Sublime Self Patcher

This is a Sublime Text 4 plugin which can patch Sublime Text and Sublime Merge.

🔥 No third-party dependency is required. The only thing you need is Sublime Text.

Supported Environments

Sign	Meaning
✅	Supported.
⚠️	Unstable patch patterns. You may have to update this plugin frequently.
☠️	Sorry but I don't use it.

	Linux x64	Windows x32	Windows x64	Others
Sublime Text	✅	✅	✅	☠️
Sublime Merge	✅⚠️		✅	☠️

If you are on Windows 7, then Service Pack 2 is required.

Download

https://github.com/n6333373/sublime-self-patcher/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Installation

First, you have to find out the Packages directory.

• If you are using a portable version of Sublime Text, it is Data/Packages.
• If you are using an installed version of Sublime Text,
  • On Windows, it is %appdata%\Sublime Text\Packages.
  • On Linux, it is $HOME/.config/sublime_text/Packages.

Now, (decompress if necessary) put the downloaded directory into the Packages directory so that the directory structure looks like the following:

Packages/
└── SelfPatcher/
    ├── boot.py
    ├── ...

And then restart Sublime Text if it's running.

Usage

Patch Self (The Current Sublime Text)

• If you are using a unregistered dev build, this plugin should show a popup for patching when starting.
• If you are using a stable build, you can patch from the menu: Help ⇒ Patch This Application

Patch External Sublime Text/Merge

If your application is installed in a place which requires admin/root permission to write, you can use this plugin to create a patched executable in a temporarily directory.

Click the menu: Help ⇒ Patch External Sublime Text/Merge and then select the executable of Sublime Text/Merge.

Q&A

How to Disable Sublime Text/Merge Auto Update?

This plugin usually just continues to work for future versions of Sublime Text/Merge. But if you want to disable the application auto update, you can set the following settings:

{
    "update_check": false, // this works only if you have registered
}

This Plugin is Suspicious

I don't think I do anything malicious, but you don't have to trust me. You can

• Do patching in a virtual machine and take the patched executable out.
• Do it by yourself. See https://gist.github.com/maboloshi/feaa63c35f4c2baab24c9aaf9b3f4e47