microsoft/edit

Edit

A simple editor for simple needs.

This editor pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, but with a modern interface and input controls similar to VS Code. The goal is to provide an accessible editor that even users largely unfamiliar with terminals can easily use.

Installation

You can also download binaries from our Releases page.

Windows

You can install the latest version with WinGet:

winget install Microsoft.Edit

Linux (build from source)

If your distribution does not provide binaries, or if you'd like to build your own, you can use our install script, provided you have installed:

• Rust (via rustup or similar)
• A C compiler (e.g. gcc)
• ICU (e.g. libicu78, libicu, icu)
• curl/wget and tar

The following command will then install msedit into ~/.local/bin:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/edit/main/assets/install.sh | sh

Additional flags are --dev, to build directly from the main branch, and --system to install into /usr/local/bin. For instance:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/edit/main/assets/install.sh | sh -s -- --dev --system

macOS

You can install the latest version with Homebrew:

brew install msedit