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

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