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!

  • FernlikeOP
    3•4 months ago

    I would really prefer getting the text editor from flatpak or the system package manager for auto-updates, though I’m not sure if the binaries you mention also get auto-updates.

    • @sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2•4 months ago
      1. Install nix.
      2. nix profile install nixpkgs#vscodium
      3. nix profile upgrade ‘.*’

      Won’t auto update but you could add the upgrade command to a login script or something.

      Won’t lie, nix has a high learning curve to get the most out of it, but installing a single app is pretty simple.