What Sublime Text does
Sublime Text is Sublime HQ's proprietary code and text editor for Windows x64, universal Intel/Apple-silicon macOS, and x64 or ARM64 Linux. Its documented editing tools include Goto Anything, project symbol navigation, multiple selections, split layouts, syntax definitions, the command palette, configurable settings and key bindings, plugins, and build-system integration. Performance and maximum practical file size depend on the file, syntax, plugins, settings, storage, and available memory; this page does not claim the editor is faster than another product.
This record pins stable Sublime Text 4 Build 4200. The publisher exposes a Windows x64 installer and ZIP, a universal Mac ZIP, and x64 or ARM64 Linux packages. There is no publisher-listed Windows ARM64 build. The Windows ZIP and generic Linux archives avoid a package installer, but application data such as settings, sessions, caches, and third-party packages normally persists in user-specific directories unless a deployment deliberately relocates it.
Sublime Text may be evaluated without an enforced time limit, but the publisher states that a license is required for continued use. Personal licenses include a defined update-eligibility period and then remain valid for covered builds; business licensing follows separate subscription terms. Confirm which users, devices, and releases a license covers rather than interpreting an unrestricted evaluation as freeware. Core local editing does not require a service account, while update checks and package discovery or retrieval need connectivity.
Package Control is installed separately and manages packages that can include Python code executed by the editor. Those packages have separate maintainers, permissions, licenses, update paths, compatibility, telemetry, and supply-chain risk; their features are not treated as built into Sublime Text. Safe Mode disables user customizations and third-party packages for diagnosis, but it is not a malware scanner. Build systems invoke external compilers, interpreters, linters, or test tools that must be installed, licensed, configured, and trusted separately.
The official download page lists the versioned artifacts, but it does not publish SHA-256 values for the Windows or macOS files. Sublime's APT and RPM repository metadata exposes the selected Linux digests recorded below, and Linux packages have publisher signature paths or repository signing. Because a publisher package can be re-signed under the same build path, the Build 4200 URLs are version-pinned but should not all be described as byte-immutable. This audit did not run the files or validate signatures; Windows and macOS verification remains a manual signer and provenance check.