Rich text without bloat

Fast & Native Rich Text Editor

Aksh is wysiwyg editor for linux. Its core is written in Chez Scheme and is built on top GTK. No more electron bloat.

Install Aksh

Alpha version is available for linux

Fast

Built in Chez Scheme and GTK, tuned for quick startup and low-friction editing. Askh's insertion latency is sub 40ms compared to electron app whose latency is upwards of 70ms.

Rope

Internally Aksh uses rope data structure which scales very well. Insertion latency remains under 40ms even on documents with hundreds of thousands lines.

Rich Text editing

Create tables, headings, italic, bold, inline code, lists, checklist and many more.

Native

GTK widgets keep the editor close to the desktop, with familiar selection, menus, and document behavior.

Aksh rich text editor showing formatted document content

Download

Install Aksh with Flatpak.

Copy the commands into a terminal to install and launch Aksh.

Available for x86_64 and ARM64 Linux desktops.

Terminal 
$ flatpak install --user https://get-aksh.com/com.get_aksh.Aksh.flatpakref 
$ flatpak run com.get_aksh.Aksh