Extensible macOS text editor with language bundles
BBEdit
The professional HTML and text editor for Mac
About BBEdit
BBEdit is a long-running macOS text editor from Bare Bones Software for writers, developers, and sysadmins. Key features include powerful search and multi-file replace, text factories and clippings, HTML tools, and a capable free mode. Access is sold through the paid plans listed on its official site, with onboarding, documentation, and customer support provided by the vendor for subscribers.
BBEdit key facts
- Category: Developer Tools
- Pricing: Paid — this directory does not list a free tier for it.
- Focus areas: editor, macos, text, professional
- Official site: barebones.com
About the Developer Tools category
Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 776 tools. Alongside BBEdit, it includes TextMate, CotEditor, Nova, OrbStack.
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