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Dev tools · September 13, 2017

Sublime Text 3.0

The long awaited version 3 of the popular code editor

Sublime Text 3.0 launched on September 13, 2017 with 1,273 votes, #2 of 3,073 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

In plain words

Sublime Text 3.0 is a code editor featuring a refreshed user interface, new color schemes, and updated icon. It includes improved syntax highlighting, touch input support on Windows, Touch Bar integration on macOS, and package manager repositories for Linux. The software runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, serving developers who need a modern text editor with enhanced visual and input capabilities.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Sublime Text 3.0 brings a refreshed UI theme, new color schemes, and a new icon. Some of the other highlights are big syntax highlighting improvements, touch input support on Windows, Touch Bar support on macOS, and apt/yum/pacman repositories for Linux.

Sublime Text 4 has been released, and contains significant improvements over this version. Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use. There is currently no enforced time limit for the evaluation. For notification about new releases, follow @sublimehq onfrom sublimetext.com

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