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.

Warning

1. Package Control 3.4.1 is installed up to ST4200, which may fail loading on some modern OSs if required OpenSSL 1.1.1 libraries are missing.

   If that happens, please follow the manual install steps.

2. Run Package Control: Upgrade/Overwrite All or restart Sublime Text to update to Package Control 4.

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')

Note

Package Control.sublime-package is exactly the same as if it were downloaded by the installer.

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

1. Make sure latest version of Package Control is installed

   • open Command Palette
   • run Package Control: List Packages command
   • search Package Control

2. Look at Sublime Text Console (ctrl+`) to see if any python errors are listed

3. Review the list of open GitHub issues to see if the problem has already been reported

4. Please do not comment on a closed issue, but feel free to reference it from a new one

To provide the info necessary to help solve the issue, please generate a debug log. To do this:

1. Open Preferences > Package Settings > Package Control > Settings – User
2. Add "debug": true to enable the debug log
3. Restart Sublime Text
4. Perform the command or operation you are having trouble with
5. Copy the full contents of the Sublime Text Console
6. Comment on an existing open issue, or create a new one

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.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.