jmacdonald/amp

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4123 stars · 110 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Amp is a modal, Vim-inspired text editor that runs entirely in the terminal, written in Rust. It bundles essential features like syntax highlighting, a fuzzy file finder, symbol jumping, and basic Git integration with zero configuration required.

Use cases

• edit files in the terminal with vim-like modal keybindings
• find a vim-like editor that works out of the box without plugins
• lightweight text editor for editing code over ssh or on a server
• terminal editor with syntax highlighting and fuzzy file finder built in
• minimal modal editor with no configuration needed
• fast keyboard-driven code editing in tmux or alacritty

When to choose

• you want a Vim-like modal editor with modern essentials preconfigured and no plugin ecosystem to manage
• you work primarily in a terminal or over SSH and want a lightweight, fast editor
• you prefer minimal configuration with sensible defaults in a single YAML file

When to avoid

• you need split panes, non-UTF-8 encodings, CRLF line endings, or a plugin system - these are unsupported or unplanned
• you want a highly extensible editor with a large ecosystem of plugins and community extensions
• you need a GUI editor or mouse-driven workflow

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editor terminal-ui developer-tools text-editors developer-tools rust cli cross-platform modal-editing vim-inspired terminal-editor zero-configuration syntax-highlighting fuzzy-finder command-line linux macos

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