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GNU Moene
Free

Free software under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Linux, Command line macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Global search and replace across buffers
  • Includes a directory browser and file name completion
  • Easy to learn compared with vi or Emacs
  • Light on memory and CPU
  • Console interface
  • Designed for ASCII and ISO-8859 text encodings
  • Terminal only, with no graphical interface
  • Smaller user community than vi or Emacs
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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