[#]: subject: "Meet Lite XL: A Lightweight, Open-Source Text Editor for Linux Users" [#]: via: "https://itsfoss.com/lite-xl/" [#]: author: "Marco Carmona https://itsfoss.com/author/marco/" [#]: collector: "lujun9972" [#]: translator: "geekpi" [#]: reviewer: " " [#]: publisher: " " [#]: url: " " Meet Lite XL: A Lightweight, Open-Source Text Editor for Linux Users ====== **Brief:** _Are you looking for a new _text editor_ alternative? You should try this lightweight, _simple_, fast, feature-filled, and extremely extensible one._ Sure, there are plenty of text editors or code editors that you can use. Some popular ones include Eclipse, [Visual Studio Code][1], [PyCharm][2], [Atom][3], [IntelliJ][4], and [Sublime Text][5]. But do you want to try something interesting that’s entirely focused on giving you a minimal experience? Meet _**Lite XL**_ editor. To be honest, I had no idea about it until last week. But, it managed to surprise me with its **minimalist design** and how **fast it was at coding**, but the most important fact was its similarity with Visual Studio Code. So, before everything, let me tell you that if you’re a [Visual Studio Code fan][6], you should absolutely try _**Lite XL**_. It may not be an absolute replacement, but a lite edition of something that resembles the use-case. ![Showing how Lite XL looks][7] ### Lite XL: Lightweight Text Editor Written in Lua Lite XL is an interesting open-source text editor written in Lua (particularly tailored to build lightweight applications). It is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS as well. But, with all the available [modern text editors available][8], why Lite XL? ![Lite XL Customize Configuration][9] Normally, we aren’t concerned about the resources that a text editor can consume on our system most of the time. However, at the time of creating bash, python, or any other type of script, you rely on a text editor, and the more resource-efficient it is, the better. Of course, a text editor isn’t as resource-hungry as some other applications. But, if it matters to you, here’s what I observed: Lite XL only uses **three megabytes** in your disk and consumes around **twenty megabytes** of physical memory, compared with the almost five hundred fifty megabytes (~550 MB) that Visual Studio Code uses. **Can you see this wonderful difference between these similar editors?** Not just the resource usage, it is highly customizable as well. Note that the resource usage stats can vary for different system configurations. ### Features of Lite XL ![][10] As per the official information available, some of its most popular features include: * __Cross-Platform_:_** It currently works on Windows, Linux, and macOS. * **Lightweight: ****As we described before, its usage hardly ever exceeds 10 MB in RAM. * **Extensible**: Being a minimal offering doesn’t mean not being customizable. Lite XL can extend its functionalities thanks to several plugins available, for example, [VSC-like intellisense][11]. * **Multi-cursor editing**: It’s as wonderful as it sounds, inside Lite XL you can work with multiple cursors. * **Integrated terminal**: Like Visual Studio Code, Lite XL implements its terminal. * High DPI display support. * Additional color themes are available. * Supports hardware-accelerated rendering. ### How to Install Lite XL in Linux Lite XL offers an AppImage file for Linux distributions. You can follow our [AppImage guide][12] to get started. You can find the AppImage file on its [GitHub repository][13]. Once you head to its GitHub releases section, go directly to the Assets section and download the _**LiteXL_x86_64.Appimage**_ file. ![Downloading Appimage file][14] An AppImage file will be downloaded into your download directory, so, before double-clicking on the file, verify it is allowed to execute as a program. ![Verifying execution permissions][15] That’s right! Now you can double-click on the file and start using _**Lite XL**_ in your system. [Lite XL][16] If you’re interested in exploring Lite XL, you can get involved in its [GitHub repository][13], visit the official website, or join its [Discord community][17]. _What do you prefer to edit text and code? Do you focus on using a lightweight program, or is it irrelevant for your use case? Let me know your thoughts in the comments down below._ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- via: https://itsfoss.com/lite-xl/ 作者：[Marco Carmona][a] 选题：[lujun9972][b] 译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) 校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) 本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 [a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/marco/ [b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 [1]: https://itsfoss.com/install-visual-studio-code-ubuntu/ [2]: https://itsfoss.com/install-pycharm-ubuntu/ [3]: https://itsfoss.com/install-atom-ubuntu/ [4]: https://itsfoss.com/install-intellij-ubuntu-linux/ [5]: https://itsfoss.com/sublime-text-3-linux/ [6]: https://itsfoss.com/visual-studio-code-vs-atom/ [7]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/lite-xl-editor-screenshot.png [8]: https://itsfoss.com/best-modern-open-source-code-editors-for-linux/ [9]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/lite-xl-screenshot-2.png [10]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/lite-xl-screnshot-1.png [11]: https://github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl-lsp [12]: https://itsfoss.com/use-appimage-linux/ [13]: https://github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl [14]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Downloading_Appimage_file-800x447.png [15]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Verifying_execution_permissions-800x535.png [16]: https://lite-xl.com/ [17]: https://discord.gg/RWzqC3nx7K