Cosmic IDE
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Cosmic IDE, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Cosmic IDE's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Cosmic IDE | Free | Free and open source · GPLv3 |
The facts
Each one read from Cosmic IDE's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Build tools
- The project lists Gradle, Cargo, CMake, Maven, npm, and custom shell-based project workflows.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Code intelligence
- Language Server Protocol integrations provide features such as completion, diagnostics, type inspection, and signature help.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The repository README links to a latest nightly APK download.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editor
- The editor includes multi-tab editing, sticky scroll, a code minimap, inline Find & Replace, bracket completion, and custom fonts.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Git
- The integrated Git interface supports staging, commit history, branch switching, and pushing or pulling from remotes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Language support
- Listed language support includes Java, Kotlin, Scala, Rust, C/C++, Go, Gleam, Python, Lua, HTML, and Markdown.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Local development
- The app lets users write, build, and run applications directly on an Android phone, tablet, or desktop setup.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- The project provides a searchable plugin marketplace and supports installable language, formatter, project-creation, and project-action plugins.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Plugin trust
- The guide says plugin code runs in the application process and should be treated as trusted code.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Cosmic IDE is a desktop-class, general-purpose IDE and Linux development environment built for Android.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security boundary
- The maker says Linux processes run in an app-private glibc compatibility environment with the permissions and resource limits of an Android application, not in a VM, container, or root shell.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker directs users to its Discord community to discuss development, report problems, share projects, and follow progress.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Terminal
- Cosmic IDE includes an interactive Linux terminal with job control and the pacman package manager.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform and architecture
- The user guide says the development build targets Android 8 or newer and its packaged Linux environment and first-party toolchains are built for arm64 devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
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