Smith is a simple terminal-based text editor written in Rust.
Using Cargo:
cargo install smith
To compile Smith with clipboard support on Ubuntu, you may need to install some libraries:
sudo apt-get install -qq xorg-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev
With more planned such as user configurations, search & replace, persistent undo, etc.
Here's what it looks like editing its own source code: