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Howl

Howl is a general purpose editor that aims to be both lightweight and fully customizable. It is built on top of the very fast LuaJIT runtime, and can be extended in either Lua or Moonscript. It has a minimalistic UI driven mainly by the keyboard.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application type

Alerts

  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Linux
  • BSD
Howl alternatives  
Discontinued

The last version (0.6) is from April 2019.

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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Minimalistic
  3.  Customizable
  4.  Keyboard focused

Features

  1.  Syntax Highlighting
  2.  Programmable
  3.  Keyboard Shortcuts

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Howl information

  • Developed by

    The Howl Developers

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Alternatives

    144 alternatives listed

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Development, OS & Utilities, Office & Productivity

GitHub repository

  •  747 Stars
  •  68 Forks
  •  0 Open Issues
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What is Howl?

Howl is a general purpose editor that aims to be both lightweight and fully customizable. It is built on top of the very fast LuaJIT runtime, and can be extended in either Lua or Moonscript. It has a minimalistic UI driven mainly by the keyboard.