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micro vs GNU Moe: catalog facts
micro	GNU Moe
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free software under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Common keybindings, so there is nothing to learn before editing a file A single static binary with no dependencies or external files	Global search and replace across buffers Includes a directory browser and file name completion
Not an IDE; no language server support or project tooling The plugin ecosystem is small	Console interface Designed for ASCII and ISO-8859 text encodings
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	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 September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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