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We've compiled a list of 116 free and paid alternatives to GNU nano. The primary competitors include Vim, Atom. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between GNU nano and gedit, Geany, GNU Emacs. Also you can look at other similar options here: Development Tools.


Vim
Free Open Source

Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word...

Atom
Free

A hackable text editor for the 21st Century.

gedit
Free Open Source

Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment.

Geany
Free

Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment.

GNU Emacs
Free Open Source

GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more.

Notepad2
Free Open Source

Notepad2 is a fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting.

PSPad
Free

Text, code and hex editor.

Kate
Free Open Source

Text editor for the KDE desktop environment with support for multiple languages and syntax...

Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format.

Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to...

GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor.

GNU nano Platforms

tick-square Linux
tick-square Mac
tick-square Windows

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GNU nano Overview

GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.

GNU nano Features

tick-square Search and replace
tick-square Automatic Indentation
tick-square Terminal-based
tick-square Command line interface

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