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title: Install Mazu Editor on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Mazu Editor for Linux - A minimalist text editor
  with syntax highlight, copy/paste, and search
url: https://snapcraft.io/mazu-editor
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# Mazu Editor

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latest/stable 2a7f37f

Install latest/stable of Mazu Editor

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install mazu-editor
```

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

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### Package name

* mazu-editor

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### License

* BSD-2-Clause

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### Last updated

* 23 April 2019 - latest/stable
* 5 November 2025 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/jserv/mazu-editor](https://github.com/jserv/mazu-editor "https://github.com/jserv/mazu-editor")

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### Contact

* [github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/mazu-editor-snap/issues](https://github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/mazu-editor-snap/issues "https://github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/mazu-editor-snap/issues")

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### Command › Alias

* mazu-editor.mazu-editor › me

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

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

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

#### A minimalist text editor with syntax highlight, copy/paste, and search

**Usage**

Command line: (*filename* is optional)

```
 me _filename_
```

Supported keys:

* Ctrl-S: Save
* Ctrl-Q: Quit
* Ctrl-F: Find string in file
  + ESC to cancel search, Enter to exit search, arrows to navigate
* Ctrl-C: Copy line
* Ctrl-X: Cut line
* Ctrl-V: Paste line
* PageUp, PageDown: Scroll up/down
* Up/Down/Left/Right: Move cursor
* Home/End: move cursor to the beginnging/end of editing line

Mazu Editor does not depend on external library (not even curses). It uses fairly
standard VT100 (and similar terminals) escape sequences.

**Acknowledge**

Mazu Editor was inspired by excellent tutorial Build Your Own Text Editor:

<https://viewsourcecode.org/snaptoken/kilo>

**Snap-specific information**

Due to the confined nature of the snap apps, by default this snap can only access
the files under your home directory(excluding the dotfiles right under it).

To open and save files under the `/mnt` and the `/media` directories, connect the
snap to the `removable-media` interface by running the following command in a
terminal:

```
 sudo snap connect mazu-editor:removable-media
```

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## Install Mazu Editor 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/mazu-editor/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/mazu-editor/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/mazu-editor/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/mazu-editor/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/mazu-editor/fedora)

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

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/mazu-editor/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/mazu-editor/manjaro)

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

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/mazu-editor/opensuse)

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

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/mazu-editor/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/mazu-editor/raspbian)