This repository is a step-by-step tutorial for building a minimal text editor called 'kilo' in C, based on antirez's original kilo. It is not a runnable application itself but a set of documentation and a diff file (steps.diff) containing the incremental code changes. The tutorial guides the user through 184 steps to create a terminal-based text editor with features like raw mode input, cursor movement, file I/O, search, and syntax highlighting. The code is a single C file with no external dependencies, targeting POSIX terminals. The repository is primarily educational, with the actual source code embedded in the diff file rather than as a standalone project. It has not been updated since 2017, making it stale, but the code remains functional on modern systems due to its simplicity and use of standard C99.