What is a good text editor for the cloud?

Question

Hi everyone I am looking to do more work based in the cloud, so I have more flexibility and can use virtually any computer to do my work on. So, my question to you is what is a good text editor for the cloud?

I currently do my development on a mac using text mate. Is there anything remotely similar that anyone would recommend?

Answer 1

I realize this is an older post, but I wanted to chime in here:

As CarterMan mentioned, there is Koding.com which is really good. You can get private vms now and will shortly be able to access them via ssh and host private domains. Couple with their editor and community features, koding.com is a pretty cool project.

Second to that would be Cloud9 IDE. You can edit in the cloud and use the command line, though you will need to upgrade to get all the premium features. One of the cool things about this project is you can fork the repo and host it on your own machine if you like, the process took me about 5 minutes to get up and running.

Previously I noticed that both these projects had disconnect issues in the past but more recently they've both seemed to become more stable.

Answer 2

If you need to edit text files in a cloud service like DropBox, I've recently discovered Draft https://draftin.com/

It combines a clear interface focused on writing, MarkDown support for formatting and connections to Dropbox , Google Drive, Evernote and Box. Any change on the document is automatically saved back to the service it originated from. I wrote about it here http://bit.ly/g-draft

Answer 3

Mozilla has developed a unique app called skywriter that seems to do the trick. http://mozillalabs.com/skywriter/

Update I have since found the following.

• Code Anywhere - https://codeanywhere.net/
• Atom Write - http://www.atomwrite.com/
• Koding - https://koding.com

All provide good solutions Code Anywhere is my favorite thus far.