Characters

Character map application

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About

Characters is a simple utility application to find and insert unusual characters. It allows you to quickly find the character you are looking for by searching for keywords. You can also browse characters by categories, such as Punctuation, Pictures, etc.

Changelog

Characters 51.0 release. New translations: The following translations have been updated: - Lao - Maori - Norwegian Bokmål - Belarusian - Catalan (Valencian) - Cornish - Dutch - German - Icelandic - Indonesian - Italian - Kabyle - Norwegian Nynorsk - Persian - Polish - Santali - Serbian - Slovak

Required configuration

Requires: a screen with its shortest side at least 360 px. Supports: keyboard, mouse or touchpad, touch screen.

Additional information

Project

Developer: The GNOME Project
Publisher: Canonical
License: BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage: apps.gnome.org/Characters
From the project: Report a bug Source code Contribute Help translate Donate Contact
Latest release: September 14, 2026 (1 month ago)Actively maintained · 2 releases in the last year
Release history: Last 4 releases
51.0September 14, 2026
50.0March 14, 2026
49.0September 11, 2025
48.0March 14, 2025
Languages: 75 languages

Install

Size: 1.5 MB
Installs: 328,650 on Flathub1,167 in the last 7 days
Available via: Flatpak · Snap (2) · Arch Linux (2) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 14 packagings
Flathub (Flatpak), Snap Store, Snap Store (Candidate build), AUR (Git build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Solus, Gentoo (Candidate build)
Flatpak sandbox: Limited access
Runs in a sandbox with no access to your personal files or devices beyond what's listed.

About this data

Sources: Sources disagree on the name: characters / gnomecharacters
Catalog data as of: October 12, 2026

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How each source lists it (14)

Source	Name	Version	Built by	License	Description
Flathub (Flatpak)	Characters	51.0	Official build	BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later	Character map application
Snap Store	GNOME Characters	48.0	—	GPL-3.0+	A character map application
Snap Store (Candidate build)	GNOME Characters	49.1	—	GPL-3.0+	A character map application
AUR (Git build)	gnome-characters-git	44.0+31+g142609f-1	—	GPL2	A character map application
Debian	gnome-characters	48.0-1	Distribution build	—	character map application
Ubuntu	gnome-characters	50.0-1	Distribution build	—	character map application
Fedora	gnome-characters	50.0	Distribution build	BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later	Character map application for GNOME
Arch Linux	gnome-characters	51.0-1	Distribution build	BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later	A character map application
Nixpkgs	gnome-characters	50.0	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	Simple utility application to find and insert unusual characters
openSUSE	gnome-characters	50.0	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Character Map
Alpine Linux	gnome-characters	50.0-r0	Distribution build	BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later	A simple utility application to find and insert unusual characters
Void Linux	gnome-characters	48.0_1	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	Utility to find and insert unusual characters for GNOME
Solus	gnome-characters	48.0	Distribution build	BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later	Character map application
Gentoo (Candidate build)	gnome-characters	50.0	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause	Unicode character map viewer and library