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Micro Text Editor

A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Zachary Yedidia
Latest version: 2.0.15 (31 December 2025)
Latest activity: 22 March 2026
Source code: github.com/zyedidia/micro

Overview

Micro Text Editor is a text editor, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing: command-line use.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
“A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Micro Text Editor is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the capabilities of modern terminals. It comes as a single, batteries-included, static binary with no dependencies; you can download and use it right now! As its name indicates, micro aims to be somewhat of a successor to the nano editor by being easy to install and use. It strives to be enjoyable as a full-time editor for people who prefer to work in a terminal, or those who regularly edit files over SSH.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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