micro – modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

micro is a terminal-based open source text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals.

micro aims to be somewhat of a successor to the nano editor.

It comes as one single, batteries-included, static binary with no dependencies. The editor is written in the Go programming language.

Features include:

• Multiple cursors including support for Sublime-style multiple cursors.
• Common keybindings which can be rebound to users’ preferences.
• Support for binding raw escape sequence.
• Splits and tabs.
• Nano-like menu for showing the keybindings.
• Full mouse support. Click and drag to select text, double click to select by word, and triple click to select by line.
• Plugin system (plugins are written in Lua):
  • Micro has a built-in plugin manager to automatically install, remove, and update all your plugins.
• Persistent undo.
• Automatic linting and error notifications.
• Syntax highlighting (for over 90 languages).
• Color scheme support:
  • By default, micro comes with 16, 256, and true color themes.
• True color support (enabled by setting the MICRO_TRUECOLOR env variable to 1).
• Snippets.
• Copy and paste with the system clipboard.
• Small and simple.
• Easily configurable.
• Macros.
• Common editor things such as undo/redo, line numbers, Unicode support, softwrap, and more.
• Run an interactive shell from within the text editor. Supported on MacOS, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Dragonfly.
• Cross platform support.

Website: micro-editor.github.io
Support: Tutorial, GitHub code repository, Gitter
Developer: Zachary Yedidia and many contributors
License: MIT license

micro is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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