CodeMirror

CodeMirror is a JavaScript component that provides a code editor in the browser. When a mode is available for the language you are coding in, it will color your code, and optionally help with indentation.

A rich programming API and a CSS theming system are available for customizing CodeMirror to fit your application, and extending it with new functionality.

Supported modes:

Usage demos:

Real-world uses:

jsbin.com (JS playground)
Light Table (experimental IDE)
Adobe Brackets (code editor)
Mergely (interactive diffing)
Google Apps Script
Eloquent JavaScript (book)
Zen Coding (fast XML editing)
Paper.js (graphics scripting)
Go language tour
Tributary (augmented editing)
Prose.io (github content editor)
WeScheme (learning tool)
WebGL playground
ql.io (http API query helper)
Elm language examples
The File Tree (collab editor)
BlueGriffon (HTML editor)
JSHint (JS linter)
kl1p (paste service)
SQLFiddle (SQL playground)
Try Haxe (Haxe Playground)
CSSDeck (CSS showcase)
CKWNC (UML editor)
sketchPatch Livecodelab

Getting the code

All of CodeMirror is released under a MIT-style license. To get it, you can download the latest release or the current development snapshot as zip files. To create a custom minified script file, you can use the compression API.

We use git for version control. The main repository can be fetched in this way:

git clone http://marijnhaverbeke.nl/git/codemirror2

CodeMirror can also be found on GitHub at marijnh/CodeMirror2. If you plan to hack on the code and contribute patches, the best way to do it is to create a GitHub fork, and send pull requests.

Documentation

The manual is your first stop for learning how to use this library. It starts with a quick explanation of how to use the editor, and then describes the API in detail.

For those who want to learn more about the code, there is an overview of the internals available. The source code itself is, for the most part, also well commented.

Support and bug reports

There is a Google group (a sort of mailing list/newsgroup thing) for discussion and news related to CodeMirror. When reporting a bug, read this first. If you have a github account, simply open an issue there. Otherwise, post something to the group, or e-mail me directly: Marijn Haverbeke.

Supported browsers

The following browsers are able to run CodeMirror:

Firefox 2 or higher
Chrome, any version
Safari 3 or higher
Opera 9 or higher (with some key-handling problems on OS X)
Internet Explorer 7 or higher in standards mode
(So not quirks mode. But quasi-standards mode with a transitional doctype is also flaky. <!doctype html> is recommended.)

I am not actively testing against every new browser release, and vendors have a habit of introducing bugs all the time, so I am relying on the community to tell me when something breaks. See here for information on how to contact me.

Commercial support

CodeMirror is developed and maintained by me, Marijn Haverbeke, in my own time. If your company is getting value out of CodeMirror, please consider purchasing a support contract.

You'll be funding further work on CodeMirror.
You ensure that you get a quick response when you have a problem, even when I am otherwise busy.

CodeMirror support contracts exist in two forms—basic at €100 per month, and premium at €500 per month. Contact me for further information.

Download the latest release

Support CodeMirror

Donate (Paypal or bank)
Purchase commercial support

Reading material

Releases

23-07-2012: Version 2.32:

Emergency fix for a bug where an editor with line wrapping on IE will break when there is no scrollbar.

20-07-2012: Version 2.31:

New modes: OCaml, Haxe, and VB.NET.
Several fixes to the new scrolling model.
Add a setSize method for programmatic resizing.
Add getHistory and setHistory methods.
Allow custom line separator string in getValue and getRange.
Support double- and triple-click drag, double-clicking whitespace.
And more... (all patches)

22-06-2012: Version 2.3:

New scrollbar implementation. Should flicker less. Changes DOM structure of the editor.
New theme: vibrant-ink.
Many extensions to the VIM keymap (including text objects).
Add mode-multiplexing utility script.
Fix bug where right-click paste works in read-only mode.
Add a getScrollInfo method.
Lots of other fixes.

23-05-2012: Version 2.25:

New mode: Erlang.
Remove xmlpure mode (use xml.js).
Fix line-wrapping in Opera.
Fix X Windows middle-click paste in Chrome.
Fix bug that broke pasting of huge documents.
Fix backspace and tab key repeat in Opera.

23-04-2012: Version 2.24:

Drop support for Internet Explorer 6.
New modes: Shell, Tiki wiki, Pig Latin.
New themes: Ambiance, Blackboard.
More control over drag/drop with dragDrop and onDragEvent options.
Make HTML mode a bit less pedantic.
Add compoundChange API method.
Several fixes in undo history and line hiding.
Remove (broken) support for catchall in key maps, add nofallthrough boolean field instead.

26-03-2012: Version 2.23:

Change default binding for tab [more]
Starting in 2.23, these bindings are default:
- Tab: Insert tab character
- Shift-tab: Reset line indentation to default
- Ctrl/Cmd-[: Reduce line indentation (old tab behaviour)
- Ctrl/Cmd-]: Increase line indentation (old shift-tab behaviour)
New modes: XQuery and VBScript.
Two new themes: lesser-dark and xq-dark.
Differentiate between background and text styles in setLineClass.
Fix drag-and-drop in IE9+.
Extend charCoords and cursorCoords with a mode argument.
Add autofocus option.
Add findMarksAt method.

27-02-2012: Version 2.22:

Allow key handlers to pass up events, allow binding characters.
Add autoClearEmptyLines option.
Properly use tab stops when rendering tabs.
Make PHP mode more robust.
Support indentation blocks in code folder.
Add a script for highlighting instances of the selection.
New .properties mode.
Fix many bugs.

27-01-2012: Version 2.21:

Added LESS, MySQL, Go, and Verilog modes.
Add smartIndent option.
Support a cursor in readOnly-mode.
Support assigning multiple styles to a token.
Use a new approach to drawing the selection.
Add scrollTo method.
Allow undo/redo events to span non-adjacent lines.
Lots and lots of bugfixes.

20-12-2011: Version 2.2:

Slightly incompatible API changes. Read this.
New approach to binding keys, support for custom bindings.
Support for overwrite (insert).
Custom-width and stylable tabs.
Moved more code into add-on scripts.
Support for sane vertical cursor movement in wrapped lines.
More reliable handling of editing marked text.
Add minimal emacs and vim bindings.
Rename coordsFromIndex to posFromIndex, add indexFromPos method.

21-11-2011: Version 2.18:

Fixes TextMarker.clear, which is broken in 2.17.

21-11-2011: Version 2.17:

Add support for line wrapping and code folding.
Add Github-style Markdown mode.
Add Monokai and Rubyblue themes.
Add setBookmark method.
Move some of the demo code into reusable components under lib/util.
Make screen-coord-finding code faster and more reliable.
Fix drag-and-drop in Firefox.
Improve support for IME.
Speed up content rendering.
Fix browser's built-in search in Webkit.
Make double- and triple-click work in IE.
Various fixes to modes.

27-10-2011: Version 2.16:

Add Perl, Rust, TiddlyWiki, and Groovy modes.
Dragging text inside the editor now moves, rather than copies.
Add a coordsFromIndex method.
API change: setValue now no longer clears history. Use clearHistory for that.
API change: markText now returns an object with clear and find methods. Marked text is now more robust when edited.
Fix editing code with tabs in Internet Explorer.

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