nano – Text editor
GNU nano is a small editor for on the terminal. It supports syntax highlighting, spell checking, justifying, completion, undo/redo...
Overview
Added
March 17, 2026
Subject & domain
computer-science-advanced · bioinformatics
Grade range
Grade 9 (Freshman)–Grade 12 (Senior)
Pricing
Free
Page kind
Service
Introduction
GNU nano Text Editor
- Purpose: A small, user-friendly, and free text editor for Unix-like operating systems.
- Nature: It is a command-line interface (CLI) text editor.
- Status: It is an official project of the GNU Project.
- Key Characteristics: Designed to be an easier-to-use alternative to the Pico editor, featuring a simple interface and common keyboard shortcuts displayed at the bottom of the screen.
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