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Joe's Own Editor
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JOE
Free
GNU General Public License (GPL)
Read 11 Oct 2026 · joe-editor.sourceforge.io
On the record
- Audience
- SourceForge lists the intended audience as developers, desktop end users, and system administrators, with a console or terminal user interface.sourceforge.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Build
- JOE is written in C, lists libc as its only dependency, and can be built with configure and make install.joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Column editing
- Yesjoe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 24 Sep 2026
- Download integrity
- The SourceForge download page displays a SHA-256 checksum and says the JOE 4.8 archive was scanned for malware.sourceforge.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Editing styles
- The site describes JOE as combining WordStar-like editing keys and feel with some GNU-EMACS key bindings and features.joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Editing tools
- Features listed include multi-file search and replace, regular expressions, unlimited undo and redo, keyboard macros, and block operations.joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- History
- The site says JOE has been around since 1988 and comes standard with many Linux distributions.joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site lists spell-check commands invoking aspell or ispell and says JOE can run UNIX commands such as grep and find from within the editor.joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Macro recording
- Yesjoe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 24 Sep 2026
- Maintainer
- The site says JOE is maintained by its original author Joseph Allen, along with people who submit bug reports, feature suggestions, and patches.joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limits
- The site says JOE does not have vertical windows, folding, built-in FTP, an X-Window version, or a debugger interface.joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- JOE is a full featured terminal-based screen editor distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Spell checking
- Its spell-check commands invoke aspell or ispell; the site says background spell checking is not available.joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux,macOS (Unix-like systems)joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 24 Sep 2026
- Syntax and text support
- JOE supports UTF-8, optional UTF-8 file auto-detection, and syntax highlighting for more than 40 languages.joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Terminal features
- JOE supports mouse input, shell windows, multiple windows, pipes, and termcap or terminfo terminal capabilities.joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
- Windows download
- The official site links to a JOE for Windows 4.6 download.joe-editor.sourceforge.io · read 11 Oct 2026
