# sinelaw/fresh

Terminal based IDE & text editor: easy, powerful and fast

Repository: https://github.com/sinelaw/fresh
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sinelaw-fresh
Homepage: https://getfresh.dev/
Language: Rust
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: ide, terminal-based, text-editor
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:52:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 44
- inputs: {"age_days": 617, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 105}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8533, forks 317 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:23.340609+00:00)

## What it is
Fresh is a terminal-based text editor and IDE written in Rust that offers VS Code-like UX (familiar keybindings, mouse support, command palette, LSP) with zero configuration. It handles multi-gigabyte files efficiently and includes features like multi-cursor editing, git review, SSH remote editing, and an Orchestrator for managing parallel coding-agent worktree sessions.

## Use cases
- edit code in the terminal with a modern IDE-like experience
- open and edit multi-gigabyte files without lag
- run LSP features like go-to-definition and autocomplete in the terminal
- review and stage git diffs from the editor
- edit files on remote servers over SSH
- manage multiple coding agent sessions across git worktrees
- find files and run commands with a fuzzy command palette
- multi-cursor and block editing in the terminal

## When to choose
- you want a zero-config terminal editor with familiar VS Code-style keybindings and mouse support
- you need to edit very large files quickly in a terminal
- you want LSP, git review, and an integrated terminal in one TUI app
- you work over SSH and need responsive remote editing
- you juggle multiple tasks or AI coding agents across git worktrees

## When to avoid
- you need a full graphical IDE with debugger UI and visual tooling
- you prefer modal editors like Vim/Neovim with a large plugin ecosystem
- you require GPL-2.0 licensing compatibility to be avoided in your project
- you need extensive third-party plugin availability beyond its TypeScript plugin API

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, developer-tools, terminal-ui, search-engine, cli
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: terminal-ide, text-editor, lsp, git-integration, multi-cursor, ssh-remote-editing, rust, command-palette, git-worktree, ai-agents, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- sinelaw/fresh (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.340609+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:26:21.406850+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sinelaw/fresh (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.340609+00:00, sha 4939019d4b34)
  - homepage: https://getfresh.dev/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:43.965655+00:00, sha 5b2b22edf645)
  - site_page: https://getfresh.dev/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:43.975478+00:00, sha df6e1c83aa66)
  - site_page: https://getfresh.dev/docs/blog (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:43.977378+00:00, sha 2db2f6483b06)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.