sledit

sledit is a lightweight, cross-platform text editor and development environment designed for speed and minimalism. It is used for editing source code, configuration files, and data formats, and aims to provide a distraction-free workflow for developers, system administrators, and writers who work with plain text.

The editor emphasizes fast startup, small memory footprint, and a clean user interface. It offers essential editing features such as syntax highlighting for common languages (for example Python, JavaScript, JSON, YAML, and shell scripts), incremental search, multi-line and multi-cursor editing, and a command palette for quick access to commands. Users can open projects as folders, navigate files with a lightweight file tree, and configure preferences through a plain text settings file. It also supports extensions or plugins to add language support, themes, and additional tools, as well as an integrated terminal for shell commands.

sledit is developed as an open-source project with the source code publicly available. It runs on major desktop operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux, and is designed to be installable from standard package managers or from prebuilt binaries. The software is released under an open-source license, and its development is coordinated by a community of contributors and maintainers.

In practice, sledit is used by individuals and small teams that value speed and simplicity in their editing workflows, particularly for tasks that involve editing many small files or working in limited-resource environments.