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# CodeMirror 5
**NOTE:** [CodeMirror 6](https://codemirror.net/) exists, and is more mobile-friendly, more accessible, better designed, and much more actively maintained.
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CodeMirror is a versatile text editor implemented in JavaScript forthe browser. It is specialized for editing code, and comes with over100 language modes and various addons that implement more advancedediting functionality. Every language comes with fully-featured codeand syntax highlighting to help with reading and editing complex code.
A rich programming API and a CSS theming system are available forcustomizing CodeMirror to fit your application, and extending it withnew functionality.
You can find more information (and the[manual](https://codemirror.net/5/doc/manual.html)) on the [projectpage](https://codemirror.net/5/). For questions and discussion, use the[discussion forum](https://discuss.codemirror.net/).
See[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/codemirror/CodeMirror/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)for contributing guidelines.
The CodeMirror community aims to be welcoming to everybody. We use the[Contributor Covenant(1.1)](http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/1/0/) as our code ofconduct.
### Installation
Either get the [zip file](https://codemirror.net/5/codemirror.zip) withthe latest version, or make sure you have [Node](https://nodejs.org/)installed and run:
npm install codemirror@5
**NOTE**: This is the source repository for the library, and not thedistribution channel. Cloning it is not the recommended way to installthe library, and will in fact not work unless you also run the buildstep.
### Quickstart
To build the project, make sure you have Node.js installed (at least version 6)and then `npm install`. To run, just open `index.html` in yourbrowser (you don't need to run a webserver). Run the tests with `npm test`.
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