Lightweight
~50 MB of RAM, ~10 MB of disk space. Pragtical runs on many devices without performance issues.
Powerful
Syntax highlighting, multiple cursors, command palette and many more. LSP and other features are available as plugins.
Hyperextensible
Pragtical allows you to extend the editor via Lua and its C API. Documentation is available for many parts of the editor.
Cross-platform
Built on SDL, C and Lua, Pragtical runs on Windows, Linux and macOS. Porting to other systems is trivial.
Easy to Use
Easily change your editor settings, color theme, key bindings and installed plugins configuration using the graphical settings manager.
Free & Open Source
Pragtical is licensed under the MIT license. No telemetry or data collection.
Recent Blog Posts
Pragtical v3.8.1 Release
2025-12-16This is an emergency release that fixes a bug on the TreeView plugin sizing calculation. The bug caused a constant calculation of the TreeView width…
Pragtical v3.8.0 Release
2025-12-14Many fixes and new features like the image viewer, built-in color picker, support for drawing polygons, introduction of a canvas api and experimental…
Pragtical v3.7.1 Release
2025-11-11Mostly a bugs fix release with build system adjustments and a tiny bit of enhancements sprinkled on the top. ## Prominent Fixes Some of the fixes i…


