slap-editor/slap

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases

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6188 stars · 220 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Slap is a Sublime-like terminal-based text editor written in JavaScript/Node.js, featuring mouse support, a file sidebar, syntax highlighting for 100+ languages, and Sublime-style keybindings. It is extensible via JavaScript plugins and works over SSH connections.

Use cases

• edit files in the terminal with a Sublime-like experience
• replace nano or vim with a friendlier terminal editor
• edit files over SSH with mouse support
• syntax-highlight code from the command line
• customize a terminal editor with JavaScript plugins
• use OS clipboard copy/paste in a terminal editor

When to choose

• you want Sublime-style editing (mouse, keybindings, sidebar) inside a terminal
• you need a beginner-friendly terminal editor instead of vim or emacs
• you edit remote files over SSH and want mouse and clipboard support

When to avoid

• you need a modal editor with vim's speed and ubiquity
• you need a GUI editor with rich visual features
• you need actively developed software with recent releases

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

editor terminal-ui plugin-system text-editors developer-tools windows cli cross-platform sublime-like terminal-editor syntax-highlighting mouse-support ssh command-line linux macos nodejs

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