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Two Kilo is a text editor built with curses that fits in 2 kilobytes of code. Designed for developers who work in terminal environments, it provides basic text editing functionality in an extremely compact footprint.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Two Kilo – A curses-based text editor in 2kb of code launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Kilo Code for VS Code▲896

   Parallel agents, diff reviewer, and multi-model comparisons

   May 2026 · kilo.ai · its alternatives →

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   A simple, tiny Vim and kilo-inspired editor▲120

   A dead simple editor. Contribute to hellerve/e development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Kilo Code Reviewer▲799

   Automatic AI-powered code reviews the moment you open a PR

   Jan 2026 · kilo.ai · its alternatives →

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   Ki Editor – Multicursor syntactical editor▲138

   Hi everyone, I have been developing this editor, Ki, for over a year, and have employed it substantially in all kinds of development (including Ki itself) for at least 3 months. I think it is mostly crystallized, thus I'm happy to share it with you today. Its main strength is first-class multi-cursor and structural (syntax) editing, which is a rare combination in the realm of editors (TUI or GUI alike). Hope you'll enjoy it!

   2024 · ki-editor.github.io · its alternatives →

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   small▲149

   The ultra lightweight code editor for OS X.

   2016 · mediachicken.com · its alternatives →

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   T2b – A wicked-powerful text macro language for building binary files▲117

   A wicked-powerful text macro language for building binary files. - thosakwe/t2b

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Kilo Code for iOS and Androidfree tier, from $15/mo▲498

   Start coding agents, control sessions, review PRs. Anywhere.

   Sep 2026 · kilo.ai · its alternatives →

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   Hemingway Editor 2.0▲494

   An editor that makes your writing bold and clear

   2015 · hemingwayapp.com · its alternatives →

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   Krabby – A keyboard interface to the web, inspired by Kakoune▲179

   2019 · krabby.netlify.com · its alternatives →

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    A console-based editor with Lua support, based on antirez's project▲85

    A minimal text-editor with lua scripting. Contribute to skx/kilua development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    tinykiwi▲406

    Simple yet powerful image editor, tailor-made for makers

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Cleartext▲307

    A text editor that allows only the 1,000 most common words

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Medium Editor▲266

    The dead simple inline editor toolbar

    2016 · yabwe.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Nib▲80

    Simple, elegant and light-weight text editor.

    2019 · nibedit.com · its alternatives →

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    1kb JavaScript library for building front end applications▲187

    1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Iota – a text editor written in Rust▲221

    A terminal-based text editor written in Rust. Contribute to gchp/iota development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    1 KB JavaScript library for building applications▲116

    1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MB2kB▲108

    Compress image or PDF to any specific size from MB to kB

    2023 · mb2kb.com · its alternatives →

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    Wysihtml – Open-source rich text editor for web apps▲215

    Open source rich text editor for the modern web. Contribute to Voog/wysihtml development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    McWig – A modal, Vim-like text editor written in Go▲152

    Hey! Check out my "toy" text editor which I use as my daily driver. Features LSP autocomplete, goto definition, hover info Tree-sitter support Color themes (borrowed from the Helix text editor) Lots of bugs Macro support Something like Emacs org-mode: Open test.txt, place the cursor at line 15, and press "Ctrl-C Ctrl-C". This project was written as a "speed run" — not for speed in terms of time, but rather as an exercise to explore the text editor problem space without overthinking or planning ahead. It’s a quick and "dirty" implementation, so to speak.…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tome, aka Tom's Editor – a new command-line text editor▲131

    A command line text editor written in Node.js, focused on JavaScript. - tome/README.md at main · boutell/tome

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Twincl Editor – A WYSIWYG/Markdown dual-mode editor▲55

    2016 · twincl.com · its alternatives →

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    TextMate 2.0▲155

    Powerful and customizable text editor for Mac

    2019 · macromates.com · its alternatives →

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    Glyphs 3.0▲160

    Build, edit and manage fonts on your Mac

    2021 · glyphsapp.com · its alternatives →

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