The Text Trix™ editor is an open-source, cross-platform text editor with a mind for user-friendly file and text navigation.

If you're looking for a small community in which to get involved, you've come to the right place! Text Trix started out as a homegrown project and continues to focus on meeting niche needs through plugins as well as broader requests in the main codebase.

New for Text Trix 0.9.0: View and edit source code with syntax highlighting. Wrap-indent ensures that you'll never have to scroll horizontally again!

Open multiple files in tabs, and collect similar files into tab groups. Flip between many files with tab history buttons or shortcuts.

Dance among multiple lines with Line Dance. Lines (and text) can be saved and returned to with a click.

Feeling on the cutting edge? Download the Text Trix 0.9.0 has been released!

Download Text Trix (v.0.9.0 as of June 18, 2008)

Check here to see if you have a compatible Java™ software (v.1.4+, freely downloadable). For more details, see "Which Java version do I need?"

Which Java version do I need? Java 6 is available for free for Windows, Linux, MacOS X, and OpenSolaris platforms. MacOS X, Fedora, and Ubuntu all come standard now with compatible Java software. If your computer does not have Java software, learn how to install it. Text Trix sofware may also run on Java 1.4 or 5.0 software.

How do I install it? Text Trix comes packaged in a Jar Ajar installer. No registry entries are altered. Jar Ajar will launch Text Trix and show you where to run it in the future. Having trouble finding your installed files on Vista? See here.

How can I write my own plug-in? See the plugin writing guide for how to write and package your own Text Trix plug-in.

What can I do if it feels sluggish? Text Trix 0.9.0 comes with a new syntax highlighter that may feel sluggish on older systems. Try running it with the "--nohigh" option to turn off highlighting (eg "java -jar TextTrix.jar --nohigh").