# Install moe with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

Console text editor for ISO-8859 and ASCII. Version 1.16 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#moe.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:moe
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install moe
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install moe
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: editors/moe/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add moe
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: moe from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install moe
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: moe from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#moe
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/moe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install moe
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: moe from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:moe
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.16
- **Source summary:** Console text editor for ISO-8859 and ASCII
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/moe/moe.html>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- moe (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.16
## Project history and usage

GNU moe is a GNU console text editor for ISO-8859 and ASCII-oriented editing. The official GNU page and manual describe it as a modeless, terminal-based editor with online help, multiple windows, unlimited undo and redo within available memory, global search and replace, block operations, indentation, word wrapping, directory browsing, delimiter matching, and text conversion features.

### Project history

The official GNU release area shows the 1.0 tarball published in 2008 and later annual-style releases through the 2020s. Its packaging profile is deliberately small: a GPL command-line editor distributed from GNU project pages and GNU mirrors rather than a hosted source-control forge.

### Adoption history

moe has remained a niche editor in package-manager catalogs, appealing mainly to users who want a small GNU terminal editor outside the dominant vi, Emacs, and nano paths.

### How it is used

Package users install moe for direct terminal text editing with predictable modeless behavior and GNU documentation. No official persistent config file or credentials file is documented in the checked sources.

### Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, moe is a compact example of a GNU leaf package: stable release tarballs, Texinfo/HTML manual pages, and a single executable.

### Timeline

- 2008: GNU mirror publishes moe 1.0 tarball.
- 2026: GNU mirror lists moe 1.16-era release files.

### Sources

- <https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/moe/>
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/moe/manual/moe_manual.html>
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/moe/moe.html>
- source_facts.description
- source_facts.homepage


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - moe: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/moe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - moe - 1.14-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: moe from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | powerful and user-friendly text editor | https://www.gnu.org/software/moe/moe.html
- apk - moe-doc - 1.14-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: moe-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | powerful and user-friendly text editor (documentation) | https://www.gnu.org/software/moe/moe.html
- dnf - moe - 1.16-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: moe from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A powerful clean text editor | http://www.gnu.org/software/moe/moe.html
- zypper - moe - 1.16-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: moe from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A Text Editor | https://www.gnu.org/software/moe/moe.html
- MacPorts - moe: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: editors/moe/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/moe.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/moe.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph