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Skylark

Skylark Editor is written in C, a high performance text/hex editor. Embedded Database-client/Redis-client/Lua-engine. You can run Lua scripts and SQL files directly.

From adonais·Updated June 13, 2026·View on GitHub·

Skylark Editor is a customizable text/hex editor. Small, Portable, Fast. Compared with vs code, atom, and more editors, it can start up in less than a second~~ The project is written primarily in C, distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 license, first published in 2021. Key topics include: clang-format, code-snippets, dark-mode, database-client, hex-editor.

Latest release: 20260325063123Release 20260325063123
March 25, 2026View Changelog →

skylark:

Skylark Editor is a customizable text/hex editor. Small, Portable, Fast.
Compared with vs code, atom, and more editors, it can start up in less than a second~~

features:

  • Built in file manager and SFTP remote manager.
  • Binary/Hex viewer for files of unlimited size.
  • Encryption and decryption of common key algorithms.
  • Perl Compatible Regular Expression.
  • Enable AI-Powered Chat Integration
  • Support for many encodings, Syntax highlight for a lot of languages.
  • Supports sumatrapdf plugin.
  • Supports clang-format.
  • Supports code snippet.
  • Supports dark mode.

Build:

  • vc14 or above:
        nmake clean
        nmake
    
  • clang:
        nmake CC=clang-cl clean
        nmake CC=clang-cl
    

Screenshots:

  • sumatrapdf plugin
    images/sumatrapdf-plugin.png
  • clang-format
    images/clang-format.png
  • execute lua script
    images/lua-engine.png
  • execute sql
    images/sql_clinet.png
  • json parsing
    images/json_search.png
  • hex view
    images/hex_view.png
  • linux wine
    images/skylark_wine.png
  • AI Chat
    images/skylark_wine.png

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