MS-DOS Editor
| MS-DOS Editor | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Initial release | June 1991 |
| Stable release | 2.0.026
/ 1995 |
| Operating system | MS-DOS, PC DOS, OS/2, Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | Intel x86, 16-bit |
| Predecessor | Edlin |
| Successor | Windows Notepad, Microsoft Edit (see below) |
| Type | Text editor |
| License | Same as Windows |
| Website | learn |
| Microsoft Edit | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Initial release | 19 March 2025 |
| Stable release | 1.2.0
/ 11 June 2025 |
| Repository | https://github.com/microsoft/edit |
| Written in | Rust |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD |
| Size | 250kB |
| Available in | 11 languages |
List of languages English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese | |
| Type | Text editor |
| License | MIT License |
MS-DOS Editor, commonly just called edit or edit.com, is a TUI text editor. Originally, it was a 16-bit that shipped with MS-DOS 5.0 and later, as well as all 32-bit x86 versions of Windows. It supersedes edlin, the standard editor in earlier versions of MS-DOS. Originally, EDIT.COM was a stub that ran QBasic in editor mode. Starting with Windows 95, MS-DOS Editor became a standalone program because QBasic didn't ship with Windows. In 2025, Microsoft released a free and open-source remake.