#Textastic
Textastic (@Textastic): syntax highlighting text editor for iPad. http://bit.ly/9cDXhF If only we could compile LaTeX on the iPad!
Textastic - Text, Code, and Markup Editor with Syntax Hig...
Textastic is a text, code, and markup editor for iPad and...
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December 4, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Lately, I've been reading a lot about very long app review times.

Fortunately, the latest update to @textastic (iOS) went through much faster: it was approved yesterday after just about 7 hours.

#iosdev
August 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
@textastic Is there any chance you are investigating adding a Copilot plugin or something similar? Or, even better, a way to use remote language servers with Textastic? I love it — but miss the language servers support I enjoy in BBEdit/VSCode/Zed…
January 13, 2026 at 12:27 AM
webのエディター難民してて色々漁ってる.
iPadとmac共通で同じアプリ使うのもありかもしれない…live previewとクラウド同期とsshあるしとりあえず選択肢のひとつ

www.textasticapp.com
Textastic - Text, Code, and Markup Editor with Syntax Highlighting - FTP, SFTP, SSH, Dropbox, WebDAV - for iPad
Textastic is a text, code, and markup editor for iPad and iPhone with support for syntax highlighting, FTP, SFTP, Dropbox, and WebDAV.
www.textasticapp.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I usually use VS Code on Mac and Textastic or iVim (or iA Writer) on iOS. I usually need some partial parser for some reason, to create some lightweight data format for personal use
November 18, 2024 at 6:48 AM
I mean you'd need a way to get to where the files are from your ipad... people do webdev on ipads but the good tools cost money. Textastic to do text editing, either Blink Shell or Secure Shellfish for file transfer over sftp
June 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I’m a very shitty at any form of development, but I have to say I’m having fun trying on the iPad with textastic, working copy, a GitHub pages.

I guess this is basically “designing ln the browser” since there instead any design tool involved
May 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I have had reports of battery drain when using ShellFish in combination with Textastic for a few weeks and finally managed to recreate the issue on a test device today.

A fix will be rolling out very soon.
December 18, 2024 at 11:17 PM
I keep all my blog posts in an iCloud folder. Doesn't really matter which one. Then when I'm mobile I can edit in Textastic, Kodex, Drafts, etc. And it's synced when I get back to my Mac. But, I don't use Mars Edit and I don't publish when I'm out and about.
January 6, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Hopefully, Apple makes some changes eventually because Textastic and GoCoEdit’s file browsers seem to hate it when I browse remote sources via Tailscale, and I’d rather use Runestone for everything anyway.

Thank you for all of your apps - I just realized I’m only missing two to complete the set!
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ever wondered what's inside a Package App in #SwiftPlaygrounds? Let's explore the structure with #Textastic, what properties we have available, add new modules, and we will ask ourselves: can we do #UnitTesting in our Swift Playgrounds projects? 💭✨

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7f3...
Estructura de Package App en Swift Playgrounds
Crear apps desde nuestro iPad con Swift Playgrounds es bastante sencillo. ¿Pero qué es lo que sucede cuando creamos una nueva app? Vamos a ver juntos cómo es...
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December 14, 2023 at 3:19 PM
If you want to #localize your app in #SwiftPlaygrounds, here’s my last video with an update in the Asset for Playground app. We are going to add 6 languages to our app using #Textastic (our hero!), and we are going to finish adding a custom #symbol. 🗣️📱

youtu.be/w2F5xOYI__k
Localizando Aplicaciones en Swift Playgrounds
Si alguna vez quisiste que tus apps de Swift Playgrounds esté preparada para ser usada en diferentes idiomas, este video es para ti. Vamos a ver cómo traduci...
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December 21, 2023 at 7:43 AM
... This summer, I got a good deal on a m3-based iPad Air and I have been working on building a workflow using Textastic, a VPN, and a VPS (sitting in a data center). I want to plug this Mac Mini into that and see what I can do.
August 30, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I like Textastic on the iPad and I want to find something like that for on Android. Does anyone have a suggestion?

#Coding #CodeEditors #android #textastic
August 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I’m testing out a new blogging setup on my iPhone using @WorkingCopy and @textastic. And I’m dictating this post using Siri, so in a sense nothing I’m doing right now has anything to do with my writing workflow on my iPad or Mac. 🎤

I contemplate how the type of post I would dictate, rather […]
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December 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Absolute Empfehlung, wer einen Editor (ob nun „normaler“ Text oder Quellcode) auf IOS-Geräten brauchen kann. Gibt auch ne Mac-Version, aber die hat es bei mir noch nicht geschafft, BBEdit abzulösen www.iphone-ticker.de/textastic-10... #editor #ios #textastic
Textastic 10: Text- und Code-Editor für Mobilgeräte komplett überarbeitet
Der Text- und Code-Editor Textastic präsentiert sich mit einer komplett überarbeiteten Benutzeroberfläche, einer optimierten Swift-Unterstützung und zahlreichen weiteren Verbesserungen in Version ...
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November 2, 2023 at 3:40 PM
More strange "Desktop" downloads of Textastic for iOS: 1360 from Italy, then 688 from Russia – all spread out over several hours.

The previous downloads from Brazil and Mexiko have stopped.

What is going on?

All these downloads don't influence the app's […]

[Original post on social.blach.io]
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Something weird is going on with downloads of Textastic for iOS right now:

Looking at the last 24 hour downloads in App Store Connect, I'm getting a lot of "Desktop" (not iPhone or iPad) downloads from specific countries for hours on end.

First, 1050 […]

[Original post on social.blach.io]
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Since I needed to recreate all App Store screenshots for Textastic in new resolutions, I used @Sketch for the first time. Previously, I used Affinity Designer.

With Sketch, I created a screenshot template using frame symbols with title and image placeholders. Then I could easily generate all […]
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October 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Textastic 10.8, fully updated for Liquid Glass, is finished. Now for the worst part: updating all the screenshots.
October 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
@pasi nice! How did you implement it? I was also considering adding a hex view to Textastic to view (or even edit) binary files.
August 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM