diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 977a0333286b583d81f5bdf700a4d0e9624323fc..0cbe6e762ea491e6d5271a95ecb4e9e4c31e5a95 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/charmbracelet/crush
 go 1.25.5
 
 require (
-	charm.land/bubbles/v2 v2.0.0-rc.1
+	charm.land/bubbles/v2 v2.0.0-rc.1.0.20260109112849-ae99f46cec66
 	charm.land/bubbletea/v2 v2.0.0-rc.2.0.20251216153312-819e2e89c62e
 	charm.land/fantasy v0.6.0
 	charm.land/glamour/v2 v2.0.0-20251110203732-69649f93d3b1
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/fang v0.4.4
 	github.com/charmbracelet/ultraviolet v0.0.0-20251212194010-b927aa605560
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.3
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/editor v0.2.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/etag v0.2.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/charmtone v0.0.0-20250708181618-a60a724ba6c3
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/golden v0.0.0-20250806222409-83e3a29d542f
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 29ac00482dedaeb5f7444810b7194a367c6f67a9..3131993a7dd1473522938031ebb2be23b906e061 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-charm.land/bubbles/v2 v2.0.0-rc.1 h1:EiIFVAc3Zi/yY86td+79mPhHR7AqZ1OxF+6ztpOCRaM=
-charm.land/bubbles/v2 v2.0.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:5AbN6cEd/47gkEf8TgiQ2O3RZ5QxMS14l9W+7F9fPC4=
+charm.land/bubbles/v2 v2.0.0-rc.1.0.20260109112849-ae99f46cec66 h1:2BdJynsAW+8rv9xq6ZS+x0mtacfxpxjIK1KUIeTqBOs=
+charm.land/bubbles/v2 v2.0.0-rc.1.0.20260109112849-ae99f46cec66/go.mod h1:5AbN6cEd/47gkEf8TgiQ2O3RZ5QxMS14l9W+7F9fPC4=
 charm.land/bubbletea/v2 v2.0.0-rc.2.0.20251216153312-819e2e89c62e h1:tXwTmgGpwZT7ParKF5xbEQBVjM2e1uKhKi/GpfU3mYQ=
 charm.land/bubbletea/v2 v2.0.0-rc.2.0.20251216153312-819e2e89c62e/go.mod h1:pDM18flq3Z4njKZPA3zCvyVSSIJbMcoqlE82BdGUtL8=
 charm.land/fantasy v0.6.0 h1:0PZfZ/w6c70UdlumGGFW6s9zTV6f4xAV/bXo6vGuZsc=
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ github.com/charmbracelet/ultraviolet v0.0.0-20251212194010-b927aa605560 h1:j3PW2
 github.com/charmbracelet/ultraviolet v0.0.0-20251212194010-b927aa605560/go.mod h1:VWATWLRwYP06VYCEur7FsNR2B1xAo7Y+xl1PTbd1ePc=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.3 h1:6DcVaqWI82BBVM/atTyq6yBoRLZFBsnoDoX9GCu2YOI=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.3/go.mod h1:yI7Zslym9tCJcedxz5+WBq+eUGMJT0bM06Fqy1/Y4dI=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/editor v0.2.0 h1:7XLUKtaRaB8jN7bWU2p2UChiySyaAuIfYiIRg8gGWwk=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/editor v0.2.0/go.mod h1:p3oQ28TSL3YPd+GKJ1fHWcp+7bVGpedHpXmo0D6t1dY=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/etag v0.2.0 h1:Euj1VkheoHfTYA9y+TCwkeXF/hN8Fb9l4LqZl79pt04=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/etag v0.2.0/go.mod h1:C1B7/bsgvzzxpfu0Rabbd+rTHJa5TmC/qgTseCf6DF0=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/charmtone v0.0.0-20250708181618-a60a724ba6c3 h1:1xwHZg6eMZ9Wv5TE1UGub6ARubyOd1Lo5kPUI/6VL50=
diff --git a/internal/ui/model/ui.go b/internal/ui/model/ui.go
index aeb669e3208a19e5cd390baab8714d6f293e1fa6..e3ea96b2f35eff10874bdc6b92dae410622ff4cf 100644
--- a/internal/ui/model/ui.go
+++ b/internal/ui/model/ui.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/crush/internal/version"
 	uv "github.com/charmbracelet/ultraviolet"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/ultraviolet/screen"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/x/editor"
 )
 
 // Max file size set to 5M.
@@ -1562,16 +1562,6 @@ type layout struct {
 }
 
 func (m *UI) openEditor(value string) tea.Cmd {
-	editor := os.Getenv("EDITOR")
-	if editor == "" {
-		// Use platform-appropriate default editor
-		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-			editor = "notepad"
-		} else {
-			editor = "nvim"
-		}
-	}
-
 	tmpfile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "msg_*.md")
 	if err != nil {
 		return uiutil.ReportError(err)
@@ -1580,8 +1570,18 @@ func (m *UI) openEditor(value string) tea.Cmd {
 	if _, err := tmpfile.WriteString(value); err != nil {
 		return uiutil.ReportError(err)
 	}
-	cmdStr := editor + " " + tmpfile.Name()
-	return uiutil.ExecShell(context.TODO(), cmdStr, func(err error) tea.Msg {
+	cmd, err := editor.Command(
+		"crush",
+		tmpfile.Name(),
+		editor.AtPosition(
+			m.textarea.Line()+1,
+			m.textarea.Column()+1,
+		),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return uiutil.ReportError(err)
+	}
+	return tea.ExecProcess(cmd, func(err error) tea.Msg {
 		if err != nil {
 			return uiutil.ReportError(err)
 		}