krzyzanowskim/STTextView

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

STTextView is a performant, reusable text view component for macOS and iOS built on TextKit 2, serving as an NSTextView/UITextView replacement. It includes features like line numbers, multi-cursor editing, search/replace, and plugin support for syntax highlighting.

Use cases

• build a source code editor for macOS or iOS
• replace NSTextView with a faster TextKit 2 text view
• display line numbers in a text editing component
• implement multi-cursor text editing in a Swift app
• add syntax highlighting to a custom text editor
• create a performant text editor with search and replace
• show invisible characters and custom annotations in a text view

When to choose

• you need a performant text editing component on Apple platforms
• NSTextView/UITextView with TextKit 2 is too buggy or slow for your use case
• you want line numbers, multi-cursor, or plugin extensibility out of the box
• you are building a code editor or IDE-like app in Swift

When to avoid

• you need a cross-platform (non-Apple) text editor
• you only need simple, short text input where UITextView/NSTextView suffices
• you require TextKit 1 compatibility or older OS versions than macOS 14 / iOS 16
• you need a full IDE with project management rather than a text view component

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ui-components editor developer-tools text-editors cross-platform textkit2 nstextview-replacement uitextview-replacement line-numbers source-code-editor swiftui appkit uikit macos ios swift

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