toast – lightweight terminal-based IDE

Toast is a lightweight terminal-based IDE designed for quick edits without leaving the command line.

It provides a familiar development environment inside a terminal window, combining tabbed editing, a file tree sidebar, language-aware editing features, git status indicators, and project search in a single interface. The project is aimed at developers who want a fast, keyboard-driven editor for working on files and small projects directly from the terminal.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Supports multi-tab editing with unsaved changes indicators.
• Uses tree-sitter for syntax highlighting across languages including Go, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, CSS, HTML, YAML, Bash, and Markdown.
• Integrates with language servers to provide completions, hover documentation, and go-to-definition.
• Includes a file tree sidebar with git status, file creation, renaming, deletion, and file watching.
• Provides project-wide search powered by ripgrep.
• Offers a theme system with built-in light and dark themes plus a VSCode theme importer.
• Can be configured with a JSON configuration file in the user’s home directory.

Website: github.com/paradise-runner/toast
Support:
Developer: paradise-runner
License: MIT License

toast is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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