1 # CodeMirror
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6
7 CodeMirror is a versatile text editor implemented in JavaScript for
8 the browser. It is specialized for editing code, and comes with over
9 100 language modes and various addons that implement more advanced
10 editing functionality.
11
12 A rich programming API and a CSS theming system are available for
13 customizing CodeMirror to fit your application, and extending it with
14 new functionality.
15
16 You can find more information (and the
17 [manual](http://codemirror.net/doc/manual.html)) on the [project
18 page](http://codemirror.net). For questions and discussion, use the
19 [discussion forum](https://discuss.codemirror.net/).
20
21 See
22 [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/codemirror/CodeMirror/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
23 for contributing guidelines.
24
25 The CodeMirror community aims to be welcoming to everybody. We use the
26 [Contributor Covenant
27 (1.1)](http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/1/0/) as our code of
28 conduct.
29
30 ### Quickstart
31
32 To build the project, make sure you have Node.js installed (at least version 6)
33 and then `npm install`. To run, just open `index.html` in your
34 browser (you don't need to run a webserver). Run the tests with `npm test`.
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