# Install fresh-editor with Homebrew, Nix, winget, zypper, scoop Text editor for your terminal: easy, powerful and fast. Version 0.4.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-06. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:fresh-editor ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fresh-editor ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#fresh-editor ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fr/fresh-editor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install fresh-editor ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fresh-editor from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id sinelaw.fresh-editor -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: sinelaw.fresh-editor from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/fresh ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fresh.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:fresh-editor - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.4.3 - **Source summary:** Text editor for your terminal: easy, powerful and fast - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-06T08:10:54Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - fresh (cli) - fresh (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.4.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-06 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/sinelaw/fresh - Upstream latest detected: v0.4.3 (current) ## Project history and usage Fresh is a terminal text editor that presents familiar graphical-editor conventions inside a terminal UI. Its official README describes zero-configuration startup, standard keybindings, mouse support, menus, a command palette, language-server features, multi-cursor editing, themes, plugins, and large-file handling. ### Project history Fresh is developed as a Rust application under the `sinelaw/fresh` repository and is documented through an official website and user guide. Official release metadata visible during research showed a fast-moving 0.x line in 2026, including the 0.3 series in May 2026 and 0.4 releases in June 2026. ### Adoption history The README presents Fresh as broadly packaged rather than source-only. It documents installation through Homebrew, winget, Arch AUR packages, Debian and Ubuntu `.deb` packages, Fedora and RHEL `.rpm` packages, openSUSE, FreeBSD ports/pkg, Gentoo GURU, AppImage, Flatpak, npm, cargo-binstall, crates.io, Nix flakes, prebuilt binaries, and source builds. That distribution list suggests the project is aimed at users who want a modern editor binary available from normal operating-system and language package channels, not only Rust developers. ### How it is used The main command is `fresh`, used to open files from the terminal. Typical use is interactive editing with familiar shortcuts, command-palette navigation, LSP features, search and replace, file explorer workflows, split panes, integrated terminal support, themes, and TypeScript plugins. ### Why package nerds care Fresh is package-nerd interesting because it is a contemporary terminal editor that deliberately targets many package channels at once. It is a useful specimen of how a Rust CLI application can be shipped through native package managers, language registries, self-contained Linux formats, and prebuilt release artifacts while keeping the runtime surface to a single `fresh` command. ### Timeline - 2026-05: Official releases include Fresh 0.3.x builds. - 2026-06: Official releases include Fresh 0.4.0, 0.4.1, and 0.4.2. - 2026: The README documents wide package availability across Homebrew, winget, AUR, deb/rpm, AppImage, Flatpak, npm, crates.io, Nix, FreeBSD, and Gentoo. ### Related projects - Fresh is positioned against familiar graphical editor workflows from editors such as VS Code and Sublime Text, while remaining a terminal-first application. - Its related packaging surfaces include crates.io, npm, Homebrew, winget, Nix flakes, AppImage, Flatpak, and Linux distribution package formats. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for fresh-editor. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.config/fresh/config.json, .fresh/config.json, .fresh/session.json - Windows: %APPDATA%\fresh\config.json, .fresh\config.json, .fresh\session.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** fresh-editor - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - fresh-editor: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fr/fresh-editor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - fresh-editor - 0.3.12-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fresh-editor from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A terminal text editor you can just use | https://getfresh.dev/ - winget - sinelaw.fresh-editor: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: sinelaw.fresh-editor from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - Scoop - main/fresh: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fresh.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [amp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, text-editor. - [kibi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kibi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, rust, text-editor. - [emacs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/emacs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [enter-tex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/enter-tex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [joe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/joe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [jupp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jupp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [moe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/moe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [openvi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openvi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor. - [ox](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ox/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, editor, productivity, rust, terminal. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fresh-editor.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/fresh-editor.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph