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Microsoft Embraces Open Source with New Developer Tools at Build 2025

The tech giant unveils the Edit command-line text editor, open-sources GitHub Copilot for VS Code, and makes Windows Subsystem for Linux publicly accessible.

Microsoft Edit is a modeless command line text editor with a Text User Interface (TUI)
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Overview

  • Microsoft announced the open-sourcing of the Edit command-line text editor, GitHub Copilot for VS Code, and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) at its Build 2025 conference.
  • Edit will serve as the default command-line text editor for 64-bit Windows, addressing the previous absence of a built-in editor for these systems.
  • The lightweight editor, under 250KB in size, supports features like multiple file handling, find and replace, regular expressions, and word wrapping.
  • GitHub Copilot’s AI-powered capabilities will be integrated into the VS Code open-source repository over the next few months, enhancing open development workflows.
  • Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open-source, enabling developers to access its code and modify it for specific use cases.