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.
To install a plugin:
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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
Note: if you make a pull request, the table should be updated and kept in alphabetical order. If your plugin is large (or you'd otherwise prefer it to have its own repo), the table can simply be updated to add a link to the repo; otherwise the plugin file itself can be submitted. If a plugin's link resolves to something other than a raw file it should be marked with an asterisk.
Plugin | Description |
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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) |
centerdoc |
Centers document's content on the screen and adds zen mode support (screenshot) |
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) |
contextmenu * |
Simple context menu (screenshot) |
copyfilelocation |
Copy file location to clipboard |
custom_caret |
Customize the caret in the editor |
datetimestamps |
Insert date-, time- and date-time-stamps |
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 |
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) |
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 |
Kinc Projects * |
Adds Kinc Project generation with basic build commands(depends on console ) |
language_angelscript |
Syntax for the Angelscript programming language |
language_assembly_x86 |
Syntax for Intel x86 assembly |
language_autohotkey * |
Syntax for the AutoHotkey programming language |
language_batch |
Syntax for Windows Batch Files |
language_bib |
Syntax for BibTex 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_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_hlsl |
Syntax for the HLSL programming language |
language_hs |
Syntax for the Haskell programming language |
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_liquid |
Syntax for Liquid templating language |
language_lobster |
Syntax for Lobster programming language |
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_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_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_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 |
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 |
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) |
navigate |
Allows moving back and forward between document positions, reducing the amount of scrolling |
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 |
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) |
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 |
smoothcaret |
Smooth caret animation (gif) |
sort |
Sorts selected lines alphabetically |
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 |
tab_switcher |
Switch between open tabs by searching by name |
tabnumbers |
Displays tab numbers from 1โ9 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 |
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-menu-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. |