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GhostText
Use your text editor to write in your browser. Everything you type in the editor will be instantly updated in the browser (and vice versa).
What is GhostText?
"GhostText" is a Firefox add-on providing a bridge between your favourite text editor and your browser. It instantly syncs whatever you type in the text editor to the browser and vice versa. Supported editors include Sublime Text, VS Code, Atom, Emacs, Vim, Neovim and ACME Editor. More info and contributions at https://ghosttext.fregante.com/ and https://github.com/fregante/GhostText respectively.
Stats
By:
Fregante
Rating:
4.77
(31)
Creation date:
2016-12-27
Weekly download count:
15
Firefox on Android:
No
Risk impact:
Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Permissions:
- activeTab
- contextMenus
- http://localhost/
- storage
Size:
87.61K
URLs:
Website
,Privacy policy
Stats date:
Chrome-Stats Rank
#
3274
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Summary
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
- Atom
- Emacs
- Vim
- Neovim
- ACME Editor
User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated.
Pros
- Improves workflows and increases efficiency
- Maintainer is active and dedicated
- Supports various text editors like Emacs, Vim, Sublime Text, Atom
- Realtime sync between text areas and editor
- Great replacement for the It's All Text! add-on
Cons
- Does not support Tampermonkey
- Can be broken in certain use cases like JupyterLab
- Sometimes causes duplication of Emacs frames
- Lacks updated documentation on Firefox compared to GitHub README
- Missing trigger hotkey or auto-trigger functionality
Most mentioned
- Occasional issues with syncing and editor unsyncing
- Works well with Emacs and coding platforms like Git{Lab,Hub}
- Elevates the text input experience on websites
- Can require additional setup compared to other add-ons
- Maintainer's responsiveness and updates are appreciated
Recent reviews
by
Firefox user 17507182, 2024-01-24
Safety
Risk impact
GhostText is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
GhostText has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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