Extensible and modular code editor with Godot 4.5
Text Forge is a lightweight, modular code editor designed for flexibility and control. Its mode-driven design, customizable interface, and support for GDScript scripting make it easy to create a personalized editing environment.
This editor is deeply language-agnostic and suitable for any text format, and its data-driven and object-oriented architecture with plug-and-play modules lets you extend functionality without touching the core.
Note
This project currently is in development state, feel free to contribute in any way you like.
Important
Text Forge is receiving frequent updates that may break compatibility with previous versions. Until 1.0-alpha1, it's recommended to delete the app’s data folder before updating. Please read release notes for breaking changes of each version before update.
👀 New to Text Forge? Start from Text Forge Introduction
Explore why you need an editor like Text Forge.
🗺️ Want to know more? Take an Overview of Text Forge features here
Take advantage of all the editor's capabilities.
🚀 Ready to install? See Setup in 5 minutes
Text Forge is lightweight and portable, try it in one minute.
🧰 Looking for the Mode Library? See here
If you like read more about modes you can see here.
📜 The documentation is available online here
Text Forge documentation source is available in the
docs/folder in this repository.
All contributions welcome! We have a lot of source and guides for contributing:
- Code of Conduct
- Security Information
- Contributing Guide
- Help Wanted Issues
- Translation Project - We use Hosted Weblate for translation
If you are unsure about your contribution, you can always get help at discussions!
Also, you can make modes, themes, extensions, etc. to improve and customize Text Forge without touching the core or recompiling it. Add text-forge tag to your module repo to help others find your work, then share it in discussions with us!
MIT 2025-present Mahan Khalili and contributors. See full details in the LICENSE file.
This project is a part of Text Forge Organization.
- Discussions - a place to connect with other members of our community and talk about anything
- Issues - share ideas, features requests, bugs and help others to develop the project
- Online Docs - guides for anything about Text Forge
- Project Wiki - practical guides, examples, and community-driven notes
- Mode Library - fast & lightweight modules to work with any language
- Mode Support Status - find available and work-in-progress modes
- Online Marketplace - explore and download modes, themes, and extensions in your web browser
Core concept crafted by Mahan Khalili, with an eye toward modularity, control, and clarity.