** rather than constrain. Designed as a
standalone text editor with a focus on **modularity, deep customization, and minimal design**, it offers a flexible and
efficient foundation for users who want full control over their editing environment.
With Text Forge:
- The internal architecture is structured to make components easy to add, remove, or redefine
- A versatile formatting engine enables precise handling of complex, structured text
- It delivers a lightweight, independent experience—usable without dependency on heavy ecosystems
- **It provides a core foundation that can be rapidly adapted to various file types, formatting styles, and workflows**—in essence, Text Forge is more than an app; it functions as a *framework for building custom editors*
Our goal is to create a tool that puts creative and technical decisions back in the hands of the user—where they belong.
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## 🚀 Installing
Please see [Setup page in Text Forge Online Docs](https://text-forge.github.io/docs/setup/) for installation guide.
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## 🧰 Modes
Modes are special modules that allow Text Forge to support a variety of files and languages along with custom buffer and
formats and highlights, Text Forge does not support any specific formats without modes (only UTF-8 is available without
mode), you can find or make your mood for any usage. You can see [here](https://github.com/text-forge/mode-library) for
available modes. You can read more about modes [here](https://text-forge.github.io/docs/modes).
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## 📜 Documentation
You can see [text-forge.github.io/docs](https://text-forge.github.io/docs) for official online documentation. Text Forge
documentation source is available in `docs/`folder in this repository.
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## 🤍 Contributing
Text Forge designed to be community-driven, so you can help this community in any way you can think! Please go to [Contributing Guide Page](https://text-forge.github.io/docs/conributing) to get more information.
Also, you can make modes, action scripts, themes, packages, etc. to improve and customize Text Forge without touch the core.
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## 🔐 License & Credit
MIT 2025 Mahan Khalili and contributors. See more information in LICENSE file.
Core concept crafted by Mahan Khalili, with an eye toward modularity, control, and clarity.