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We've compiled a list of 4 free and paid alternatives to Micro. The primary competitors include Notepad++, Vim. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Micro and Visual Studio Code, Neovim. Also you can look at other similar options here: Development Tools.


Notepad++ is a free text editor that supports color-coded syntax highlighting for different programming languages, auto-completion, the ability to open different tabs with different files at the same time, and support for plugins to extend functiona…

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Visual Studio Code is a versatile code editor tailored for modern web and cloud app development. It's free, cross-platform, and boasts a rich ecosystem of extensions.

Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking...

Micro Platforms

Linux Linux
Mac Mac
Windows Windows

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Micro Overview

Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals. It comes as one single, batteries-included, static binary with no dependencies, and you can download and use it right now.

Features
Easy to use
Common keybindings (ctrl-s, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, ctrl-z...)
Extremely good mouse support
Cross platform
Syntax highlighting (in over 75 languages!)
Colorscheme support
True color support (set the MICRO_TRUECOLOR env variable to 1 to enable it)
Search and replace
Sane defaults
Plugin system (plugins are written in Lua)
Undo and redo
Unicode support
Copy and paste with the system clipboard
Small and simple
Easily configurable

Micro Features

tick-square Sync with Simplenote
tick-square Beginner friendly

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terminal-editor text-editor code-editor terminal-client

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