Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals. It comes as one single, batteries-included, static binary with no dependencies, and you can download and use it right now.
As the name indicates, micro aims to be somewhat of a successor to the nano editor by being easy to install and use in a pinch, but micro also aims to be enjoyable to use full time, whether you work in the terminal because you prefer it (like me), or because you need to (over ssh).
Original maintainer | Debian Go Packaging Team |
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Homepage | https://micro-editor.github.io |
2.0.2


2.0.1

1.4.1



1.4.0

Distribution | Version | Since | Package | Installed | Packager | |
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![]() | deb | 2.0.2-2~bpo10+1 | Mar 25 | 3.73 MiB | 15.5 MiB | Debian Go Packaging Team |
![]() | rpm | 1.4.0-2.fc28 | 2019-01-14 | 3.39 MiB | 12.2 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 1.4.1-3.fc29 | 2019-01-14 | 3.9 MiB | 14 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 1.4.1-3.fc29 | 2019-01-14 | 3.9 MiB | 14 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 1.4.1-3.fc29 | 2019-06-17 | 3.9 MiB | 14 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 1.4.1-7.fc31 | 2020-01-07 | 4.45 MiB | 15.3 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | rpm | 2.0.2-1.fc33 | Mar 04 | 4.61 MiB | 15.3 MiB | Fedora Project |
![]() | deb | 2.0.1-1 | Feb 23 | 4.07 MiB | 16.6 MiB | Ubuntu Developers |
Manual pages
micro(1)
micro - A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor
Latest updates

Debian 10.0 buster-backports/main: Updated from 2.0.2-1~bpo10+1 to 2.0.2-2~bpo10+1
Mar 25
- Rebuild for buster-backports.

Fedora rawhide development/Everything-os: Updated from 2.0.1-9.fc33 to 2.0.2-1.fc33
Mar 04
- Update to 2.0.2

Debian 10.0 buster-backports/main: Updated from 1.4.1-2~bpo10+1 to 2.0.2-1~bpo10+1
Mar 04
- Rebuild for buster-backports.
- Fix consistent crashes with panic: interface conversion: interface {} is float64, not bool (Closes: #952111)

Fedora rawhide development/Everything-os: Updated from 2.0.1-8.fc33 to 2.0.1-9.fc33
Feb 23
- Add util.Debug=OFF to LDFLAGS to disable debug functions

Ubuntu 20.04 focal-proposed/universe: Version 2.0.1-1 removed
Feb 23

Ubuntu 20.04 focal/universe: Updated from 2.0.0-2 to 2.0.1-1
Feb 23
- New upstream version 2.0.1
- Tighten dependency on golang-github-zyedidia-tcell-dev
- Refresh patch

Ubuntu 20.04 focal-proposed/universe: Version 2.0.1-1 introduced
Feb 22
- New upstream version 2.0.1
- Tighten dependency on golang-github-zyedidia-tcell-dev
- Refresh patch

Fedora rawhide development/Everything-os: Updated from 1.4.1-8.fc32 to 2.0.1-8.fc33
Feb 19
- Update to 2.0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 focal/universe: Updated from 1.4.1-2 to 2.0.0-2
Feb 14

Ubuntu 20.04 focal-proposed/universe: Version 2.0.0-2 removed
Feb 14

Ubuntu 20.04 focal-proposed/universe: Version 2.0.0-2 introduced
Feb 14

Fedora rawhide development/Everything-os: Updated from 1.4.1-7.fc31 to 1.4.1-8.fc32
Feb 08

Debian 10.0 buster-backports/main: Version 1.4.1-2~bpo10+1 introduced
2020-01-21
- Rebuild for buster-backports.

Fedora 31 releases/Everything-os: Version 1.4.1-7.fc31 introduced
2020-01-07

Ubuntu 20.04 focal/universe: Version 1.4.1-2 introduced
2020-01-07

Fedora rawhide development/Everything-os: Updated from 1.4.1-6.fc31 to 1.4.1-7.fc31
2019-08-03

Fedora rawhide development/Everything-os: Updated from 1.4.1-5.fc31 to 1.4.1-6.fc31
2019-07-25
- Update to new macros

Fedora 30 releases/Everything-os: Version 1.4.1-3.fc29 introduced
2019-06-17

Fedora rawhide development/Everything-os: Updated from 1.4.1-3.fc29 to 1.4.1-5.fc31
2019-03-24
- Fix sergi/go-diff BR

Fedora rawhide development/Everything-os: Version 1.4.1-3.fc29 reintroduced
2019-01-16
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micro-debuginfo - Debug information for package micro
micro-debugsource - Debug sources for package micro
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