Archive · 20 May 2025
Microsoft Launches Open-Source Edit Text Editor for Windows
Microsoft has created a new text editor called Edit that works from the command line, like the old MS-DOS editor.
It's open source, meaning anyone can use and modify it.
The goal was to make a simple, easy-to-use editor for Windows.
Edit is designed to be user-friendly, avoiding confusing modes found in other editors.
You can open multiple files and switch between them.
It's small in size and comes with keybindings for quicker actions.
Edit is available from GitHub and will start shipping on all Windows 11 devices soon.
This new editor should make it easier for developers to edit files.
Microsoft announced Edit, an open-source command line text editor for Windows at Build 2025.
Edit is a modeless editor with a Text User Interface (TUI).
It aims to be more accessible than Vim and provide a dedicated CLI editor for 64-bit Windows.
Users can open multiple files and switch between them.
Edit has keybindings for quick actions and is less than 250kB in size.
- Who
- Microsoft.
- What
- Microsoft launched Edit, an open-source command line text editor for Windows.
- When
- Announced at Build 2025; rolling out soon to Windows 11 devices.
- Where
- Microsoft's Build developer conference and Windows 11 devices.
- Why
- Microsoft aimed to address the difficulty of exiting Vim text editor and to build a dedicated CLI editor for 64-bit Windows.
- Product Name
- Edit
- Type
- Open-source command line text editor
- Platform
- Windows 11
- Size
- Less than 250kB
- Interface
- Text User Interface (TUI)
- Availability
- GitHub and Windows 11 devices