Most popular Editors for command line

nano

A simple and easy-to-use terminal text editor, perfect for quick edits.

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vi

Classic Unix text editor, lightweight but with a steep learning curve.

vi-docs

vim

“Vi Improved” — adds more features, scripting, and plugins to vi.

vim-docs

neovim (nvim)

Modern refactor of Vim with better plugin architecture, async support, and more extensibility.

neovim-docs