Top 9 Go text-editor Projects

micro-editor

227 23,872 8.9 Go

A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

Project mention: Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-17

goneovim

14 2,300 8.6 Go

A GUI frontend for neovim.

Project mention: Solarized.nvim: Lua Port of solarzied.vim for Neovim! | /r/neovim | 2023-05-12

yeah, looks like https://github.com/akiyosi/goneovim

WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
massren

4 1,303 0.0 Go

massren - easily rename multiple files using your text editor

Project mention: Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-04

Not sure these are really popular, but I cannot resist advertising a few utilities written in Go that I regularly use in my daily workflow:
- gdu: a NCDU clone, much faster on SSD mounts [1]
- duf: a `df` clone with a nicer interface [2]
- massren: a `vidir` clone (simpler to use but with fewer options) [3]
- gotop: a `top` clone [4]
- micro: a nice TUI editor [5]
Building this kind of tools in Go makes sense, as the executables are statically compiled and are thus easy to install on remote servers.
[1]: https://github.com/dundee/gdu
[2]: https://github.com/muesli/duf
[3]: https://github.com/laurent22/massren
[4]: https://github.com/xxxserxxx/gotop
[5]: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

orbiton

4 427 9.8 Go

Configuration-free text editor and IDE limited to VT100. Suitable for writing git commit messages, editing Markdown, config files, source code, viewing man pages and for quick edit-compile cycles when programming. Has syntax highlighting, jump-to-error, rainbow parentheses, macros, tab completion, cut/paste portals and a simple gdb front-end.

Project mention: Orbiton 2.65.1 Is Out | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-30

aretext

3 240 8.3 Go

Minimalist text editor with vim-compatible key bindings.
standardfile

1 79 4.8 Go

Yet Another Standardfile (standardnotes server) Implementation written in Golang
rope

2 79 0.0 Go

A persistent rope in Go (by deadpixi)
InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

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WordIDE

7 36 0.0 Go

A tool that helps you write code in your favorite IDE: your word processor!
yacco

1 33 6.8 Go

9haram clone of the acme text editor

Project mention: The Text Editor Sam by Rob Pike | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-07-05

There are some forks (or reimplementations) of acme that have more keybindings, allowing you to avoid mouse cording. Here are a couple that I like:
https://github.com/karahobny/acme2k
https://github.com/aarzilli/yacco
HTH

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