Reviews of GhostText

List of user reviews and ratings for GhostText

Total ratings

4.78 (Rating count: 32)

Review summary

Users praise GhostText for enhancing text editing workflows by enabling seamless synchronization between browser text fields and external editors like Vim and Emacs. It's regarded as a valuable replacement for older tools and is actively maintained. However, common issues include lack of keyboard shortcut support for activation, some syncing problems that require closing editor tabs to disconnect, occasional glitches like opening duplicate editor windows, and compatibility issues with specific platforms such as JupyterLab. Users also note that official documentation could be more consistent across platforms.
Pros
  • Significantly improves workflows, especially for coding and long text editing.
  • Provides real-time synchronization between browser text areas and external editors like Vim and Emacs.
  • Supports integration with various editors and platforms, including Gmail and GitHub.
  • Acts as a highly appreciated replacement for deprecated similar add-ons (e.g., It's All Text).
  • Maintained actively by the developer, contributing to stable performance.
Cons
  • Lacks support for triggering via keyboard shortcuts, requiring manual activation in many cases.
  • Some connectivity issues, such as inability to fully stop syncing without closing external editor tabs.
  • Occasional glitches like spawning multiple editor windows, where only one is functional.
  • Compatibility problems reported with certain environments (e.g., Firefox 80 beta, JupyterLab).
  • Inconsistent feature documentation between Firefox add-on page and GitHub README.
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 4.90
All time rating average: 4.78
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 5 star
81% (26) 4 star
16% (5) 3 star
3% (1) 2 star
0% 1 star
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Date Author Rating Comment
2025-06-06 dr*****
2024-08-09 Fi*****
2024-01-24 Fi*****
2023-11-01 pl*****
2023-08-19 Ma***** Works well. But I wish it supported Tampermonkey.
2023-05-17 Fi***** Absolutely changed my workflows for the better! And Fregante is a tireless maintainer. Thank you!
2023-01-17 Fi*****
2022-11-17 An*****
2022-10-27 Br*****
2021-11-25 mo*****
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