Command-line tool

nano

brew/nano

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

Free (GNU) replacement for the Pico text editor editor cli text-editor text command-line

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id ChawyeHsu.Nano -e
scoop install nano

macOS

brew install nano

Linux

brew install nano

Open specific files, moving to the next file after closing the previous one

nano path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

Start the editor without using configuration files

nano -I

Open a file and position the cursor at a specific line and column

nano +line,column path/to/file

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