# Textadept

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Programmer's text editor using Scintilla

Textadept Original author Mitchell Release 2007; 19 years ago (2007) Written in C, C++, Lua Operating system Linux, BSD, Microsoft Windows, macOS Type Text editor License MIT Website orbitalquark.github.io/textadept Repository github.com/orbitalquark/textadept

**Textadept** is a [free software](/source/Free_software) [minimalist](/source/Minimalism_(computing)) [text editor](/source/Text_editor) designed for [computer programming](/source/Computer_programming). Distributed under the [MIT](/source/MIT_license) license, it is written in [C](/source/C_(programming_language)), [C++](/source/C%2B%2B) and [Lua](/source/Lua_(programming_language)) and is extensible using Lua.[1] Textadept can use either a [graphical user interface](/source/Graphical_user_interface) or a [text-based user interface](/source/Text-based_user_interface) when running in a terminal window. Textadept uses the [Scintilla](/source/Scintilla_(software)) editing component. Textadept's developer makes the [curses](/source/Curses_(programming_library)) [wrapper library](/source/Wrapper_library) for Scintilla used by Textadept available separately.[2]

Similar to [Emacs](/source/Emacs), Textadept is deeply extensible; the Lua [API](/source/Application_programming_interface) has access to any subsystem of the program. Despite this, the developer states that one of his goals is for the C portion to not exceed 2000 [lines of code](/source/Source_lines_of_code) and for the Lua portion to never exceed 4000 lines. When running in a graphical interface Textadept purposely does not save window size or position, leaving this up to the [window manager](/source/Window_manager).

## See also

- [Free and open-source software portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Free_and_open-source_software)

- [List of text editors](/source/List_of_text_editors)

- [Comparison of text editors](/source/Comparison_of_text_editors)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Review: Textadept"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180909112042/http://yfl.bahmanm.com/Members/ttmrichter/software-reviews/textadept-review). Archived from [the original](http://yfl.bahmanm.com/Members/ttmrichter/software-reviews/textadept-review) on 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2015-02-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Scinterm"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160406114950/http://foicica.com/scinterm/download). Archived from [the original](http://foicica.com/scinterm/download) on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2015-02-27.

## External links

- [Textadept home page](http://foicica.com/textadept/)

- [Webupd8 review](http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/try-textadept-fast-cross-platform-text.html)

- [Free software directory entry](https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Textadept)

- [Textredux, a module providing text-based interfaces for core Textadept functionality](https://rgieseke.github.io/textredux/)

- [Textadept Language Lexers, Impression and tips on extending language support](https://medium.com/@a_baez/textadept-language-lexers-fd96f62e9527)

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