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Characters

Characters is a maps and navigation program, available on Linux.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: BSD-3-Clause & GPL-2.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Wikidata
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: The GNOME Project
Latest version: 51.0 (14 September 2026)
Latest activity: 17 September 2026
Source code: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-characters

At a glance

All of Characters is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (BSD-3-Clause & GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Characters is a simple utility application to find and insert unusual characters. It allows you to quickly find the character you are looking for by searching for keywords. You can also browse characters by categories, such as Punctuation, Pictures, etc.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) — 5 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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