Toast – An In-Terminal IDE (lite)

Name: Toast – An In-Terminal IDE (lite)
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Author: dividedcomet

by dividedcomet·Apr 4, 2026·3 points·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidShip It

Simpler than neovim but helix already does this with better LSP support.

Strengths

•VSCode theme importer is a clever touch for familiar visual customization.
•Rope-backed buffer ensures efficient large file handling with full undo/redo.
•Honest author note about AI assistance due to newborn twins is refreshing.

Weaknesses

•10 open issues on a repo with 2 stars suggests rough early-stage edges.
•Terminal IDEs are crowded — helix, micro, and neovim already serve this need.

Post Description

Toast is an attempt to make file editing and navigating as pleasant in the terminal as an IDE. I had messed around with nvim and plugins but couldn’t find an easy way to get what I wanted, which was mostly a file tree and an editor with some syntax highlighting that looked nice.

I will say a lot of this is written by Claude, mostly because I have two new born twins so this project wouldn’t exist otherwise.

I hope someone finds it feels a niche like I do!