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Micro is MIT licensed, so it should be shippable in NetBSD base. https://github.com/micro-editor/MICRO

comment by passthejoe · 2026-10-29 · in NetBSD adds a new text editor called atto

A comparison with editors like micro https://github.com/micro-editor/micro or fresh https://github.com/sinelaw/fresh (discussed in the comments) would make more sense than one with vim and emacs. The shortcuts are CUA based. And to me…

comment by az09mugen · 2026-09-11 · in Txt: A fast, keyboard-driven terminal text editor for engineers

Since https://github.com/micro-editor/MICRO exists for some years now, a comparison would be welcome.

comment by WesolyKubeczek · 2026-09-11 · in Txt: A fast, keyboard-driven terminal text editor for engineers

…the ctrl q convention which troubled me in ghostty but what I did was "ctrl > " write quit enter https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/blob/master/runtime/he...

comment by Imustaskforhelp · 2026-02-12 · in Claude Code is being dumbed down?

…wanna type N to quit without saving. I feel like thats the opposite behavior. For example, I use https://github.com/zyedidia/micro as my main editor in terminal, where it says `Save changes to filename before closing? (y,n,esc)”` when you…

comment by user- · 2025-12-04 · in Show HN: Fresh – A new terminal editor built in Rust

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story by pykello · 2025-10-14 · 0 comments

…If you want a TUI text editor with CTRL-C/V and mouse support, I'd recommend looking at micro: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by seabrookmx · 2025-06-18 · in Using Microsoft's New CLI Text Editor on Ubuntu

Or Micro[0] [0]: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by bpshaver · 2025-05-19 · in Edit is now open source

…terminal with the minimal editor "micro". https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by vunderba · 2024-08-31 · in Show HN: A retro terminal text editor for GNU/Linux coded in C (C-edit)

Micro text editor https://github.com/zyedidia/micro MS Paint

comment by overengineer · 2024-04-22 · in Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

…of the box, most keybinds are the same as in GUI editors and copy/paste works like expected. [1] https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by Aaronmacaron · 2024-01-16 · in Modeless Vim

…[3]: https://github.com/laurent22/massren [4]: https://github.com/xxxserxxx/gotop [5]: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by ziotom78 · 2024-01-05 · in Go: What we got right, what we got wrong

…its asymptotic performance. Practical considerations are equally important (arguably more so). [1] https://github.com/zyedidia/micro [2] https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/internal/buffe... [3]…

comment by p-e-w · 2023-12-27 · in Text Editor: Data Structures

…world $700/year for a code signing certificate. [0] https://docs.chef.io/chef_install_script/ [1] https://github.com/zyedidia/micro#quick-install-script

comment by gary_0 · 2023-10-29 · in The Windows installer of ImageMagick will no longer be signed

I think micro is like that https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by urtrs · 2023-09-22 · in Show HN: Tome, aka Tom's Editor – a new command-line text editor

…software asking user to run sudo on something downloaded from the internet? Does it do this? From https://github.com/zyedidia/micro#quick-install-script Quick-install script curl https://getmic.ro | bash The script will place the micro…

comment by Karellen · 2023-08-18 · in micro – A Modern Alternative to nano

…nothing about micro, is there a reason why development has slowed down over the last 1-2 years? https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tags

comment by alberth · 2023-08-18 · in micro – A Modern Alternative to nano

You could disable it (Ctrl+E, 'set autoindent off') https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/runtime/help/o... But even when enabled (like I have) it should indently correctly when pasting entire blocks. If you'd like to share your…

comment by Yasuraka · 2023-08-18 · in micro – A Modern Alternative to nano

…seems more intuitive in vim. And with visual block I don't miss Sublime style cursors at all. 0: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/runtime/help/k...

comment by acumenical · 2023-08-18 · in micro – A Modern Alternative to nano

Why not micro? It's MIT-licensed [1] and easier to use straight off the bat. [1] https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/LICENSE

comment by naruhodo · 2023-04-30 · in Please release nano under less restrictive license so we can use it

…https://akelpad.sourceforge.net/en/download.php 7. https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/releases 8. https://github.com/zyedidia/micro 9. https://github.com/fox0430/moe/releases

comment by ZoomZoomZoom · 2022-10-13 · in Ask HN: Can you recommend me a fast, light text editor for Windows?

…be a struggle to use without learning some set of navigation/editing. Without having used it, micro https://github.com/zyedidia/micro seems like it's a nano alternative to take a look at, too.

comment by rgoulter · 2022-08-14 · in Zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included

…nano and vi, they've got highly accessible tools like VSCode.. or on the command line, even micro https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by rgoulter · 2022-08-06 · in Nix: Taming Unix with Functional Programming

Check out micro which is supposed to be a modern nano. https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by bvoq · 2022-07-19 · in Ask HN: Is there other software similar to Vim and Emacs?

https://github.com/zyedidia/micro With the disclaimer that I haven't tried it.. this tool aims at being a successor to nano.

comment by rgoulter · 2021-11-26 · in Batteries included with Emacs (2020)

…is that "curl https://getmic.ro | bash" often gets a hostile reaction here on HN whereas "wget https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases/download/v2.0.10/... && dpkg -i micro-2.0.10-amd64.deb" does not.

comment by Meekro · 2021-11-06 · in Micro – a modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

…function, it really needs an LSP client implementation. But this seems to not be happening so far: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/1138 Micro has some features in each bucket (simplicity, ease of usage vs. IDE-like features) but…

comment by kirillbobyrev · 2021-11-06 · in Micro – a modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

…GitHub, where you can also find their issue tracker, if you really want to reach the maintainers: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues

comment by capableweb · 2021-11-06 · in Micro – a modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

…single binary with excellent out of the box features. Mouse mode, syntax highlighting, tabs etc [1] https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by budafish · 2021-08-13 · in GNU nano is my editor of choice

…which I was surprised by. It's a tidy piece of software, usually install it to replace nano. [0] https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by sk0g · 2021-06-08 · in CodePerfect 95 – A fast IDE for Go

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story by ibraheemdev · 2021-02-09 · 0 comments

Isn't there [another editor]( https://github.com/zyedidia/micro ) written in golang called 'micro'?

comment by rpmuller · 2021-01-25 · in Show HN: Micro – A platform for cloud native development in Go

…you the best luck with this. But for beginners, I now recommend micro as a console text editor ( https://github.com/zyedidia/micro ). It's a one line install with all the shortcuts and display that have become a standard across editors.

comment by xalava · 2021-01-20 · in Show HN: I built an online interactive course that helps you learn Vim faster

…written in Nim, called moe[2]. Are there other editors out there that are worth trying out? [1] https://github.com/zyedidia/micro [2] https://github.com/fox0430/moe/

comment by heavyset_go · 2020-09-25 · in Toward a “modern” Emacs

Have a look at https://github.com/zyedidia/micro , which has those keybindings by default. Mouse support too. Completely eliminated the text editing learning curve for me, and years later, I still use it happily. Edit: Oh, I see it's been…

comment by JoshuaRLi · 2020-07-31 · in Nano 5.0

Try micro as well https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by quaintdev · 2020-07-30 · in Nano 5.0

They should just bundle https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by mariusmg · 2020-07-13 · in Fedora Approves of Making Nano the Default Terminal Text Editor

It doesn't look like it, but there is an issues asking for it: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/1138

comment by _-david-_ · 2020-05-28 · in Micro: Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

…keybindings and modal editing, it's not going to replace vim (there is an issue for that though https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/643 )

comment by thayne · 2020-05-28 · in Micro: Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

No need to compile it yourself, for most common platforms you can download static binaries: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases/tag/v2.0.4

comment by em500 · 2020-05-28 · in Micro: Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

…or just a simple terminal text editor with modern nice mouse support, might be worth a try! 0: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by agustif · 2020-05-26 · in Exiting VIM is hard; sometimes we need to take drastic measures

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story by jsyedidia · 2020-02-11 · 0 comments

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Micro, a terminal-based text editor (somewhat of a successor to the nano)

story by pedrolucasp · 2019-11-11 · 0 comments

Do you know about micro? https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by jhasse · 2018-11-22 · in Amp – A complete text editor for the terminal

Micro is nice too https://github.com/zyedidia/micro (been using it daily for a few months now).

comment by mariusmg · 2018-11-22 · in Amp – A complete text editor for the terminal

Try micro: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro Plugins are written in Lua.

comment by jhasse · 2018-07-13 · in TerminalView – A terminal inside Sublime Text 3

…This sounds like the micro text editor. I've committed a few features to it and use it daily: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro You might be interested in checking it out.

comment by jncraton · 2017-09-13 · in Sublime Text 3.0

…support. It has replaced nano and vim for basics on almost all my devices and work machines. https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

comment by invalid_ · 2017-08-23 · in Oni: An IDE powered by Neovim

…slick but it desperately needs multi cursor support and sadly there has been no progress on that - https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/5

comment by type0 · 2017-05-29 · in Slap – A Sublime-like terminal-based text editor

Most apps written in Go do, example: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases It's because Go doesn't use gcc or LLVM for linking - it has its own built in linker that doesn't depend on the host system, so cross-compiling is totally…

comment by IshKebab · 2017-01-22 · in Gitea – A painless self-hosted Git service