Nano

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GNU nano

https://www.nano-editor.org/
Small, user-friendly console text editor.

Nano is a small and simple text editor for use in a terminal. Besides basic editing, it supports: undo/redo, syntax highlighting, spell checking, justifying, auto-indentation, bracket matching, interactive search-and-replace (with regular expressions), and the editing of multiple files.

This is a GNU package:nano

Download

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nano/nano-8.0.tar.xz

version 8.0 (stable)
released on 1 May 2024

OpenPGP signature URL: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nano/nano-8.0.tar.xz.sig

VCS Checkout

git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/nano.git

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Interface:console
• Programming-language:C
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• Runs-on:BSD
• Runs-on:GNU/Hurd
• Runs-on:OS X
• Text-creation:editor
• Use:text-creation
• Works-with:text

Licensing

License

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Notes

License

GPLv3orlater

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

3 May 2024

Notes

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nano.git/tree/COPYING

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Benno Schulenberg	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
	Download	https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/nano/
Savannah	VCS Repository Webview	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=nano.git
Savannah	VCS Repository Webview	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nano.git/
	Download	https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/nano/
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-nano/
Wikidata	General	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q306101
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nano-devel/
	General	https://translationproject.org/domain/nano.html
Savannah	Bug Tracking	https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano
	Download	https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nano/
Savannah	Developer	https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/nano/
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-nano/
Debian	Developer	https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/nano

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Weak prerequisite	gettext
Required to build	ncurses or another Curses library

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 3 May 2024.

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