CachyOS Apps

Install COSMIC Text Editor on CachyOS

Text editor for the COSMIC desktop.

From the official CachyOS repo. Install with pacman, no AUR helper needed.

Reviewed Nov 2, 2026 · independent guide

How do I install COSMIC Text Editor on CachyOS?

Run this in a terminal, then open COSMIC Text Editor from your app menu:

sudo pacman -S cosmic-edit-git

cosmic-edit-git is in the cachyos repo, the CachyOS project's own package repository, so pacman installs it directly with no AUR helper and no build script. The package is signed with the CachyOS repository key, and pacman checks the signature before it installs.

What should I do after installing COSMIC Text Editor?

  1. Open COSMIC Text Editor from your app menu.
  2. Or run cosmic-edit in a terminal.
  3. Run pacman -Qi cosmic-edit-git to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

How do I update or remove COSMIC Text Editor?

Update:

sudo pacman -Syu

Remove:

sudo pacman -Rns cosmic-edit-git

What is COSMIC Text Editor?

COSMIC Text Editor.

Package description: Text editor for the COSMIC desktop

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    pop-os/cosmic-edit · ★ 351 stars · last commit Oct 29, 2026

    Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

    1. [Feature Request] Setting to open files in existing window as tabsOpen

      Introduce an opt-in setting that allows files to open in the currently active COSMIC Edit window as new tabs instead of spawning a new window. This is especially useful for users running tiling window managers, where automatic new windows can disrupt layouts. The default behavior…

      @KodeBarista · · 9 reactions · 4 comments · View on GitHub

    2. Feature Request: Drop file to openOpen

      I'd like to drag&drop files from my file-explorer cosmic-files to an already open instance of cosmic-edit to open it in a new tab (or switch to that tab, if it's already opened).

      @RafaelKr · · 7 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    3. numeric keypad no writes keysClosed

      If this seems to have solved the issue for cosmic terminal and cosmic files, the issue is still here in COSMIC Text Editor app.

      @Thatoo · · 5 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    4. Support mouse cursor to cursor selectionClosed

      At present, text-editor doesn't support cursor to cursor selection using the mouse. I put cursor somewhere in the text, I press and hold the Shift Key and then put the cursor somewhere else, It should select the texts in between the two cursor positions, but it doesn't! It…

      @atiq-cs · · 3 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    5. clipboard bug in Cosmic EditorOpen

      I upgraded to PopOS 24, and have been fighting a clipboard bug. I finally figured out where it is. It's in Cosmic Editor, and makes it unusable and frustrating. The clipboard keep clearing, and not with other apps. If I am editing a script in CE, then I close the window, and go…

      @MacOSX4ever · · 3 reactions · 3 comments · View on GitHub

    6. Text area focus behaves oddly when border is clickedOpen

      When clicking the window border (to move the window, for example), the text focus behaves oddly. Current behavior 1. Open the text editing application 2. Begin typing in the window 3. Click the window border. 4. Continue typing. No letters will appear. 5. Press ctrl-a. Observe…

      @Donald42 · · 2 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    7. Horizontal scrollbar in Cosmic Edit placed too close to resize border, hard to grabOpen

      App: Cosmic Edit App Version: OS / Pop!OS Version: 24.04 “Cosmic” Window Manager: (Cosmic/Wayland) Details: Turning word wrap OFF causes a horizontal scrollbar to appear for lines longer than window width. The scrollbar is positioned very near the bottom edge of the window, right…

      @jimwitte · · 2 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    8. Icon too dark, looks like it is inactive in the DockOpen

      The COSMIC Edit icon have a grey tone that is significantly darker than other icons, like COSMIC Settings. So if you have then next to each other in the panel, it looks like COSMIC Edit is disabled for some reason. The colors need to be adjusted to better blend in with the other…

      @snaggen · · 2 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    9. Issue: crashes when opening large filesClosed

      Opening large file (txt,csv etc) containing 100,000's or millions of lines causes cosmic-text to crash. Add feature to load the file partially (similar to mousepad) and as user keep on scrolling, pre-load the net chunk of file. In mousepad, when a large file is opened. 1. Loads…

      @centaurusgod · · 2 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    10. hide the scrollbar when it isn't neededOpen

      As you can see from the screenshot, the scrollbar is visible but it isn't really needed because there's no text to scroll in that file, and it look really ugly. I would like to see the scrollbar not appear when you don't have enough text to scroll.

      @Milli189 · · 2 reactions · 7 comments · View on GitHub

    11. Bug: Highlight current line doesn't extend past window width when word wrapping is turned offOpen

      To recreate: Open a file with very long lines, such as this file full of lorem ipsum sample text Make sure View > Highlight current line is active (should be by default) Turn word wrapping off Scroll horizontally to the right. The line highlight only goes to the edge of the…

      @leviport · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    12. Closing the last open tab terminates the entire window when a project is openOpen

      When working inside an open project folder/workspace, closing the final remaining file tab causes the entire application window to close immediately. For users accustomed to modern editors and IDEs (such as VS Code, Kate, or Sublime Text), this behavior is unexpected and…

      @Niwer1525 · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    13. Feature request: macro recording and playbackOpen

      Hi! I'd like to propose adding macro support to COSMIC Edit. Start and stop recording a macro from the Edit menu or with a keyboard shortcut. Replay the last recorded macro with a shortcut, and repeat it N times. Recorded actions include typing, cursor movement, selection,…

      @gersonac · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    14. Feature Request: Quick document formatting (prettify / minify for JSON and XML)Open

      Add quick JSON prettify / minify support (and Markdown document formatting) for scratchpad workflows. A primary use case for a fast, native desktop editor like cosmic-edit is serving as a quick scratchpad (e.g., pasting raw curl output, inspecting API payloads, or reading…

      @Niwer1525 · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    15. [Feature Request] Functionality to change case within selectionOpen

      Would be very useful to have the following case manipulation features: toggle case change all to upper case change all to lower case Expected behaviour would be to operate only on a selection, or the character at the cursor if no text is selected.

      @bitrogue · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    COSMIC Text Editor on CachyOS: questions

    Is COSMIC Text Editor in the official CachyOS repo?

    Yes. The cosmic-edit-git package is in the cachyos repo, version 1.11.0.r0.g4ac1cc8-1, built 2026-10-26. Install it with sudo pacman -S cosmic-edit-git.

    Do I need an AUR helper for COSMIC Text Editor?

    No. It comes from the cachyos repo, so plain pacman installs and updates it, and sudo pacman -Syu keeps it current.

    What is the COSMIC Text Editor command?

    cosmic-edit. The package is called cosmic-edit-git.