Description
You only want to tweak a config file or skim a script, but VS Code has to load its extensions first and crawls on an older machine, while Notepad cannot even highlight syntax. CudaText sits right in between: it opens almost instantly yet brings the hallmarks of a modern editor, multi-caret editing, a minimap and split views, with syntax highlighting for hundreds of languages out of the box.
Plugins are written in Python, and the add-on catalog covers formatters, Git, LSP completion and more, so it can grow into a main IDE. It runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, and Windows also gets a portable zip.
Wide syntax support:Hundreds of built-in lexers for HTML, JSON, Python, PHP and more, with code folding.
Multi-caret editing:Type and edit in many places at once for quick renames and alignment without regex.
Minimap and split views:Jump around long files from the minimap and compare code in side-by-side groups.
Powerful search:Regex find and replace, search across files, and all matches highlighted in the editor.
Python plugins:Install formatters, completion, snippets, FTP and more from the add-on manager, or write your own.
JSON settings:Every option lives in a commented JSON file and applies as soon as you save.
Plugins are written in Python, and the add-on catalog covers formatters, Git, LSP completion and more, so it can grow into a main IDE. It runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, and Windows also gets a portable zip.
Features
Wide syntax support:Hundreds of built-in lexers for HTML, JSON, Python, PHP and more, with code folding.
Multi-caret editing:Type and edit in many places at once for quick renames and alignment without regex.
Minimap and split views:Jump around long files from the minimap and compare code in side-by-side groups.
Powerful search:Regex find and replace, search across files, and all matches highlighted in the editor.
Python plugins:Install formatters, completion, snippets, FTP and more from the add-on manager, or write your own.
JSON settings:Every option lives in a commented JSON file and applies as soon as you save.
