NetBSD adds a new beginner-friendly text editor called atto
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#9Peak rank
2Days on list
137Score · 7d
Oct 29, 2026First seen
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- luke8086
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- Oct 29, 2026
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Trending history
NetBSD adds a new beginner-friendly text editor called atto was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 29, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 45 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #9 of 30, reached on Oct 29, 21:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 30, 02:22 UTC. The same link also trended on Lobsters, which raises its cross-platform score.
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Where it trended
| List | Best | Days | Checks | Last seen |
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| Hacker News · Front page | #9 | 2 | 45 | |
| LLobsters · Hottest NetBSD adds a new beginner-friendly text editor called atto | same link | |||
From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.
To promote this to a top-level comment, because I think it's important context: nothing in the README file says the point is to be "beginner-friendly". As far as I can tell, that's something that Hacker News or whoever submitted this used as a description. Neither the word "beginner" nor the word "friendly" appear in…
OpenBSD also has an Emacs-y non-extensible editor, mg(1): https://man.openbsd.org/mg Just noting for completeness, as I didn’t catch any mention of it.
> https://man.netbsd.org/atto.1 > atto is not the standard editor. Hah. That is clearly a reference to https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.en.html
Questions
Is NetBSD adds a new beginner-friendly text editor called atto trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 30, 02:22 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank NetBSD adds a new beginner-friendly text editor called atto reached?
#9 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 29, 21:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has NetBSD adds a new beginner-friendly text editor called atto been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 29, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (45 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
162 points and 131 comments; submitted by luke8086 on Oct 29, 2026.