Howl

Howl is a text editor for Linux, published by Howl Developers. It is described as lightweight and keyboard-centric: navigation and commands are meant to be issued from the keyboard, and the interface is kept minimal so that the screen shows mostly the text buffer instead of toolbars and side panels. Editors of this shape generally suit programmers and writers who already work without reaching for a pointer.

The MIT license applies, which permits use, modification and redistribution, including within proprietary work, as long as the copyright notice is retained. Only a Linux build is listed, so Howl is not an option for anyone who needs the same editor on Windows or macOS.

Language support, configuration format, extension interface and file encoding handling are outside the facts recorded here; check the project documentation before moving an editing workflow onto it.