fregante/GhostText

👻 Use your text editor to write in your browser. Everything you type in the editor will be instantly updated in the browser (and vice versa).

JavaScript

3,645

320 commits

updated May 13, 2026

GhostText.fregante.com

See the code

README

Use your text editor to write in your browser. Everything you type in the editor will be instantly updated in the browser (and vice versa).

Visit the ghosttext.fregante.com for more details and troubleshooting.

If you love GhostText, consider sponsoring or hiring the maintainer @fregante

Installation

Install your browser extension:

also compatible with
Install your editor extension:

Troubleshooting

Visit the Troubleshooting page on the GhostText site.

Demo

License

MIT © Federico Brigante

browser-extension

chrome-extension

firefox-extension

safari-extension

sublime-text-plugin

vscode-extension

Significant stargazers

(top 24 of 50)

Addy Osmani

54,181 followers · starred Apr 2018

Ofek Lev

929 followers · starred Sep 2026

David Peter

8,313 followers · starred Feb 2018

Ilya Grigorik

9,083 followers · starred Mar 2014

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fregante/GhostText

👻 Use your text editor to write in your browser. Everything you type in the editor will be instantly updated in the browser (and vice versa).

JavaScript

3,645

320 commits

updated May 13, 2026

GhostText.fregante.com

See the code

README

Use your text editor to write in your browser. Everything you type in the editor will be instantly updated in the browser (and vice versa).

Visit the ghosttext.fregante.com for more details and troubleshooting.

If you love GhostText, consider sponsoring or hiring the maintainer @fregante

Installation

Install your browser extension:

also compatible with
Install your editor extension:

Troubleshooting

Visit the Troubleshooting page on the GhostText site.

Demo

License

MIT © Federico Brigante

browser-extension

chrome-extension

firefox-extension

safari-extension

sublime-text-plugin

vscode-extension

Significant stargazers

(top 24 of 50)

Addy Osmani

54,181 followers · starred Apr 2018

Ofek Lev

929 followers · starred Sep 2026

David Peter

8,313 followers · starred Feb 2018

Ilya Grigorik

9,083 followers · starred Mar 2014

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