Lite XL plugins
Plugins for the Lite XL text editor, originally forked from the lite plugins repository.
If you can't find a plugin that suits your needs, check if someone has already created an issue about it, otherwise feel free to create one yourself.
How to install
To install a plugin:
-
If the plugin links to a repository, follow its
README. -
If the plugin is a single file or directory, drop it directly in:
- Linux
~/.config/lite-xl/plugins/ - MacOS
~/.config/lite-xl/plugins/ - Windows
C:\Users\(username)\.config\lite-xl\plugins\
- Linux
Or, if you have a lite-xl plugin manager, such as lpm,
you may install plugins by doing
lpm install plugin_name
Note: if you make a pull request, the manifest.json file should be updated to include any new plugins added, as specified in the lite-xl plugin manifest specification.
Please note, that in this official repository, any plugins that specify a remote must also
pin the remote to a specific commit hash. Any plugin that is hosted not in a repository,
but only with a url must provide a checksum that matches the existing plugin.
Any non-conforming PRs will not be accepted. The table below will be updated automatically.
Any entries marked with an asterisk are hosted on external repositories.
| Plugin | Description |
|---|---|
align_carets |
Align multiple carets and selections (clip) |
autoinsert |
Automatically inserts closing brackets and quotes. Also allows selected text to be wrapped with brackets or quotes. |
autosave |
Automatically saves files when they are changed |
autosaveonfocuslost |
Automatically saves files that were changed when the main window loses focus by switching to another application |
autowrap |
Automatically hardwraps lines when typing |
bigclock |
Shows the current time and date in a view with large text (screenshot) |
black* |
Integrates the black Python formatter with lite |
bracketmatch |
Underlines matching pair for bracket under the caret (screenshot) |
build* |
Provides a build system, messages window, and easily clickable errors. Supports an internal build system, and make. (screenshot) |
centerdoc |
Centers document's content on the screen and adds zen mode support (screenshot) |
colorpicker |
Color picker dialog that supports html and rgb notations. |
colorpreview |
Underlays color values (eg. #ff00ff or rgb(255, 0, 255)) with their resultant color. (screenshot) |
console* |
A console for running external commands and capturing their output (gif) |
copyfilelocation |
Copy file location to clipboard |
custom_caret |
Customize the caret in the editor |
datetimestamps |
Insert date-, time- and date-time-stamps |
debugger* |
Provides a debugger integration, with pluggable backends. Currently supports only gdb. (screenshot) |
discord-presence* |
Adds the current workspace and file to your Discord Rich Presence |
dragdropselected |
Provides basic drag and drop of selected text (in same document) |
editorconfig |
EditorConfig implementation for Lite XL |
encoding* |
Add support for detecting file and string encodings as converting between them. |
encodings* |
Properly read files that are not encoded in UTF-8 or ASCII by auto-detecting their encoding and allows saving on different text encodings. |
endwise* |
Add end tags in variety of languages. Similar to Vim Endwise |
eofnewline* |
Make sure the file ends with one blank line. |
ephemeral_tabs |
Preview tabs. Opening a doc will replace the contents of the preview tab. Marks tabs as non-preview on any change or tab double clicking. |
equationgrapher* |
Graphs y=x equations. |
eval |
Replaces selected Lua code with its evaluated result |
evergreen* |
Adds Treesitter syntax highlighting support |
exec |
Runs selected text through shell command and replaces with result |
extend_selection_line |
When a selection crosses multiple lines, it is drawn to the end of the screen (screenshot) |
exterm* |
Allows to open an external console in current project directory |
fallbackfonts* |
Adds support for fallback fonts (gif) |
fontconfig |
Allows users to load fonts with fontconfig. |
force_syntax |
Change the syntax used for a file. |
formatter* |
formatters for various languages |
ghmarkdown |
Opens a preview of the current markdown file in a browser window (screenshot) |
gitblame* |
Shows "git blame" information of a line (screenshot) |
gitdiff_highlight* |
highlight changed lines from git (screenshot) |
gitopen |
Open project files that are in a git commit (default=HEAD) |
gitstatus |
Displays git branch and insert/delete count in status bar (screenshot) |
gofmt |
Auto-formats the current go file, adds the missing imports and the missing return cases |
immersive-title* |
Dark (or even Mica!) title bar for Lite XL |
indent_convert |
Convert between tabs and spaces indentation |
indentguide |
Adds indent guides (screenshot) |
ipc |
Adds inter-process communication support |
keymap_export |
Exports the keymap to a JSON file. |
Kinc Projects* |
Adds Kinc Project generation with basic build commands(depends on console) |
language_angelscript |
Syntax for the Angelscript programming language |
language_assembly_riscv |
Syntax for RISC-V assembly |
language_assembly_x86 |
Syntax for Intel x86 assembly |
language_autohotkey_v1 |
Syntax for the AutoHotkey(v1) programming language |
language_batch |
Syntax for Windows Batch Files |
language_bib |
Syntax for BibTex files |
language_blade |
Syntax for Blade files |
language_caddyfile |
Syntax for the Caddyfile used on the Caddy web server |
language_cmake |
Syntax for the CMake build system language |
language_containerfile* |
Syntax for Containerfile/Dockerfile |
language_crystal* |
Syntax for the Crystal programming language |
language_csharp |
Syntax for the C# programming language |
language_d |
Syntax for the D programming language |
language_dart |
Syntax for the Dart programming languiage |
language_diff |
Syntax for diff and patch files |
language_elixir |
Syntax for the Elixir programming language |
language_elm |
Syntax for the Elm programming language |
language_env* |
Syntax for the env (dotenv) files |
language_erb |
Syntax for the ERB programming language. Also known as eRuby or Embedded Ruby. |
language_fe |
Syntax for the fe programming language |
language_fennel |
Syntax for the fennel programming language |
language_fstab |
Syntax for the fstab config files |
language_gabc |
Syntax for the GABC music typesetting language |
language_gdscript |
Syntax for the Godot Engine's GDScript scripting language |
language_glsl |
Syntax for the GLSL programming language |
language_gmi |
Syntax for the Gemtext markup language |
language_go |
Syntax for the Go programming language |
language_gravity |
Syntax for the Gravity programming language. |
language_haxe |
Syntax for the Haxe programming language |
language_hlsl |
Syntax for the HLSL programming language |
language_hs |
Syntax for the Haskell programming language |
language_htaccess |
Syntax for .htaccess files. |
language_ignore* |
Syntax for .gitignore, .dockerignore and some other .*ignore files |
language_ini |
Syntax for ini files |
language_java |
Syntax for the Java programming language |
language_jiyu |
Syntax for the jiyu programming language |
language_jsx |
Syntax for the JSX language for the React framework in JavaScript |
language_julia |
Syntax for the Julia programming language |
language_ksy* |
Syntax for Kaitai struct files |
language_lilypond |
Syntax for the LilyPond music typesetting language |
language_liquid |
Syntax for Liquid templating language |
language_lobster |
Syntax for Lobster programming language |
language_lox |
Syntax for the Lox programming language, featured in the book 'Crafting Interpreters'. |
language_make |
Syntax for the Make build system language |
language_meson |
Syntax for the Meson build system language |
language_miniscript |
Syntax for the MiniScript programming language |
language_moon |
Syntax for the MoonScript scripting language |
language_nelua |
Syntax for Nelua programming |
language_nginx |
Syntax for Nginx config files |
language_nim |
Syntax for the Nim programming language |
language_nix |
Syntax for the Nix expression language |
language_objc |
Syntax for the Objective C programming language |
language_odin |
Syntax for the Odin programming language |
language_perl |
Syntax for the Perl programming language |
language_php |
Syntax for the PHP programming language |
language_pico8 |
Syntax for Pico-8 cartridge files |
language_pkgbuild |
Syntax for PKGBUILD package description files |
language_po |
Syntax for PO translation files |
language_pony* |
Syntax for Pony programming language |
language_powershell |
Syntax for PowerShell scripting language |
language_psql |
Syntax for the postgresql database access language |
language_R |
Syntax for R scripting language |
language_rescript |
Syntax for the ReScript programming language |
language_rivet |
Syntax for the Rivet programming language |
language_ruby |
Syntax for the Ruby programming language |
language_rust |
Syntax for the Rust programming language |
language_sass |
Syntax for the Sass CSS preprocessor |
language_scala |
Syntax for the Scala programming language |
language_sh |
Syntax for shell scripting language |
language_ssh_config |
Syntax for ssh & sshd config files |
language_tal |
Syntax for the Uxntal assembly language |
language_tcl |
Syntax for the Tcl programming language |
language_teal |
Syntax for the Teal programming language, a typed dialect of Lua. |
language_tex |
Syntax for the LaTeX typesetting language |
language_toml |
Syntax for the TOML configuration language |
language_ts |
Syntax for the TypeScript programming language, a typed dialect of JavaScript. |
language_tsx |
Syntax for TSX language |
language_umka |
Syntax for the Umka programming language. |
language_v |
Syntax for the V programming language |
language_wren |
Syntax for the Wren programming language |
language_yaml |
Syntax for YAML serialization language |
language_zig |
Syntax for the Zig programming language |
lfautoinsert |
Automatically inserts indentation and closing bracket/text after newline |
linenumbers |
The ability to change the display of the line number (screenshot) |
lint+* |
Advanced linter with ErrorLens-like error reporting. Compatible with linters made for linter (screenshot) |
linter* |
Linters for multiple languages |
lite-debugger |
Debug Lite-XL's Lua VM interactively, if you're running it from a terminal. Warning: Will significantly slow down Lite-XL if installed. |
litepresence* |
Discord rich presence for Lite XL (display file editing in Discord) |
lorem* |
Generates Lorem Ipsum placeholder dummy text |
lsp* |
Provides code completion (also known as IntelliSense) using the Language Server Protocol |
lsp_c* |
Automatic configuration/binary download for LSP completion for C/C++ with clangd. |
lsp_lua* |
Automatic configuration/binary download for LSP completion for Lua with sumneko. |
lsp_snippets* |
Adds LSP snippets support to the snippets plugin |
lspkind* |
Completion menu kind/type icons for Lite XL LSP |
macmodkeys |
Remaps mac modkeys command/option to ctrl/alt |
markers |
Add markers to docs and jump between them quickly (screenshot) |
memoryusage |
Show memory usage in the status view |
minimap |
Shows a minimap on the right-hand side of the docview. Taken from @andsve, and improved upon. |
motiontrail |
Adds a motion-trail to the caret (gif) |
Multithreaded Find File* |
Threaded project find files. |
Multithreaded Project Search* |
Threaded project search with 5-10x better performance. |
navigate |
Allows moving back and forward between document positions, reducing the amount of scrolling |
nerdicons |
File icons set for TreeView. Download font from nerdfonts.com. Modification of the nonicons plugin |
net* |
Add support for TCP and UDP sockets using SDL_net. |
nonicons |
File icons set for TreeView. Download font to your config/fonts folder |
opacity |
Change the opaqueness/transparency of lite-xl using shift+mousewheel or a command. |
open_ext |
Automatically prompts you if you tried to open a binary file in the editor |
openfilelocation |
Opens the parent directory of the current file in the file manager |
openselected |
Opens the selected filename or url |
pdfview |
PDF preview for TeX files |
plugin_manager* |
A plugin manager view for lite-xl that provides GUI access to lpm |
primary_selection |
Adds middle mouse click copy/paste (primary selection). To use this plugin, xclip must be installed. |
profiler |
Adds the ability to profile lite-xl with the lua-profiler |
rainbowparen |
Show nesting of parentheses with rainbow colours |
regexreplacepreview |
Allows for you to write a regex and its replacement in one go, and live preview the results. |
restoretabs |
Keep a list of recently closed tabs, and restore the tab in order on ctrl+shift+t. |
scalestatus |
Displays current scale (zoom) in status view (depends on scale plugin) |
search_ui |
Friendlier search and replace user interface using Widgets. |
select_colorscheme |
Select a color theme, like VScode, Sublime Text.(plugin saves changes) |
selectionhighlight |
Highlights regions of code that match the current selection (screenshot) |
settings |
Provides a GUI to manage core and plugin settings, bindings and select color theme (video). (depends on widget) |
smallclock |
Displays the current time in the corner of the status view |
smartopenselected |
Opens the selected filename or path in project. Useful to open imports. |
smoothcaret |
Smooth caret animation (gif) |
snippets* |
Provides code snippets support |
sort |
Sorts selected lines alphabetically |
Source Control Management* |
Extensible source control management plugin with git and fossil backends. |
spellcheck |
Underlines misspelt words (screenshot) -- note: on Windows a words.txt dictionary file must be placed beside the exe |
statusclock |
Displays the current date and time in the corner of the status view |
Sticky Scroll |
Keep track of the current scope at the top of the view (video) |
svg_screenshot |
Takes an SVG screenshot. Only browsers seem to support the generated SVG properly. |
tab_switcher |
Switch between open tabs by searching by name |
tabnumbers |
Displays tab numbers from 1–9 next to their names *(screenshot) |
texcompile |
Compile Tex files into PDF |
theme16* |
Theme manager with base16 themes |
themeselect |
Select a theme based on filename of active document |
Threads* |
Adds the missing multithreading functionality. |
titleize |
Titleizes selected string (hello world => Hello World) |
todotreeview* |
Todo tree viewer for annotations in code like TODO, BUG, FIX, IMPROVEMENT |
togglesnakecamel |
Toggles symbols between snake_case and camelCase |
treeview-extender* |
Extend Lite XL's treeview menu (screenshot) |
typingspeed |
Displays your current typing speed in characters and words per minute in the status bar |
unboundedscroll |
Allows scrolling outside the bounds of a document |
updatechecker* |
Automatically checks for updates and notifies you |
vibe* |
VI(vim?) bindings with a hint of DOOM Emacs, for lite-xl |
visu* |
Audio visualizer for Lite XL |
widget* |
Plugin library that provides a set of re-usable components to more easily write UI elements for your plugins |
wordcount |
Adds in a word count to the statusview. |
www* |
A simple library that provides a web client to fetch, and submit data via HTTP requests. |
