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CLUSTER TEXT-CODE-EDITOR-3 · 11 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2020-10-03

Terminal text editors and IDEs

This cluster comprises lightweight, terminal-based text editors and IDEs for writing and editing code and plain text from the command line. The dated entry history is sparse and irregular, with single entries appearing in May 2014, July 2017, March 2018, October 2020, April 2021, September 2024, June 2025, July 2025, and June 2026. The top activity signals are uniformly zero-star repos (cleecode, thingy-runner, tiny-editor), indicating minimal traction across the cluster.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAY 2014: 1JUL 2017: 1MAR 2018: 1OCT 2020: 1APR 2021: 1SEP 2024: 1JUN 2025: 1JUL 2025: 1JUN 2026: 1AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 1
MAY 2014SEP 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 9 unlabelled

Operator · 10 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 11 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01cleecode0★14 daysliveopen sourceTerminal-based integrated development environment that lets users write and edit code in the command line.
  2. 02thingy-runner0★4 moliveopen sourceSakura-themed terminal editor that lets users write and execute code within the editing environment.
  3. 03tiny-editor0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA minimal text editor written entirely in bash, offering basic editing functions from the terminal.
  4. 04dte0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceSmall, configurable text editor that runs in the terminal for writing and editing code or text files.
  5. 05rune-editor0★4 moliveopen sourceA terminal-based text editor that offers a simple yet powerful interface for editing code from the command line.
  6. 06se0★7 mostaleliveopen sourceA terminal-based text editor that offers a full-screen interface for editing files, inspired by the classic ed editor.
  7. 07phantom-editor-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA lightweight terminal text editor that lets users edit code and plain text files with a simple interface.
  8. 08ox-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA terminal-based text editor that lets users write and edit plain text and code files.
  9. 09piston-cli0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceTerminal shell and code editor that supports multiple programming languages, compiles code, and runs code from files or pastebin links.
  10. 10kode0★unknownliveTerminal code editor that opens folders, prints files with syntax highlighting, and can serve a project through a web interface.
  11. 11python-editrepl0★11 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceEmbeds a terminal-based editor within a REPL to edit code interactively.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.