GhostText

Chrome Web Store

by Fregante

v24.8.11 Updated May 24, 2025 98.29KiB

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★ 4.84

140 reviews

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Description

Whenever you’re writing more than a little snippet of code anywhere on the web, activate GhostText to open your preferred text editor and enjoy your own development environment. GhostText is a browser extension that connects to your editor via its own extension. Install both extensions and, if necessary, start the GhostText server in the editor’s extension. Supported editors: • Sublime Text • VS Code • Emacs • Vim • Neovim • and more You can find more information on the "Website" link or contribute on GitHub (You'll find the link on the same website)

Reviews (3 cached)

Last 12 months

★☆☆☆☆2017-01-27

Frank Utne

Doesn't work without Sublime Text editor. Who ever heard of it? Why can't I use my preferred editor?

★★☆☆☆2020-12-17

Christopher Small

It's a nice idea, but it's a bit of a hassle to have to open up a dedicated editor process. I remember an older plugin for Firefox (IIRC) that opened up your system editor for you, which was much more convenient, even if it didn't support bidirectional editing. I use vim, and I found it easy for the vim process to seize/lock up. I've found wasavi much more convenient, and it works much better than I expected. It's nice to have something that opens it regular vim, but not at the cost of inconvience and buggy processes.

★★★☆☆2015-07-31

Wes Alvaro

Neat extension, but is a bit buggy.

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Version	24.8.11
Updated	May 24, 2025
Size	98.29KiB
First Seen	Mar 28, 2026