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Text Editor

Fast, modern desktop text editor with code folding, multi-cursor editing, and rich syntax highlighting.

v0.14.2 Native Dark Theme Rocky Linux Rocky 10 AlmaLinux Alma 10 Fedora Fedora 44 Debian Debian 13 Ubuntu Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Windows Windows macOS macOS
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About the Application

Text Editor is an ergonomic, high-performance desktop code and plain text editor developed by Wheelhouser LLC. Designed for developers, systems engineers, and writers, it combines lightning-fast file operations with advanced code editing capabilities in a cohesive, distraction-free environment with true cross-platform parity.

While there are countless notepad utilities available, very few deliver genuine, first-class cross-platform support across modern enterprise and community Linux distributions, Windows, and macOS. Featuring multi-cursor editing, multi-level code folding, intelligent auto-indentation, find and replace with regex support, dynamic tab favicons, and integrated spell checking, Wheelhouser Text Editor is optimized for everyday notes and demanding source code development alike on Rocky Linux 10, AlmaLinux 10, Fedora 44, Debian 13, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (and 24 LTS), Windows 10/11, and macOS.

Key Features

  • True Cross-Platform Parity: Identical ergonomic editing workflow, keyboard shortcuts, and theme consistency across Linux (RPM & DEB), Windows 10/11, and macOS.
  • Multi-Language Syntax Highlighting: First-class color coding for Python, C, C++, Java, Rust, Ruby, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Markdown, JSON, Shell scripts, and PowerShell.
  • Code Folding & Structure Navigation: Collapse and expand code blocks with keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+Shift+[ / Ctrl+Shift+]), preserving folding states across application restarts.
  • Simultaneous Multi-Cursor Editing: Multiple cursors (Ctrl+Click, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down) for blazing fast parallel refactoring and editing.
  • Wheelhouser Dark & Theme Customization: Native dark mode with user-definable ANSI color palettes, typography customization, and dynamic JSON theme plugins.
  • Integrated Spell & Grammar Check: Real-time spelling suggestions and custom dictionary management powered by pyspellchecker.
  • Native Linux Packaging (RPM & DEB): Built with Python 3.13 and cryptographically signed for Enterprise Linux (Rocky Linux 10, AlmaLinux 10), Fedora 44, Debian 13, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with desktop menu integration and repository delivery.

Downloads & Installation

Windows

Windows

Windows icon Microsoft Store (v0.14.2)
macOS

macOS

Apple icon GitHub Releases (macOS)
Rocky Linux

Rocky Linux 10 / Enterprise Linux

Install repository release package and application:

sudo dnf install https://repo.wheelhouser.com/rocky/10/x86_64/steve-rock-wheelhouser-release-1.0-6.el10.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install -y text-editor
AlmaLinux

AlmaLinux 10

Install repository release package and application:

sudo dnf install https://repo.wheelhouser.com/almalinux/10/x86_64/steve-rock-wheelhouser-release-1.0-6.el10.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install -y text-editor
Fedora

Fedora Linux 44

Install repository release package and application:

sudo dnf install https://repo.wheelhouser.com/fedora/44/x86_64/steve-rock-wheelhouser-release-1.0-6.fc44.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install -y text-editor
Debian

Debian 13 (Trixie)

Install GPG keyring, repository source, and package:

sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings && \
curl -fsSL https://repo.wheelhouser.com/steve-rock-wheelhouser-gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/wheelhouser.gpg && \
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/wheelhouser.gpg && \
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/wheelhouser.gpg] https://repo.wheelhouser.com/debian/13 ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wheelhouser.list && \
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y text-editor
Ubuntu

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute)

Install GPG keyring, repository source, and package:

sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings && \
curl -fsSL https://repo.wheelhouser.com/steve-rock-wheelhouser-gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/wheelhouser.gpg && \
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/wheelhouser.gpg && \
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/wheelhouser.gpg] https://repo.wheelhouser.com/ubuntu/26.04 ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wheelhouser.list && \
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y text-editor
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Technical Details

  • Package: text-editor
  • Version: 0.14.2 (Linux, Windows, macOS)
  • Architecture: noarch (RPM/DEB) / x86_64
  • License: GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0)
  • Framework: Python 3.13 / PySide6 / Qt6
  • Platforms: Rocky Linux 10, AlmaLinux 10, Fedora 44, Debian 13, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (and 24 LTS), Windows 10/11, macOS 12+
  • Endpoint: repo.wheelhouser.com
  • Maintainer: Wheelhouser LLC
  • Updated: September 25, 2026