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    sinelaw/fresh

    Terminal based IDE & text editor: easy, powerful and fast

    developer-tools
    ide
    terminal-based
    text-editor
    Rust
    GPL-3.0
    9.4K stars
    372 forks
    9.4K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 2, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 2 days ago, with 79 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #23 in the weekly ranking the week of Jan 18, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a terminal-based IDE and text editor with native UI, full menu system, and powerful command palette for efficient code editing.
    • Delivers near zero-latency performance and can handle multi-gigabyte files without slowdown, ensuring a fast and responsive editing experience.
    • Use for developers seeking a lightweight, fast terminal editor with modern extensibility via TypeScript plugins in a secure Deno sandbox.
    • Use for users transitioning from graphical editors who want full mouse support and familiar UI elements in a terminal environment.
    • Use for programmers needing integrated language server features like go-to-definition, diagnostics, and autocompletion within a terminal editor.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

    • GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score

    From the README

    A terminal-based text editor.

    Fresh is designed for discovery. It features native UIs, a full Menu system, and a powerful Command Palette. With full mouse support, transitioning from graphical editors is seamless.

    Extend Fresh easily using modern tools. Plugins are written in TypeScript and run securely in a sandboxed Deno environment, providing access to a modern JavaScript ecosystem without compromising stability.

    Excerpt from the sinelaw/fresh README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

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    +1,261 stars over 89 days across 39 snapshot days; best day +41 on Sep 12.

    Forks

    372+73

    Open issues

    358+62

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