GreenTea

A simple, minimalist code editor written in Javascript, HTML and CSS using Electron and the wonderful Ace editor

Downloads

Check releases for the newest installers available in the following formats

• Windows 64 bit and 32 bit installer
• Debian installer (.deb)
• Appimage (for most Linux distros)

How to build GreenTea yourself

Ensure you have the latest version of Node and NPM installed

1. Clone the repo or download the zip file and extract it somewhere
2. Open a terminal there and type npm install or in Linux sudo npm install
3. Then run the appropriate command

npm run start // starts GreenTea

npm run buildwindows // builds the installer .exe in the /dist folder

npm run buildlinux // builds .deb installer and portable .appimage in /dist folder, this will only work on Linux

Features and goals for next release

• Tab system

• Multiple instances

• Fix bug where the window will not close if the file you are working on is deleted.

Enhancements/Improvements

• Remember window position on launch

• Remember last working directory in file tree, not just folder of current file

Planned Features

• Terminal emulator

• On-save commands

• Language autodetect for more languages

• Tabs

• Autodetect file extension based on language when saving

Bugs: Windows

• Check why only one instance of GreenTea can be open at once, second window does not have an editor for some reason

• When opening a file that has been deleted without saving changes to your current file and you click "no" a notification appears telling you that the file could not be found

Bugs: Linux

• Defualt file names begin with C:/

• File associations broken

• Appimage icon broken

• .deb license, description and app store icon broken/unfinished