Development of Zen Text Editor

Harsh

Harsh Kishorani

Zen Text Editor

Tech Stack: C, Terminal, ncurses, Custom Rendering Loop
Built a lightweight, terminal-based text editor in pure C, inspired by editors like Vim and Nano. Zen provides essential editing capabilities such as file creation, saving, real-time rendering, and syntax highlighting — all without relying on external libraries.
Key features:
Syntax highlighting and line numbering
Efficient file I/O with low-level buffer control
Real-time key input handling and rendering loop
Scrollable editing interface in the terminal
This project deepened my knowledge of memory management, keyboard interrupt handling, and terminal rendering, making it ideal for clients seeking custom CLI tools, developer utilities, or embedded editing environments.
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Posted Jul 22, 2025

Developed Zen, a lightweight terminal-based text editor in C.