DeadEditor

A fast, lightweight code editor built with SDL2.

Requirements

Linux

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0 libtree-sitter0

# Fedora
sudo dnf install SDL2 SDL2_ttf libtree-sitter

# Arch
sudo pacman -S sdl2 sdl2_ttf tree-sitter

Optional

# All platforms - install ripgrep for global search (Ctrl+Shift+F)
# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install ripgrep

# Fedora
sudo dnf install ripgrep

# Arch
sudo pacman -S ripgrep

# macOS
brew install ripgrep

macOS

brew install sdl2 sdl2_ttf tree-sitter

Installation

Download the latest release from Releases.

Linux

tar xzf DeadEditor-*-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
sudo cp -r DeadEditor-*-linux-x86_64/* /

Or use the AppImage:

chmod +x DeadEditor-*.AppImage
./DeadEditor-*.AppImage

macOS

Open the .dmg and drag DeadEditor to Applications.

If you see "DeadEditor is damaged and can't be opened", run:

xattr -cr /Applications/DeadEditor.app

License

MIT