GNU nano (UNOFFICIAL)

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.

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Project

Publisher: Snapcrafters
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage: github.com/snapcrafters/nano
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Available via: Snap (4) · Arch Linux (2) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux · Slackware · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
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Snap Store, Snap Store (Candidate build), Snap Store (Beta build), Snap Store (Nightly build), AUR (Git build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Slackware, Solus, Gentoo

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Sources: Sources disagree on the name: gnunanounofficial / nano
Catalog data as of: October 12, 2026

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Source	Name	Version	Built by	License	Description
Snap Store	GNU nano (UNOFFICIAL)	9.2	—	GPL-3.0	Small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Snap Store (Candidate build)	GNU nano (UNOFFICIAL)	9.2	—	GPL-3.0	Small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Snap Store (Beta build)	GNU nano (UNOFFICIAL)	7.2+pkg-4057	—	GPL-3.0	Small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Snap Store (Nightly build)	GNU nano (UNOFFICIAL)	9.2	—	GPL-3.0	Small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
AUR (Git build)	nano-git	20231210-1	—	GPL	Pico editor clone with enhancements, git version
Debian	nano	8.4-1+deb13u1	Distribution build	—	small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Ubuntu	nano	8.7.1-1	Distribution build	—	small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Fedora	nano	8.7.1	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	A small text editor
Arch Linux	nano	9.2-1	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Pico editor clone with enhancements
Nixpkgs	nano	9.2	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Small, user-friendly console text editor
openSUSE	nano	9.2	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Pico editor clone with enhancements
Alpine Linux	nano	9.2-r0	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Enhanced clone of the Pico text editor
Void Linux	nano	9.2_1	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	GNU nano text editor
Slackware	nano	9.2-2	Distribution build	—	nano (Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone)
Solus	nano	8.6	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Gentoo	nano	9.2	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND (GPL-3.0-or-later OR GFDL-1.2-or-later)	GNU GPL'd Pico clone with more functionality