fresh

Project Overview

Fresh is a modern, full-featured terminal text editor with zero configuration, familiar keybindings, mouse support, and IDE-level features.

Key Features

• Command palette and fuzzy finder
• Multi-cursor editing
• LSP support: go to definition, references, hover, code actions, rename, diagnostics, autocompletion
• Built-in terminal and split views
• Themes and customization (settings UI and interactive keybinding editor)
• Orchestrator multitasking (one workspace per git worktree)
• TypeScript plugins (sandboxed QuickJS)

Target Audience

• Developers who prefer coding in the terminal
• Users who want zero-configuration out-of-the-box
• Terminal users who need IDE-level features

Quick Start

1. Quick install: curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sinelaw/fresh/refs/heads/master/scripts/install.sh | sh
2. macOS via Homebrew
3. Windows via winget
4. Run fresh to launch the editor

Core Advantages

• Zero configuration, works out of the box
• Familiar keybindings (VS Code/Sublime style)
• Full mouse support and menus
• Handles multi-gigabyte files with low memory overhead

System Requirements

• OS: macOS, Linux, Windows
• Architectures: x86_64, arm64
• Additional Dependencies: None

Notes

• Extensible via TypeScript plugins
• Supports remote/SSH workspaces