Command-line tool

micro

brew/micro

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor cross-platform cli text-editor open-source command-line terminal-app code-editor terminal-based

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id zyedidia.micro -e
scoop install micro

macOS

brew install micro

Linux

brew install micro

Open a file

micro path/to/file

Save a file

<Ctrl s>

Cut the entire line

<Ctrl k>

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