Highlights
- Opens and edits plain text files on Linux.
- Provides a direct editor for notes, lists, and configuration text.
- Fits GNOME desktop workflows and interface conventions.
- Keeps the focus on text rather than document formatting.
About this application
Text Editor is a Linux application from The GNOME Project for opening, writing, and editing plain text files. It is intended for everyday text work such as notes, configuration snippets, lists, source fragments, and short documents where formatting is not required. The program presents text directly, rather than as a word processor document, so it is suited to files whose content must remain simple and portable.
The application belongs to the GNOME desktop environment and follows its conventions for window layout and file handling. Its scope is text editing: it is not a desktop publishing tool, a spreadsheet, or a full software development environment. The listed platform is Linux, and its license is GPL-3.0-or-later.
Where to get it
Linux
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From the publisher
Install from a terminal
flatpak install flathub org.gnome.TextEditor
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