GNU nano Alternatives and Similar Software

Alternatives to GNU nano for Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD, Chrome OS and more. Filter by license to discover only free or Open Source alternatives. This list contains a total of 25+ apps similar to GNU nano.

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Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions.
- Notepad++ is a GUI text editor not a command line Text editor. SecurityChecker • Jul 2018 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Lightweight Code formatting Tabbed interface Custom Language Definitions ... Customer support Support for Javascript Macros Portable Auto-saving Autocompletion Block edit Built-in editor Color coding Column edit mode Configurable Debugger Developer Tools Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for FTP Integrated Search Live Preview Multiple languages Multiple Open Tabs Native GUI Plugin manager Plugins Support for regular expressions Side-by-Side comparison Add a feature

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Visual Studio Code

Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Built-in Terminal Autocompletion ... Intellisense Customizable Syntax Highlighting Code completion GIT support Plugins C# Scripting C support Graphical interface IDE Support for Javascript MarkDown support Multiple cursors Night mode/Dark Theme Ruby support Source code debugging Supports Python Bugs Code formatting Code navigation Color coding of code Electron based Embedded debugger Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Extensions Git integration Lint support Mercurial support Minimap Multiple languages PHP IDE Remote Debugging Run Android Apps on Desktop Support for NodeJS Theme Customization Version and Source control Add a feature

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Atom

Atom is an open-source, Electron based text editor with a massive ecosystem of plugins and themes that are easily accessible through a built-in package manager. Being built with Electron, it uses web technology (HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Node.js) and offers the same editing experience across Mac, Windows and Linux desktops. Different from most editors, it uses that same technology for themes so the UI is highly configurable through HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
- gnu nano is a small command line editor, atom a big-ish GUI based superluminar • Mar 2018 • 9 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... Electron / Atom Shell
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable Support for Themes Community based ... Package Control GIT support Teletype GitHub integration Hackable Syntax Highlighting Autocompletion Clean design Code completion Collaborative writing Electron based Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Folder Hierarchy Fuzzy Finder Gitlab integration Interior Design Live collaboration Minimap Modular System Multiple languages Multiple cursors Night mode/Dark Theme Distraction-free UI Package Manager Plugin API Plugin manager Real time collaboration Separated workspaces Support for NodeJS Tabbed interface Unit Testing Add a feature

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Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free without an expiration time limit, however a license must be purchased for continued use.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Lightweight Package Control Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Customizable ... Multiple cursors Syntax Highlighting Font Ligature Support High-dpi support Plugins Simple text editor Text editing Auto-saving Autocompletion Automatic packaging Clean design Code completion Directory structure Fullscreen support Memory footprint Minimap Distraction-free UI Php Plugin API Portable Python Ruby Scriptwriting Assistant Syntax Highlighting Auto-Refresh Add a feature

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Vim

Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. Vim offers several “modes” for editing with efficiency. This makes vim a non-user-friendly application but it is also a strength. The normal mode binds alphanumeric keys to task-oriented commands. The visual mode highlights text. The command-line mode offers more tools (for search&replace, defining functions, etc.
- Even better editing/navigating experience, good memory footprint and minimal startup time. Guest • Sep 2018
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku ... OpenSolaris
Lightweight Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Syntax Highlighting ... Keyboard focused Plugins Well documented Built-in terminal emulation Command line interface Configurable For geek Hackable MarkDown support Terminal-based Batch Editing Code syntax highlighting Command line Configurable Cross-platform Dedication to home row Developer Tools Support for Large File Lightweight Mnemonic key bindings Modal editor Native application Plugin manager Regex substitution Spell checking Vim Vim Buffers Vim folding Visual Mode Word completion Add a feature

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Geany

Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. Another goal was to be as independent as possible from a special Desktop Environment like KDE or GNOME - Geany only requires the GTK2 runtime libraries.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce
Better syntax highlighting support Debian package compatible IDE Lightweight ... Multiplatform Shell integration Support for Themes Automatic Indentation Built-in Terminal Code navigation Customizable Support for Large File Minimalistic Portable Shortcut keys Spell checking Syntax Highlighting Vim plugin Add a feature

510 Like
gedit

Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. Has syntax highlighting and is suitable for programming, with support for several languages. It is extensible with plugins.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... GNOME OpenSolaris
Lightweight Autocompletion Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Spell checking ... Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

660 Like
GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include: * Content-sensitive editing modes, including syntax coloring, for a variety of file types including plain text, source code, and HTML. * Complete built-in documentation, including a tutorial for new users.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Cross-platform Customizable Editable text color schemes ... Extensions Syntax Highlighting Code completion Extensibility IDE IDE All Languages Package Control Scripting Self-documenting Terminal-based Add a feature

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Kate

The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application. In addition, we provide KWrite, a simple SDI editor shell which allows the user to select his/her favourite editor component. Kate Kate is a multi-document editor part of KDE since release 2.2.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD KDE
Editable text color schemes Native application Built-in Terminal Built-in themes ... Code formatting File management MarkDown support Notetaking Support for regular expressions Syntax Highlighting Tabbed interface Themes Add a feature

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Neovim

Neovim is a project that seeks to aggressively refactor Vim in order to: Simplify maintenance and encourage contributions. Split the work between multiple developers. Enable the implementation of new/modern user interfaces without any modifications to the core source. Improve extensibility with a new plugin architecture.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android BSD
Plugins Terminal-based Asynchronous Configurable ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Sane defaults Developer Tools Lightweight Syntax Highlighting Terminal emulator Vim Add a feature

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