Pluma
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Pluma, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Pluma's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No pricing or usage limits stated |
The facts
Each one read from Pluma's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Build requirements
- The project README lists GTK+ 3.22 or later and GtkSourceView 4.0.2 or later as requirements.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Desktop environment
- Pluma is the official text editor of the MATE desktop environment, which provides a traditional desktop experience for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The MATE site lists Pluma among MATE applications and says MATE is available through official repositories for many Linux distributions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Distribution availability
- MATE is available from the official repositories of listed Linux distributions including Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, and Arch Linux.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The MATE wiki says there is currently no user documentation for Pluma.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Documentation limit
- The Pluma wiki page says there is currently no user documentation for Pluma.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editing features
- Pluma supports UTF-8 text, syntax highlighting, remote file editing, search and replace, printing with preview, and file revert.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editor features
- Its core features include source-code syntax highlighting, auto indentation, and printing with print preview.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Extension support
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- License
- Pluma is released under the GNU General Public License version 2.checked 12 Oct 2026
- MATE integration
- Pluma integrates with Caja drag and drop, the MATE help system, MATE Virtual File System, and MATE print framework.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Multiple documents
- Its multiple document interface lets users edit more than one document at the same time.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Plugin examples
- Additional plugins include bracket completion, code commenting, an embedded terminal, word completion, and a source-code browser.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- Pluma has a configurable plugin system, with packaged plugins including spell checker, file browser, sort, insert date/time, and tag list.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project authorship
- The MATE site credits its contents to The MATE Team.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Pluma is a graphical text editor for creating and editing text files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recent release notes
- The MATE 1.28 release notes say Pluma fixed some memory leaks and double activation of extensions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Regular expressions
- Its find-and-replace feature supports regular expressions implemented using the PCRE library.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search
- Find and replace supports regular expressions through the PCRE library.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs bug reports to its GitHub issue tracker and asks reporters to create an account.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Text encoding
- Pluma supports international text using Unicode UTF-8 encoding in edited files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Unix-like systems
- The MATE site also lists FreeBSD, GhostBSD, OpenIndiana, and OS108 as options for users who prefer UNIX.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2011checked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Linuxchecked 22 Sep 2026
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