GNU nano (UNOFFICIAL)

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Version9.1
Revision197
Size7.3 MB
LicenseGPL-3.0
Confinementclassic
BaseUnknown

Small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico

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GNU nano is an easy-to-use text editor originally designed as a replacement
for Pico, the ncurses-based editor from the non-free mailer package Pine
(itself now available under the Apache License as Alpine).

However, GNU nano also implements many features missing in Pico, including:
- undo/redo
- line numbering
- syntax coloring
- soft-wrapping of overlong lines
- selecting text by holding Shift
- interactive search and replace (with regular expression support)
- a go-to line (and column) command
- support for multiple file buffers
- auto-indentation
- tab completion of filenames and search terms
- toggling features while running
- and full internationalization support

This snap is maintained by the Snapcrafters community and is not endorsed or officially maintained by the upstream developers.

Update History

9.0 (185)9.1 (197)
23 Jun 2026, 17:45 UTC
9.0 182 → 185
5 Jun 2026, 13:45 UTC
7.2+pkg-4057 (156)9.0 (182)
27 May 2026, 07:30 UTC
7.2+pkg-4057 (156)
1 Apr 2026, 21:28 UTC

Published4 Dec 2018, 16:49 UTC

Last updated23 Jun 2026, 12:49 UTC

First seen1 Apr 2026, 21:28 UTC