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\

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.

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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)
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 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
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.