# micro

> Intuitive terminal-based text editor with mouse and plugin support

micro is a terminal-based text editor designed to be intuitive and easy to use out of the box. It provides standard keybindings, extensive mouse control, syntax highlighting for over 130 languages, and a Lua plugin system. It runs in the terminal as a standalone static binary across Linux, macOS, and Windows.

- Source: https://github.com/micro-editor/micro
- Homepage: https://micro-editor.github.io
- License: MIT
- Built with: Go 94.2%, Lua 3.4%, Shell 1.4%, Other 1.0%
- Stars: 29779
- Forks: 1398
- Contributors: 337
- Last commit: 2026-10-22
- Latest release: v2.0.15 (2025-12-31)
- Purpose: Developer tools, Editors & IDEs
- Type: CLI
- For: Personal

## Worth score: 73/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 22/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 21/25
- Community: 12/15
- Readiness: 8/15

## Downloads

Latest release: [2.0.15](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/tag/v2.0.15). Files from the project's GitHub release, not checked by DigGitHub.

Windows:

- [micro-2.0.15-win32.zip.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-win32.zip.sha) (89 B, 97 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-win64.zip.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-win64.zip.sha) (89 B, 385 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-win-arm64.zip.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-win-arm64.zip.sha) (93 B, 79 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-win64.zip](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-win64.zip) (4.9 MB, 46k downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-win32.zip](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-win32.zip) (4.7 MB, 3.1k downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-win-arm64.zip](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-win-arm64.zip) (4.5 MB, 1.1k downloads)

macOS:

- [micro-2.0.15-osx.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-osx.tar.gz.sha) (90 B, 106 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-osx.tar.gz](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-osx.tar.gz) (5 MB, 1.6k downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-macos-arm64.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-macos-arm64.tar.gz.sha) (98 B, 169 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-macos-arm64.tar.gz](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-macos-arm64.tar.gz) (4.7 MB, 8.2k downloads)

Linux:

- [micro-2.0.15-linux32.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-linux32.tar.gz.sha) (94 B, 77 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-linux64-static.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-linux64-static.tar.gz.sha) (101 B, 901 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha) (96 B, 98 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-linux64.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-linux64.tar.gz.sha) (94 B, 815 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-linux64-static.tar.gz](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-linux64-static.tar.gz) (4.9 MB, 18k downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-linux64.tar.gz](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-linux64.tar.gz) (4.9 MB, 63k downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-linux32.tar.gz](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-linux32.tar.gz) (4.5 MB, 2.8k downloads)

Other files:

- [micro-2.0.15-solaris64.tar.gz](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-solaris64.tar.gz) (4.8 MB, 95 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-solaris64.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-solaris64.tar.gz.sha) (96 B, 58 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-openbsd32.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-openbsd32.tar.gz.sha) (96 B, 59 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-openbsd64.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-openbsd64.tar.gz.sha) (96 B, 66 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-openbsd32.tar.gz](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-openbsd32.tar.gz) (4.5 MB, 91 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-netbsd32.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-netbsd32.tar.gz.sha) (95 B, 57 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-netbsd32.tar.gz](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-netbsd32.tar.gz) (4.5 MB, 89 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-openbsd64.tar.gz](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-openbsd64.tar.gz) (4.8 MB, 124 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-netbsd64.tar.gz](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-netbsd64.tar.gz) (4.8 MB, 101 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-netbsd64.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-netbsd64.tar.gz.sha) (95 B, 59 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-illumos64.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-illumos64.tar.gz.sha) (96 B, 93 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-freebsd64.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-freebsd64.tar.gz.sha) (96 B, 729 downloads)
- [micro-2.0.15-freebsd32.tar.gz.sha](https://github.com/micro-editor/micro/releases/download/v2.0.15/micro-2.0.15-freebsd32.tar.gz.sha) (96 B, 97 downloads)

## Alternatives

- [Vim](https://diggithub.com/vim/vim.md): The ubiquitous modal text editor
- [Neovim](https://diggithub.com/neovim/neovim.md): Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor
- [Helix](https://diggithub.com/helix-editor/helix.md): Post-modern modal text editor
- [LazyVim](https://diggithub.com/LazyVim/LazyVim.md): Neovim setup powered by lazy.nvim
- [AstroNvim](https://diggithub.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim.md): Feature-rich Neovim config
- [NvChad](https://diggithub.com/NvChad/NvChad.md): Fast Neovim configuration

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/micro-editor/micro
Updated: 2026-10-29