Edith

A GTK4/libadwaita SFTP client for live remote file editing. (a poor man's Nova ©)

Connect to remote servers over SSH, browse files, and edit them in a tabbed editor with syntax highlighting — changes are uploaded back on save.

Alpha software. Early access for the brave and the bug‑tolerant.

Features

• Server management — saved connections with password/key auth, organized into groups; two-level navigation with groups in the sidebar and servers in the main pane; double-click to connect
• Server search — Ctrl+F to filter servers by name
• File browser — navigate remote directories with drag-and-drop move, upload, copy, rename, delete; keyboard shortcuts for common actions
• Path bar — clickable breadcrumb navigation in the title bar with back/forward history
• Monaco editor — VS Code's editor engine (WebKitGTK), with syntax highlighting for 80+ languages, Emmet support, find/replace, go to line, word wrap, and customizable themes and fonts
• Editor settings — minimap, render whitespace, sticky scroll, font ligatures, format on save, line numbers (on/off/relative)
• SVG preview — toggle a live side-by-side preview panel for SVG files; refreshes after each save
• Image viewer — raster images (PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, BMP, ICO, TIFF, AVIF) open in a dedicated read-only tab showing dimensions, DPI, and file size
• Syntax selector — per-file language override in the status bar
• Custom syntax associations — map file extensions to languages (e.g. .tpl → PHP)
• Secure credentials — stored in the system keychain (GNOME Keyring or compatible); never written to disk in plain text
• Live editing — files downloaded to temp, edited locally, uploaded on save
• Home directory support — use ~ as initial directory to resolve the server's home path
• Resizable sidebar — drag to adjust; toggle with the button in the headerbar or F9
• Safe quit — warns before closing if there are unsaved edits or active file transfers

Keyboard shortcuts

Key	Action
Ctrl+N	Add server
Ctrl+Shift+N	New window
Ctrl+F	Search servers
Ctrl+D	Disconnect
Ctrl+S	Save file
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z	Undo / Redo
Ctrl+Shift+F	Find and replace
Ctrl+G	Go to line
Ctrl+W	Close tab
Ctrl+Q	Quit
F9	Toggle sidebar
F2	Rename selected file
Delete	Delete selected file
F5	Refresh directory
Backspace	Go up one directory

Dependencies

• Python 3
• GTK 4
• libadwaita
• WebKitGTK 6.0
• python-paramiko
• python-gobject
• python-keyring

Building (Arch Linux)

makepkg -sc
sudo pacman -U edith-*.pkg.tar.zst

If pacman reports conflicting files (e.g. after a manual install), use:

sudo pacman -U --overwrite '/usr/share/edith/*' edith-*.pkg.tar.zst

Building (manual)

meson setup builddir --prefix=/usr
ninja -C builddir
sudo meson install -C builddir

Usage

edith

Or launch from your application menu.

License

GPL-3.0-or-later

Screenshots

Disclaimer

This project was created with AI assistance. The code has not been thoroughly reviewed. Verify its correctness and suitability before use.