Blossom Editor is a 2000s era inspired text-editor.
Created with:
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Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript
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Desktop Framework: Electron
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Editor: CodeMirror
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Terminal/Pseudoterminal: xterm.js, node-pty
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Markdown Parser: Marked
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Shell Tools: exec-sh
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Button Icons: Material Symbols
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Icon: Twemoji 14.0 - Cherry Blossom
Sample screenshots.
This text-editor should not be used in production or for daily use.
To be able to use tabs in Blossom Editor, you must set prefer tabs to always. This is located in your System Preferences:
System Preferences >> General >> Prefer tabs >> "always" when opening documents
Without enabling this, your new tabs will become separate windows.
1) Go to Releases on the right hand side of the repository and download the latest version of the .dmg (x64 or arm64 depending on your machine).
2) Open the .dmg located in the root directory and drag the blossom-editor.app into the Applications folder as shown:
Note: Don't forget to eject the .dmg.
Clone the repository
git clone <SSH/HTTPS>Change directory
cd Blossom-EditorInstall npm dependencies
npm installCompile native modules
make rebuild
#or
npm run rebuildPackage app and create the .dmg
# x64:
make package
#or
npm run package
# arm64:
make package-arm
# or
npm run package-armIf there are any issues with packaging due to NODE_MODULE_VERSION mismatch, you should run npm rebuild <package>
Open the .dmg located in the root directory and drag the blossom-editor.app into the Applications folder as shown:
Note: Don't forget to eject the .dmg.
The arm64 version has not been tested. As a fallback, the x64 version should work under Rosetta 2 translation.
See NOTICE.md regarding attributions for this project.