# Package Control

The Sublime Text package manager

Repository: https://github.com/sublimehq/package_control
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/package-control
Homepage: https://packagecontrol.io
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-15T13:42:03+00:00
Link (homepage): https://packagecontrol.io
Link (site_page): https://packagecontrol.io/installation
Link (site_page): https://packagecontrol.io/docs
Link (site_page): https://packagecontrol.io/about

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 72, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5508, "days_push": 18, "days_rel": 106, "gap_med": 31.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4883, forks 794 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:01.841407+00:00)

## What it is
Package Control is the official package manager for the Sublime Text editor, letting users discover, install, and auto-update packages from a catalog of thousands. It is distributed as a .sublime-package file and managed entirely through the Command Palette.

## Use cases
- install packages in sublime text
- keep sublime text plugins up to date
- find themes and color schemes for sublime text
- sync packages across machines
- publish a package to the sublime text channel
- manage dependencies for a sublime text package

## When to choose
- you use Sublime Text and want to install or update plugins, themes, or syntaxes
- you are a package developer submitting packages to the default channel
- you need to sync editor packages across multiple machines or OSes

## When to avoid
- you use VS Code, Vim, or another editor with its own package ecosystem
- you need a general-purpose Python package manager like pip
- you run an air-gapped environment where the channel server is unreachable

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: cross-platform, editor-plugin
- tags: sublime-text, package-management, editor-plugin

## Member repositories
- sublimehq/package_control (main) score 89
- sublimehq/package_control_channel (infra) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.841407+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:18:15.197609+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sublimehq/package_control (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.841407+00:00, sha bd4e7eaaef1c)
  - homepage: https://packagecontrol.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:46.732686+00:00, sha d328aab399a7)
  - site_page: https://packagecontrol.io/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:46.741857+00:00, sha 5bc05bdc2bb7)
  - site_page: https://packagecontrol.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:46.743534+00:00, sha 8c31a53c4c67)
  - site_page: https://packagecontrol.io/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:46.744958+00:00, sha 97f5e7d90a72)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.