# Install mle with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix Flexible terminal-based text editor. Version 1.8.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-17. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mle ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mle ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install mle ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: editors/mle/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add mle ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mle from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mle ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mle from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mle ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mle from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mle ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ml/mle/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mle - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.8.1 - **Source summary:** Flexible terminal-based text editor - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-17T17:06:34Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - mle (cli) - mle (alias) ## Dependencies - lua - pcre2 ## Build dependencies - uthash ## 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: 1.8.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-17 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/adsr/mle - Upstream latest detected: v1.8.1 (current) ## Project history and usage mle is a small terminal text editor written in C, developed in the adsr/mle repository, which was created on GitHub on 2014-12-22. A 2017 announcement to the suckless development list described it as a small, configurable, extensible and scriptable editor with nano- or Emacs-like defaults, optional modes, a roughly 10k-line codebase, and minimal dependency goals. ### How it is used The README's design goals keep mle in the lightweight-terminal-editor niche rather than the full Vim or Emacs ecosystem: small and hackable, few build-time and run-time dependencies, Lua scripting, shell-command integration, stackable key maps, multiple cursors, window splitting, UTF-8 support, syntax highlighting, and headless operation. In package-manager terms it is a modest but widely packaged console editor, available through systems such as Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, FreeBSD, Alpine, Nix, Homebrew, MacPorts, Cygwin, and others. In practice users open files directly with `mle`, customize behavior through `~/.mlerc` or `/etc/mlerc`, and lean on existing command-line tools such as grep, fzf, tree, less, perl, and ctags for editor extensions. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mle. 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: ~/.mlerc, /etc/mlerc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mle - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - mle - 1.7.2-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mle from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | flexible terminal-based editor | https://github.com/adsr/mle - Nix - mle: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ml/mle/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - mle - 1.7.2-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mle from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | flexible terminal-based editor | https://github.com/adsr/mle - apk - mle - 1.8.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mle from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Flexible terminal-based text editor | https://github.com/adsr/mle - apk - mle-doc - 1.8.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mle-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Flexible terminal-based text editor (documentation) | https://github.com/adsr/mle - dnf - mle - 1.8.1-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mle from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A small, flexible, terminal-based text editor | https://github.com/adsr/mle - MacPorts - mle: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: editors/mle/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [lua](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lua/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pcre2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pcre2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pyvim](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pyvim/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editors, terminal, text-editor. - [aha](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aha/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [amtterm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amtterm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [ansifilter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ansifilter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [ccat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [clive](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clive/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [colordiff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colordiff/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [colormake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colormake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [micro](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/micro/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: based, cli, developer, developer-tools, editor. - [msedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/msedit/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, editor, terminal. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mle.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mle.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