nano
brew install nano
v9.0_1
GPL-3.0-or-later
Lightweight terminal text editor with intuitive keybindings, GNU replacement for Pico.
Why you might care
Nano is the default text editor on many Unix systems and requires no learning curve—intuitive Ctrl+X to save, Ctrl+O to open. Use it for quick config edits and scripting when you want simplicity over vi/Vim's modal complexity. Smaller footprint and dependencies than Emacs.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://www.nano-editor.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/n/nano.rb
Caveats
A sample configuration file is available at $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/doc/nano/sample.nanorc See `man nanorc` for more information.
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