ted documentation

ted is a fast, lightweight, native text editor for Linux, Windows and macOS. It opens a single file, several files in tabs, or a whole folder with its explorer, and it stays quick with files of hundreds of megabytes.

The ted window: the explorer of a Rust project, three tabs, highlighted code and the minimap.

What ted is good at

Opening anything at once. The first screen of a 100 MB log shows in under 100 ms; the rest loads in the background while you read.
Browsing big folders. The explorer reads a folder only when you expand it, so a folder with a hundred thousand files opens at once.
Staying out of the way. There is no blinking cursor and no timer: with nothing to do, ted uses no CPU and no GPU.
Being plain. No account, no telemetry. The settings are a text file you can read and copy.

Where to start

InstallationDownload ted for your system and put it on your PATH. Quick startOpen a file or a folder, edit it and save it. The interfaceEvery part of the window, by name. Keyboard shortcutsEvery shortcut, on one page.

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