GhostText
Write in the browser with your text editor.
As of June 2026, GhostText has 8,000 users and a 4.84/5 rating from 140 reviews in the Developer Tools category.
Usersup 33.3 percent+33.3%
8.0K
8,000
Ratingno change0%
4.84
140 reviews
Reviewsno change0%
140
Version
26.5.12
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension gained 2.0K users, 1 version update.
History
6 snapshotsTracking since Apr 21, 2026.
View as table
| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | 6.0K | 4.84 | 140 | 24.8.11 |
| May 6, 2026 | 6.0K | 4.84 | 140 | 24.8.11 |
| May 17, 2026 | 6.0K | 4.84 | 140 | 24.8.11 |
| May 22, 2026 | 6.0K | 4.84 | 140 | 26.5.12 |
| May 26, 2026 | 8.0K | 4.84 | 140 | 26.5.12 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 10.0K | 4.84 | 140 | 26.5.12 |
| Now | 8.0K | 4.84 | 140 | 26.5.12 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- activeTabcontextMenusscriptingstorage
- Host access
- http://localhost/
Screenshots
About
Whenever you’re writing more than a little snippet of code anywhere on the web, activate GhostText to open your preferred text editor and enjoy your own development environment. GhostText is a browser extension that connects to your editor via its own extension. Install both extensions and, if necessary, start the GhostText server in the editor’s extension. Supported editors: • Sublime Text • VS Code • Emacs • Vim • Neovim • and more You can find more information on the "Website" link or contribute on GitHub (You'll find the link on the same website)
Technical
- Version
- 26.5.12
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 95.33KiB
- Min Chrome
- 120
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- godiecgffnchndlihlpaajjcplehddca
- Developer ID
- u5f17eb369526294b5a9326dd09431bcd
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- May 30, 2014
- Last Updated (Store)
- May 12, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 17, 2026
- Website
- https://ghosttext.github.io/
- Support URL
- https://github.com/fregante/GhostText/issues
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