Kirjoituseditor

Kirjoituseditor is a lightweight, cross‑platform text editor developed by the Finnish open‑source community. It was first released in 2013 and has since been maintained as a free, GPL‑licensed application. The name, which translates literally to “writing editor,” reflects its focus on simplicity and usability for everyday text tasks.

The editor is designed for users who need a fast, unobtrusive program that supports plain text, code, and markup languages. Key features include a minimalistic interface, customizable keyboard shortcuts, and a built‑in file (open, save, duplicate) manager. Syntax highlighting is available for a wide range of languages such as Python, JavaScript, XML and Markdown, with support for user‑defined language definition files. The search function supports regular expressions and case‑sensitive or whole‑word matching.

Kirjoituseditor emphasizes low resource consumption. On Linux it runs in under 20 MB of RAM, while on Windows the profile is about 30 MB. It operates on the GTK+, wxWidgets, and Qt backends to support Linux, Windows, and macOS. The project is maintained through a combination of community contributions, issue trackers, and pull requests managed on GitHub.

Use cases include writing documentation, editing configuration files, and coding small scripts. While it lacks advanced features found in full IDEs, its simplicity makes it suitable for quick edits and for users who prefer a distraction‑free environment. The editor is bundled with many Linux distributions as a default text editor option, and packages are available for Windows and macOS through official release channels.