gtksourceview4 ☆

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Description:
Text view with syntax, undo/redo, and text marks

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @gnome | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: gtk gui text-editor library gnome development

Install: brew install gtksourceview4

About:
Gtksourceview4 is a GNOME library that extends the standard GTK text view widget. It provides advanced features for text editing, including syntax highlighting for multiple programming languages, an undo/redo framework, and support for text marks and annotations. This makes it an essential component for building sophisticated code editors and IDEs on Linux.

Key Features:

Syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages
Built-in undo/redo manager for text buffers
Support for text marks, annotations, and code folding
Language specification files for easy grammar definition

Use Cases:

Developing text editors or Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
Adding syntax highlighting to any GTK-based application
Creating rich text or code-aware user interface components

Alternatives:

Scintilla – A mature, cross-platform text editing component, but is not native to the GTK ecosystem.
Qt's QScintilla – The Qt binding for Scintilla, suitable for applications built with the Qt framework.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 14, 2025 11:24pm		1	VERSION_BUMP	cfe5d8b8
Sep 12, 2024 4:08pm		1	VERSION_BUMP	4071cec3