GNU nano
Small terminal text editor with the shortcuts printed on screen.
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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install nano
About GNU nano
GNU nano is a straightforward console editor whose key bindings are listed at the bottom of the screen, so editing a config file over SSH needs no prior knowledge. It supports syntax highlighting, search and replace, undo and redo, multiple buffers and soft wrapping.
Strengths
- Shortcuts shown on screen, so there is nothing to memorise
- Installed or one package away on practically every Unix system
Limitations
- No plugins, projects or language intelligence
- Not designed for editing large codebases
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the GPL.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Small terminal text editor with the shortcuts printed on screen
- Categories
- Code editors
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Developer Environments); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.