In 2025, Microsoft has released a free and opensource editor called Microsoft Edit.
MS-DOS Editor, or edit.com, is a standard command prompt editor found in earlier versions of MS-DOS.
It was a 16-bit executable file that shipped with MS-DOS 5.0.
It also been included as part of all the 32-bit Windows OS.
This 16-bit app has been removed since the released of 64-bit OS due to incampatibility.
Have you ever used MS-DOS Editor before?
Installation#
I just install the latest vesion (1.2.0) today with WinGet.
C:\> winget install Microsoft.Edit
Then, simply type edit.exe, you will get a full screen editor.
This new console text editor is 100% built with rust and released as opensource at GitHub.
There is another execellent line editor called
edlnwhich has a unique feature that no other can match.
Links#
- Line Editor: Edln
- GitHub: Microsoft Edit