Codegment

A lightweight, modern desktop code editor featuring syntax highlighting, multi-file tab management, and intelligent suggestions, built with Python, Kivy, and Pygments.

Overview

Codegment provides a clean, responsive development environment designed for programmers who need a fast, extensible code editor with visual elegance. Leveraging the rendering performance of Kivy, Material Design components from KivyMD, and the tokenization capabilities of Pygments, Codegment delivers an agile editing workflow with cross-platform desktop support.

Core Capabilities

• Syntax Highlighting: Comprehensive token highlighting powered by Pygments, supporting dozens of programming languages and color schemes, including built-in support for Kivy language (.kv) files.
• Code Completion: Contextual word suggestions and auto-completion dialogs for rapid coding.
• Search and Replace: In-editor search functionality with navigation across occurrences and direct replacement tools.
• Multi-Tab Editing: Open, edit, and switch between multiple documents simultaneously.
• Dynamic Typography: In-place font scaling to adjust editor text dimensions seamlessly.
• Configuration Persistence: User preferences and editor settings are stored in an INI configuration file.
• Real-Time Coordinates: Bottom status bar tracks cursor row and column positions alongside the active lexer.

Installation

Via PyPI (Recommended)

Install the latest release using pip:

pip install codegment

Or with Poetry:

poetry add codegment

From Source

Clone the repository and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/ndenissov/codegments.git
cd codegments
poetry install

On NixOS

A shell.nix configuration is provided with all necessary graphic and system libraries (OpenGL, SDL2, Tkinter, X11) preconfigured for Kivy:

# Using nix-shell:
nix-shell
poetry install
poetry run codegment

# Or using direnv:
direnv allow
poetry install
poetry run codegment

Quick Start

Launch Codegment directly from your terminal:

codegment

Alternatively, run the module through Python:

python -m codegment

Editor Shortcuts

Architecture and Dependencies

Codegment is built upon the following technologies:

• Python 3.10+
• Kivy: Hardware-accelerated UI framework
• KivyMD: Material Design UI component library
• Pygments: Syntax highlighting engine

Author

Nikita Denissov (@ndenissov)

License

This project is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later. See the LICENSE file for details.