TuiCode

A minimalist terminal code editor inspired by VS Code.

Installing

macOS / Linux via Homebrew:

brew install mentaldesk/tap/tuicode

Windows via Scoop:

scoop bucket add mentaldesk https://github.com/mentaldesk/scoop-bucket
scoop install tuicode

Other channels (winget, Linux packagers) are tracked in #43 and #44. In the meantime, pre-built single-file binaries for every supported RID are attached to each GitHub Release.

Running

tuicode

Needs a real terminal — the app won't render through a non-TTY pipe. On macOS, prefer iTerm2, Ghostty, WezTerm, or Alacritty over Terminal.app, which strips most three-modifier key combos and breaks some chord shortcuts. On Linux, kitty / foot / GNOME Terminal with modifyOtherKeys all work.

Getting help

• Bug reports and feature requests: open an issue.
• Questions and ideas: GitHub Discussions.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for branch/PR/release workflow and AGENTS.md for code-level conventions (key handling, theming, AOT, the test framework). Written for AI coding agents but just as useful for humans.