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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