thicc — a fork of micro that's heavy on opinions, not bloat.

File browser. Editor. Terminal. AI tools. One vibe.

thicc is for developers who pair with AI but still read the diff. We made the decisions so you don't have to—no config rabbit holes, no theme paralysis. Just open it and go.

Most editors let you configure everything. We don't. thicc ships with one colorscheme, one layout, and zero apologies. Less time tweaking, more time shipping.

We're built for the AI-assisted workflow—terminal pane ready for Claude, Copilot CLI, or whatever you're into. Run them natively, no middlemen.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elleryfamilia/thicc/main/install.sh | sh

Installs to ~/.local/bin.

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/elleryfamilia/thicc
cd thicc
make build
mv thicc ~/.local/bin/

thicc              # Opens the dashboard
thicc .            # Opens current directory
thicc path/to/file # Opens a specific file

Navigate between panes: Ctrl+Space

• A Nerd Font (for the icons)
• A terminal with true color support (iTerm2, Kitty, Alacritty)

macOS:

brew install --cask font-jetbrains-mono-nerd-font

Then set "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font" as your terminal font.

Linux:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
cd ~/.local/share/fonts
curl -fLO https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest/download/JetBrainsMono.zip
unzip JetBrainsMono.zip && fc-cache -fv

Warning: Nightly builds are automatically generated from the latest code. They may contain bugs, incomplete features, or breaking changes. Use at your own risk.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elleryfamilia/thicc/main/install.sh | CHANNEL=nightly sh

To receive nightly auto-updates after installing, run set updatechannel nightly inside thicc.

To switch back to stable, re-run the standard install script above.

thicc checks for updates automatically. To manually check and install updates:

thicc --update

thicc --uninstall

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