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# Installation # Installation
To install micro, you can download a prebuilt binary, or you can build it from source. To install micro, you can download a [prebuilt binary](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases), or you can build it from source.
Please note that micro uses the amazing [tcell library](https://github.com/gdamore/tcell), but this
means that micro is restricted to the platforms tcell supports. As a result, micro does not support
Plan9, NaCl, and Cygwin (although this may change in the future).
If you want more information about ways to install micro, see this [wiki page](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/wiki/Installing-Micro) If you want more information about ways to install micro, see this [wiki page](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/wiki/Installing-Micro)
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All you need to install micro is one file, the binary itself. It's as simple as that! All you need to install micro is one file, the binary itself. It's as simple as that!
You can download the correct binary for your operating system from the [releases](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases). Download the binary from the [releases](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases) page.
On that page you'll see the nightly release, which contains binaries for micro which are built every night, On that page you'll see the nightly release, which contains binaries for micro which are built every night,
and you'll see all the stable releases with the corresponding binaries. and you'll see all the stable releases with the corresponding binaries.
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the colorscheme to `simple`, or download a better terminal emulator, like the colorscheme to `simple`, or download a better terminal emulator, like
mintty or cmder. mintty or cmder.
### Plan9, NaCl, Cygwin
Please note that micro uses the amazing [tcell library](https://github.com/gdamore/tcell), but this
means that micro is restricted to the platforms tcell supports. As a result, micro does not support
Plan9, NaCl, and Cygwin (although this may change in the future).
# Usage # Usage
Once you have built the editor, simply start it by running `micro path/to/file.txt` or simply `micro` to open an empty buffer. Once you have built the editor, simply start it by running `micro path/to/file.txt` or simply `micro` to open an empty buffer.