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Port details on branch 2026Q1
ghostwriter Distraction-free Markdown editor
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Maintainer: kde@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-01-20 12:57:13
Last Update: 2026-01-20 12:50:34
Commit Hash: 7cec919
Also Listed In: kde kde-applications
License: GPLv3+
WWW:
https://ghostwriter.kde.org/
Description:
Ghostwriter is a text editor for Markdown. It provides a relaxing, distraction-free writing environment, whether your masterpiece is that next blog post, your school paper, or your NaNoWriMo novel. Create your own custom themes, write in fullscreen mode, or use focus mode to concentrate on just one or more lines. A live HTML preview allows you to view the final formatting as you type.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/ghostwriter-25.12.1/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/ghostwriter-25.12.1/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/ghostwriter-25.12.1/GPLv3+
  4. bin/ghostwriter
  5. share/applications/org.kde.ghostwriter.desktop
  6. share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/ghostwriter.png
  7. share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/ghostwriter.png
  8. share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/ghostwriter.png
  9. share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/ghostwriter.png
  10. share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/ghostwriter.png
  11. share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/ghostwriter.png
  12. share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/ghostwriter.svg
  13. share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  14. share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  15. share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  16. share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  17. share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  18. share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  19. share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  20. share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  21. share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  22. share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  23. share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  24. share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  25. share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  26. share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  27. share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  28. share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  29. share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  30. share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  31. share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  32. share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  33. share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  34. share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  35. share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  36. share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  37. share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  38. share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  39. share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  40. share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  41. share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  42. share/locale/sa/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  43. share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  44. share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  45. share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  46. share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  47. share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  48. share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  49. share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/ghostwriter_qt.qm
  50. share/man/ca/man1/ghostwriter.1.gz
  51. share/man/es/man1/ghostwriter.1.gz
  52. share/man/it/man1/ghostwriter.1.gz
  53. share/man/man1/ghostwriter.1.gz
  54. share/man/nl/man1/ghostwriter.1.gz
  55. share/man/pt_BR/man1/ghostwriter.1.gz
  56. share/man/ru/man1/ghostwriter.1.gz
  57. share/man/sl/man1/ghostwriter.1.gz
  58. share/man/sv/man1/ghostwriter.1.gz
  59. share/man/uk/man1/ghostwriter.1.gz
  60. share/metainfo/org.kde.ghostwriter.metainfo.xml
  61. @owner
  62. @group
  63. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • ghostwriter>0:editors/ghostwriter
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/editors/ghostwriter/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install editors/ghostwriter
  • pkg install ghostwriter
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: ghostwriter
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1768327746 SHA256 (KDE/release-service/25.12.1/ghostwriter-25.12.1.tar.xz) = dc8b24cd488dbbc7ed3c2d7ecc37ab475e69ac0d65c4cfdd833a29f41799792c SIZE (KDE/release-service/25.12.1/ghostwriter-25.12.1.tar.xz) = 2735608

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
ghostwriter
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FreeBSD:14:quarterly25.12.125.12.1-25.08.025.12.1---
FreeBSD:15:latest25.12.125.12.1n/a-n/an/a--
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FreeBSD:16:latest--n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  2. ninja : devel/ninja
  3. update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
  4. meinproc6 : devel/kf6-kdoctools
  5. ECMConfig.cmake : devel/kf6-extra-cmake-modules
  6. lupdate : devel/qt6-tools
Runtime dependencies:
  1. update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
Library dependencies:
  1. libKF6ConfigWidgets.so : x11-toolkits/kf6-kconfigwidgets
  2. libKF6CoreAddons.so : devel/kf6-kcoreaddons
  3. libKF6SonnetCore.so : textproc/kf6-sonnet
  4. libKF6WidgetsAddons.so : x11-toolkits/kf6-kwidgetsaddons
  5. libKF6XmlGui.so : x11-toolkits/kf6-kxmlgui
  6. libQt6Core.so : devel/qt6-base
  7. libQt6Svg.so : graphics/qt6-svg
  8. libQt6WebChannel.so : www/qt6-webchannel
  9. libQt6WebEngineCore.so : www/qt6-webengine
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
editors_ghostwriter
USES:
cmake compiler:c++20-lang desktop-file-utils kde:6 qt:6 tar:xz
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://download.kde.org/stable/release-service/25.12.1/src/
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Number of commits found: 1

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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25.12.1
20 Jan 2026 12:50:34
commit hash: 7cec9191adee43e618a70a02ae26e2068ae3538ecommit hash: 7cec9191adee43e618a70a02ae26e2068ae3538ecommit hash: 7cec9191adee43e618a70a02ae26e2068ae3538ecommit hash: 7cec9191adee43e618a70a02ae26e2068ae3538e files touched by this commit
Max Brazhnikov (makc) search for other commits by this committer
KDE: Update KDE Gear to 25.12.1

Announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.12.1/

Ports changes:

multimedia/kamoso:
 - Drop unused dependency

net/mailcommon:
 - Override KDE_APPLICATIONS_SHLIB_VER

(cherry picked from commit 58fb71838ff17f26ee3884484e9e008221e2bf10)

Number of commits found: 1