Light Table (software)
Text editor and IDE
title: "Light Table (software)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["formerly-proprietary-software", "free-integrated-development-environments", "free-integrated-development-environments-for-python", "free-text-editors", "html-editors", "linux-text-editors", "macos-text-editors", "software-using-the-mit-license", "unix-text-editors", "windows-text-editors"] description: "Text editor and IDE" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Table_(software)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Text editor and IDE ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Light Table |
| logo | Light Table logo.png |
| logo_upright | |
| screenshot | |
| author | Chris Granger |
| Robert Attorri | |
| developer | Kodowa |
| released | |
| discontinued | yes |
| latest release version | |
| latest release date | |
| latest preview date | |
| programming language | ClojureScript |
| genre | Integrated development environment |
| license | 2014: MIT |
| 2014: GPL-3.0-only | |
| 2012: Proprietary | |
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| name = Light Table | title = | logo = Light Table logo.png | logo caption = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | screenshot = | caption = | screenshot_size = | screenshot_alt = | collapsible = | author = Chris Granger Robert Attorri | developer = Kodowa | released = | discontinued = yes | latest release version = | latest release date = | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | programming language = ClojureScript | operating system = | platform = | size = | language = | language count = | language footnote = | genre = Integrated development environment | license = 2014: MIT 2014: GPL-3.0-only 2012: Proprietary | alexa = | standard = | AsOf = Light Table is an integrated development environment for software engineering developed by Chris Granger and Robert Attorri. It features real-time feedback allowing instant execution, debugging and access to documentation. The instant feedback provides an execution environment intended to help developing abstractions.
The development team attempted to create a program which shows the programmer what the effects of their additions are in real-time, rather than requiring them to work out the effects as they write the code. Though the program began by supporting only Clojure, it has since aimed to support Python and JavaScript. The developers claim that the software can reduce programming time by up to 20%.
It was financed by a Kickstarter fundraising campaign and subsequently backed by Y Combinator. The Kickstarter campaign aimed to raise $200,000 USD and finished with $316,720 USD.
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References
References
- (12 April 2012). "Light Table - a new IDE concept".
- (21 January 2016). "Release 0.8.1".
- (21 January 2016). "ANN: Light Table version 0.8.1 released".
- Chris Granger. (24 Jan 2013). "The IDE as a value".
- "LightTable - License". Chris Granger.
- Craig Grannell. (8 November 2012). "Light Table: a better way to write code". [[net (magazine).
- Lynley, Matt. (August 28, 2012). "Meet Light Table: A Startup That Will Literally Change The Way App Development Works". Business Insider.
- Finley, Klint. (January 20, 2014). "Out in the Open: These Hackers Want to Give You Coding Superpowers".
- Ha, Anthony. (August 21, 2012). "Y Combinator S12 Demo Day Batch 4: Meet Vayable, Light Table, viaCycle, and Others". Tech Crunch.
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