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Show HN: Fresh – A new terminal editor built in Rust

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The Terminal Text Editor [GitHub]

Easy To Use | TypeScript Extensible | Light And Fast | Huge File Support

Installation Methods Via npm (recommended):

npm install -g @fresh-editor/fresh-editor Via npx (for a quick test):

npx @fresh-editor/fresh-editor From source with Cargo:

cargo install fresh-editor Pre-built binaries:

Download from GitHub Releases. Source code available on GitHub.

Discovery & Ease of Use 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.

Modern Extensibility 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.

Zero-Latency Performance Fresh is engineered for speed. It delivers a near zero-latency experience, with text appearing instantly. The editor is designed to be light and fast, reliably opening and editing huge files up to multi-gigabyte sizes without slowdown.