Meet CudaText: A Cross-Platform Open Source Code Editor

CudaText is a cross-platform open source code editor based on Lazarus. It has extensive support for most of the popular programming languages.

I cannot call it one of the best open source code editors because it is too early for that. I cannot even call it Notepad++ alternative for Linux because it’s more like a lightweight IDE like Geany. Though the default interface reminds me of Eclipse IDE.

Personally, I have my own preferred editor, Atom. But I never shy to try out new applications. If you have the same approach, perhaps you could give CudaText a try.

Let’s see what does CudaText have to offer us.

CudaText features

• Syntax highlight for several languages such as C, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, Python, XML etc
• Code folding
• Code tree structure
• Multi-carets
• Multi-selections
• Find/Replace with regex support
• Tabbed user interface
• Split tab
• Split view for up to 6 files
• Simple auto-completion
• Command palette
• Minimap
• Micromap
• Can show unprinted whitespace
• Many encodings support
• Hotkey customization
• Theme support
• Smart autocompletion for HTML, CSS
• HTML tags completion with Tab-key
• HTML color codes (#rgb, #rrggbb) underline
• View pictures (jpeg/png/gif/bmp/ico)
• Binary file editing support

The capabilities of CudaText can be enhanced by installing additional plugins written in Python. Some of the main improvements you can get via plugins are:

• Add-ons manager
• Snippets
• External tools
• Macro manager
• Session manager
• Spell checker
• Brackets highlight, go to pair bracket
• Highlight all occurrences
• Color picker
• Insert date/time
• HTML/ CSS/ JS/ XML/ SQL formatter
• Tabs list in sidebar
• Menu configurator

Images are from CudaText website.

Installing CudaText editor in Linux

You can find the binaries and the tarball from SourceForge link below:

Download CudaText for Linux

Alternatively, you can visit their GitHub repository and grab the source code there:

CudaText on GitHub

CudaText uses Mozilla license. If you are wondering about it, you can read this comprehensive article on open source licenses.

Give CudaText a try and see if it has got what it takes to be your favorite code editor. And do share your thoughts on it in the comment section below.