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Description:
Text editor based on the POSIX standard

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: text-editor cli productivity development

Install: brew install ne

About:
Ne is a text editor designed to be easy to use and intuitive, adhering to POSIX standards for maximum portability. It features a powerful macro language and syntax highlighting for over 100 file types. Its primary value is providing a lightweight yet capable editing environment for terminal users.

Key Features:

POSIX compliant for high portability
Built-in syntax highlighting for many languages
Powerful macro language for automation
Lightweight and fast performance

Use Cases:

Editing configuration files on servers
Quickly writing code or scripts in a terminal
Users needing a lightweight editor without installation overhead

Alternatives:

nano – Ne offers more advanced features like syntax highlighting and macros compared to nano's simplicity.
vim – Ne is significantly simpler to learn and use than Vim's modal editing system.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 7:53am		0	VERSION_BUMP	f34ad635