Package Control

The Sublime Text package manager. It allows users to find, install, and keep packages up to date.

Installation

Sublime Text Installer Tool

The easiest way to install is ...

1. Open Command Palette using Ctrl+Shift+P or use menu item Tools → Command Palette....
2. Choose Install Package Control.
3. Hit Enter.

Manual Install

1. Open Sublime Text's console.

2. Paste and run the following script:

   from urllib.request import urlretrieve; urlretrieve(url="https://download.sublimetext.com/Package%20Control.sublime-package", filename=sublime.installed_packages_path() + '/Package Control.sublime-package')
   

Usage

All primary features are exposed through the Command Palette.

To install a package:

1. Open Command Palette using Ctrl+Shift+P or menu item Tools → Command Palette....
2. Choose Package Control: Install Package.
3. Select a package from the list and hit Enter.

For more features, see:

• https://packagecontrol.io/docs/usage
• https://docs.sublimetext.io/guide/package-control/usage

Documentation

Original documentation can be found at https://packagecontrol.io/docs or community driven documentation at https://docs.sublimetext.io.

Bug Reports

If you find a bug with Package Control, please follow the directions at https://packagecontrol.io/docs/issues to submit an issue.

License

Package Control is licensed under the MIT license.

Copyright (c) 2011-2025 Will Bond <will@wbond.net>
Copyright (c) 2026 Sublime HQ Pty Ltd, Woollahra, Sydney.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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