Microsoft 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.

• Download the latest release from our releases page
• Extract the archive
• Copy the edit binary to a directory in your PATH
• You may delete any other files in the archive if you don't need them

• Install Rust
• Install the nightly toolchain: rustup install nightly
  • Alternatively, set the environment variable RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP=1
• Clone the repository
• For a release build, run: cargo build --config .cargo/release.toml --release