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fresh
Terminal text editor with VS Code-style keybindings, mouse support and LSP
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- Stars
- 9.4k
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Last commit
- Oct 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- Rust
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Overview
Fresh is a Rust terminal text editor that uses standard keybindings, menus and a command palette instead of modal editing. It includes LSP support, multi-cursor editing, split panes, an integrated terminal and TypeScript plugins in a sandboxed QuickJS runtime. An Orchestrator feature runs one workspace per git worktree and can launch coding agents such as claude, codex, opencode and aider.
Who it is for: Developers wanting a no-config terminal editor that can host coding agents
Strengths
- Opens multi-gigabyte files with low memory use, per the README
- Single static musl binary for x86_64 and aarch64 with self-update
- Orchestrator gives each git worktree its own workspace, terminals and agent sessions
- Packaged for brew, winget, AUR, deb, rpm, Nix, npm, cargo and Flatpak
Weaknesses
- Agent support is a side feature; the core is a general text editor
- Sends anonymous telemetry and daily update checks unless disabled
- GPL-3.0-or-later license may block embedding in proprietary software
- Fresh Desktop builds are unsigned, so macOS and Windows warn on first launch
What it needs
- Rust, claude, codex, opencode, aider
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