Installation from Package Managers

Lite XL is available on some package managers. Other package managers may require you to configure extra sources in order to install Lite XL.

Linux

Lite XL is available on many distributions’ package managers. Here are some instructions on how to install Lite XL on certain distributions.

Alpine Linux

You need to enable the testing repository by uncommenting the relevant line in /etc/apk/repositories:

#/media/cdrom/apks
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.16/main
#http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.16/community
#http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main
#http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing

Afterwards, update the package database and install Lite XL:

apk update
apk add lite-xl

Arch Linux (via AUR)

Packages for Arch Linux are available in the extra repository. Alternatively, lite-xl-git is available in the AUR, which builds Lite XL from the latest source code.

To install Lite XL, run the following command:

pacman -Syu
pacman -S lite-xl

To install the lite-xl-git package, you can clone the git repository to a working directory and run makepkg:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/lite-xl-git.git
cd lite-xl
makepkg -si

Alternatively, install it via an AUR helper such as yay or paru.

Fedora

Lite XL can be installed on Fedora 37 with the command:

dnf install lite-xl

A Copr also provides nightly releases. To install it, enable the sentry/lite Copr and install the appropriate package.

dnf copr enable sentry/lite
dnf install lite-xl-nightly

GNU Guix

Lite XL can be installed via Guix with the command:

guix install lite-xl

Debian-based (via MPR)

makedeb provides an AUR-like experience to install Lite XL.

First, install makedeb:

bash -ci "$(wget -qO - 'https://shlink.makedeb.org/install')"

Then, clone the git repository into a working directory and run makedeb:

git clone https://mpr.makedeb.org/lite-xl.git
cd lite-xl
makedeb -s

Nix

Lite XL can be installed on Nix via nix-env.

nix-env -i lite-xl

openSUSE Tumbleweed

Lite XL can be installed on openSUSE Tumbleweed via zypper:

zypper install lite-xl

Void Linux

Lite XL can be installed on Void Linux with the following command:

xbps-install lite-xl

Windows

Windows doesn’t use package managers in general — we recommend installing Lite XL via GitHub. However, Lite XL is available in Chocolatey and Scoop.

Chocolatey

Lite XL can be installed on Chocolatey with the following command:

choco install lite-xl

Scoop

Lite XL can be installed on Scoop by installing the Extras manifest and installing the package:

scoop bucket add extras
scoop install lite-xl

macOS

MacPorts

Lite XL is available via MacPorts:

sudo port install lite-xl