

On the surface, a text editor may look plain, simple and boring, but that’s because you haven’t gotten to know it yet. That’s why many people still use powerful text editors that are over 30 years old, like Vim and GNU Emacs. The more familiar you become with it, the more useful you’ll find it.

Finding one that’s just right is essential. That means those who use text editors have strong opinions about them. The best text editors tend to be incredibly powerful and highly configurable, making them a very personal choice. They’re most commonly used by developers, but also often by writers and note-takers. By default, there is a basic one preinstalled with every popular operating system. See LICENSE for details.A text editor is a handy, flexible tool that deserves a place on every computer. The image resources are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The source code is licensed under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0.

Requirement: macOS 12 Monterey or later.CotEditor is a lightweight plain-text editor for macOS.
