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title: Install chr on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of chr for Linux - terminal-based text editor
  - chr
url: https://snapcraft.io/chr
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# chr

[Christoph Hueffelmann (chr-istoph)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/chr-istoph "View all snaps from Christoph Hueffelmann (chr-istoph)")

* [Christoph Hueffelmann (chr-istoph)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/chr-istoph "View all snaps from Christoph Hueffelmann (chr-istoph)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 0.80.4

Install latest/stable of chr

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install chr --classic
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* chr

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### License

* BSL-1.0

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### Last updated

* 20 October 2025 - latest/stable
* 8 October 2025 - latest/edge

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### Source code

* [github.com/istoph/editor](https://github.com/istoph/editor "https://github.com/istoph/editor")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/chr#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/chr#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/chr#tab-security)

#### terminal-based text editor - chr

Keyboard shortcuts are similar to the default editors in Gnome, KDE and other desktop environments. This is to ease workflows alternating between GUIs and terminal.

The look and feel is a blend of modern GUI editors and late 90s PC text mode editors (e.g. Turbo Vision based or edit.com) adapted to fit into terminal based workflows.

It has been written from scratch using Tui Widget

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## Install chr on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/chr/ubuntu)