micro
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Dec 3, 2025first mention
Sep 11, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use this through Termux when coding on my phone. Love it personally”
codes on phoneon “Micro Editor”
“I use https://github.com/zyedidia/micro as my main editor in terminal”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“Micro - a personal AI agent”
“It's all open source https://github.com/micro/mu”
Threads where it came up
- Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) 1 mention
- Txt: A fast, keyboard-driven terminal text editor for engineers 1 mention
- Micro – A Personal AI Assistant 1 mention
- Micro Editor 1 mention
- We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself 1 mention
- The vi family 1 mention
Also written as Micro. Data: micro.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“Since https://github.com/micro-editor/MICRO exists for some years now, a comparison would be welcome.”
“I use this through Termux when coding on my phone. Love it personally”
“I also use micro-editor quite frequently on my vps's.”
“When I don't have a GUI available, I use micro, nano, joe.”
“I used nano, micro, and ox in that order”
“I use https://github.com/zyedidia/micro as my main editor in terminal”