Hello! My question is basically what the title says. I’m searching for an IDE/text editor for Go development and am wondering if anybody knows an alternative to these. Here is the list of software I tried:

  • I’ve tried NeoVim but I really don’t want to waste time doing text-based configuration and messing with extensions just to get some basic features working.

  • I tried VSCodium but it doesn’t exist in my system software repositories (I’m currently on Chimera Linux), and the flatpak version can’t run any system commands.

  • GoLand and Sublime Text are proprietary & paid.

It seems the market for IDEs is pretty small, so I wouldn’t really be surprised if nothing existed that fit these criteria, but thanks for any answers in advance!

Edit: I’ve settled with Lite-XL which seems to be a great editor. Thanks for all of your great recommendations!

  • @fernlike3923OP
    4•1 month ago

    I just need something that supports gopls and some basic features such as syntax highlighting, reasonable indents, code-completion etc.

    • badwebsites
      1•1 month ago

      @fernlike3923 @TootSweet I’m minimalist with my text editors. I hated Vim/Vi.
      I use Notepad++ & sometimes Sublime.
      NPP lets u batch edit files using REGEX. It crashes sometimes tho- & if u’re not backed up u can lose *everything*