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GNU Moe vs JOE (Joe's Own Editor): catalog facts
GNU Moe	JOE (Joe's Own Editor)
Free Free software under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.	Free Free software distributed under the GNU General Public License.
Linux, Command line	Windows, Linux, Command line
Global search and replace across buffers Includes a directory browser and file name completion	Familiar WordStar key layout with Emacs-like features Tiny binary with only libc as a dependency
Console interface Designed for ASCII and ISO-8859 text encodings	The Windows build lags behind at version 4.6 Keyboard scheme differs from vi and modern GUI editors
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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