--- title: Microsoft Announced Edit, New Open-Source Command-Line... description: Microsoft introduced Edit, a new open-source command-line text editor during its Build 2025 conference. Designed for Windows 11, Edit provides a modern,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-announced-edit-new-open-source-command-line-text-editor-for-windows-at-build-2025-2zgkowdfv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft Announced Edit, New Open-Source Command-Line Text Editor for Windows at Build 2025 | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft introduced Edit, a new open-source command-line text editor during its Build 2025 conference. Designed for Windows 11, Edit provides a modern,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-announced-edit-new-open-source-command-line-text-editor-for-windows-at-build-2025-2zgkowdfv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2zGkoWDfV.png og:image:alt: Microsoft Announced Edit, New Open-Source Command-Line Text Editor for Windows at Build 2025 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft Announced Edit, New Open-Source Command-Line Text Editor for Windows at Build 2025 **[InfoQ](https://daily.dev/sources/infoq)** · 2 min read · 32 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Microsoft introduced Edit, a new open-source command-line text editor during its Build 2025 conference. Designed for Windows 11, Edit provides a modern, lightweight editing experience similar to Nano and Vim, but focuses on simplicity and user-friendliness. It includes features like mouse support, file handling, search capabilities, and word wrap, all within a modern interface resembling Visual Studio Code. Developed in Rust, the editor is compact, emphasizing seamless integration with Windows and SSH. Despite varied developer reactions, Edit is positioned as a quick solution for basic editing needs without third-party installs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@miettonw** · 1 upvotes > is this a joke? **@qking** · 0 upvotes > I knew it existed but I thought it was relativily old --- Tags: [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-announced-edit-new-open-source-command-line-text-editor-for-windows-at-build-2025-2zgkowdfv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Microsoft Announced Edit, New Open-Source Command-Line Text Editor for Windows at Build 2025","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-announced-edit-new-open-source-command-line-text-editor-for-windows-at-build-2025-2zgkowdfv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-announced-edit-new-open-source-command-line-text-editor-for-windows-at-build-2025-2zgkowdfv"},"datePublished":"2025-05-23T22:46:40.860Z","dateModified":"2025-05-23T22:46:54.122Z","description":"Microsoft introduced Edit, a new open-source command-line text editor during its Build 2025 conference. 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