Command-line tool

moe

brew/moe

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Console text editor for ISO-8859 and ASCII

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install moe

Linux

brew install moe

Open moe and create a backup file (file~) when saving edits

moe path/to/file

Open a file as read-only

moe -o path/to/file

Edit a file without creating backups

moe -B path/to/file

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