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GNU Moe vs micro: catalog facts
GNU Moe	micro
Free Free software under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Global search and replace across buffers Includes a directory browser and file name completion	Common keybindings, so there is nothing to learn before editing a file A single static binary with no dependencies or external files
Console interface Designed for ASCII and ISO-8859 text encodings	Not an IDE; no language server support or project tooling The plugin ecosystem is small
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License: MIT
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 September 21, 2026

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