Xed Extra Plugins

Xed Extra Plugins brings modern IDE-like features to Xed while preserving the speed, simplicity, and lightweight nature of a native GTK editor.

This repository is organized as one folder per plugin. Each folder contains its own .plugin descriptor and one or more .py files (plus a plugin-specific README).

Included plugins

• xed-find-in-files: searches occurrences of an expression inside all files from a folder (grouped by file).
• xed-git: highlights lines changed since the last commit (green=added, orange=modified, red=removed).
• xed-indentation-guides: VS Code-like indentation guides inside the editor based on leading whitespace and tab width.
• xed-quick-highlight: highlights occurrences of the currently selected text.
• xed-smart-overview: fixes unexpected jumps and inconsistent dragging in Xed’s overview/minimap.
• xed-source-code-browser: symbol tree (functions/classes/macros/variables, etc.) for the current document using ctags.
• xed-split-pane: split workflow with a pinned LEFT pane + normal tabbed editor on the RIGHT.
• xed-terminal: embedded VTE terminal in the bottom panel (tabs + preferences).

Download

Choose one of the options below:

Option 1: Git clone (recommended)

HTTPS:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gabriellaraujocoding/xed-extra-plugins.git

SSH (only if you have GitHub SSH keys configured):

git clone --depth 1 git@github.com:gabriellaraujocoding/xed-extra-plugins.git

Option 2: Download ZIP (no Git required)

1. Open the repository on GitHub
2. Click the green Code button
3. Click Download ZIP

Option 3: Download from Releases

1. Open the Releases page on GitHub
2. Open the latest release
3. Download Source code (zip)

Install

Create the Xed plugins directory:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/xed/plugins

Copy the plugin folder(s) you want:

cp -r xed-find-in-files ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/
cp -r xed-git ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/
cp -r xed-indentation-guides ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/
cp -r xed-quick-highlight ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/
cp -r xed-smart-overview ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/
cp -r xed-source-code-browser ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/
cp -r xed-split-pane ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/
cp -r xed-terminal ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/

Enable the plugins and restart Xed:

• Edit → Preferences → Plugins

Uninstall

Remove the folder(s) and restart Xed:

rm -rf ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/xed-find-in-files
rm -rf ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/xed-git
rm -rf ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/xed-indentation-guides
rm -rf ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/xed-quick-highlight
rm -rf ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/xed-smart-overview
rm -rf ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/xed-source-code-browser
rm -rf ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/xed-split-pane
rm -rf ~/.local/share/xed/plugins/xed-terminal

Dependencies

On Linux Mint / Ubuntu / Debian, these plugins require:

Common (all plugins):

• python3
• python3-gi
• gir1.2-gtk-3.0

Plugin-specific:

• xed-find-in-files: optional ripgrep (recommended: faster searches), optional git
• xed-git: gir1.2-ggit-1.0 + gir1.2-gtksource-3.0
• xed-indentation-guides: gir1.2-gtksource-3.0
• xed-quick-highlight: gir1.2-gtksource-3.0
• xed-smart-overview: gir1.2-gtksource-3.0
• xed-source-code-browser: ctags (recommended: universal-ctags)
• xed-split-pane: no extra dependencies
• xed-terminal: libvte-2.91-0 + gir1.2-vte-2.91

Install dependencies (Linux Mint / Ubuntu / Debian)

sudo apt update

# common
sudo apt install -y python3 python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0

# GtkSourceView plugins: xed-git, xed-indentation-guides, xed-quick-highlight, xed-smart-overview
sudo apt install -y gir1.2-gtksource-3.0

# xed-git
sudo apt install -y gir1.2-ggit-1.0

# xed-source-code-browser
sudo apt install -y universal-ctags

# xed-terminal
sudo apt install -y libvte-2.91-0 gir1.2-vte-2.91

# xed-find-in-files (optional but recommended)
sudo apt install -y ripgrep

Package names may vary slightly on other distributions.

Quick checks

# common
python3 --version
python3 -c "import gi; from gi.repository import GLib; print('PyGObject OK')"
python3 -c "import gi; gi.require_version('Gtk','3.0'); from gi.repository import Gtk; print('GTK OK')"

# GtkSourceView (xed-git, xed-indentation-guides, xed-quick-highlight)
python3 -c "import gi; gi.require_version('GtkSource','3.0'); from gi.repository import GtkSource; print('GtkSource OK')"

# VTE (xed-terminal)
python3 -c "import gi; gi.require_version('Vte','2.91'); from gi.repository import Vte; print('VTE OK')"

# Ggit (xed-git)
python3 -c "import gi; gi.require_version('Ggit','1.0'); from gi.repository import Ggit; print('Ggit OK')"

# ctags (xed-source-code-browser)
ctags --version

# ripgrep (xed-find-in-files, optional)
rg --version

Debug

Run Xed from a terminal with the plugin debug variable:

• xed-find-in-files:

  XED_DEBUG_FIND_IN_FILES=1 xed

• xed-git:

  XED_DEBUG_GIT=1 xed

• xed-indentation-guides:

  XED_DEBUG_INDENTATION_GUIDES=1 xed

• xed-quick-highlight:

  XED_DEBUG_QUICK_HIGHLIGHT=1 xed

• xed-smart-overview:

  XED_DEBUG_SMART_OVERVIEW=1 xed

• xed-source-code-browser:

  XED_DEBUG_SOURCE_CODE_BROWSER=1 xed

• xed-split-pane:

  XED_DEBUG_SPLIT_PANE=1 xed

• xed-terminal:

  XED_DEBUG_TERMINAL=1 xed

Credits

• Developed and maintained for Xed by Gabriell Araujo (2025-2026).
• xed-git is based on the original gedit Git plugin by Ignacio Casal Quinteiro and Garrett Regier.
• xed-quick-highlight is based on the original gedit Quick Highlight plugin by Martin Blanchard.
• xed-source-code-browser is based on the original Pluma Source Code Browser plugin by Micah Carrick and MATE Developers.
• xed-terminal is based on the original gedit embedded terminal plugin by Paolo Borelli.
• Other plugins are inspired by ideas from Geany, Gedit, Pluma, and Visual Studio Code.

Licenses

This repository contains multiple licenses (per-plugin). You can also rely on each file’s SPDX-License-Identifier header.

Plugin folder	SPDX license
xed-find-in-files	GPL-2.0-or-later
xed-git	GPL-2.0-or-later
xed-indentation-guides	GPL-2.0-or-later
xed-quick-highlight	GPL-2.0-or-later
xed-smart-overview	GPL-2.0-or-later
xed-source-code-browser	BSD-3-Clause
xed-split-pane	GPL-2.0-or-later
xed-terminal	GPL-2.0-or-later

The full license text for each plugin is available in each plugin folder (see the LICENSE file).

Screenshots

xed-find-in-files

xed-git

xed-indentation-guides

xed-quick-highlight

xed-source-code-browser

xed-split-pane

xed-terminal