# sakura-editor/sakura

SAKURA Editor (Japanese text editor for MS Windows)

Repository: https://github.com/sakura-editor/sakura
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sakura-editor-sakura
Homepage: https://sakura-editor.github.io/
Language: C++
License: Zlib
License Family: permissive
Topics: editor, text-editor, windows, windows-desktop, macro, bregonig, cpp, sakura-editor, grep, regex, sakura, visual-studio, appveyor, azure-pipelines, codefactor, sonarcloud, cpplint
Last push: 2026-08-24T22:21:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 64, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3028, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 25, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1481, forks 199 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:50.992751+00:00)

## What it is
Sakura Editor is a free, open-source Japanese text editor for MS Windows, written in C++ and released under the Zlib license. It supports macro automation, regex-based search and grep, and runs on Windows 10/11 in recent versions.

## Use cases
- edit Japanese text files on Windows
- free lightweight text editor for Windows
- search and grep across files with regex
- automate editing tasks with macros
- open-source Notepad replacement for Windows

## When to choose
- you need a Windows-native editor with strong Japanese text handling
- you want a free, open-source editor with macro and regex grep support
- you prefer a lightweight desktop editor over an IDE

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform editor for macOS or Linux
- you need an IDE with debugging and project management
- you need modern collaborative or cloud-sync editing features

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: japanese-text-editor, text-editor, macro-support, grep, regex-search, zlib-license, localization, desktop

## Member repositories
- sakura-editor/sakura (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.992751+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 2026-08-30T04:34:11.755949+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sakura-editor/sakura (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.992751+00:00, sha 51d6c42a91d1)
  - homepage: https://sakura-editor.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:54.345572+00:00, sha da57a096aeae)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.