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BBEdit

A HTML and plain text editor intended for software development. Created by Bare Bones Software

Freemium $ $ $
Mac

BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text.

The application has a trial version with limited functionality after 30 days.

BBEdit is listed in

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Link to official BBEdit site

Official Website

Pricing Information

One time purchase (perpetual license) that cost about $50

Features

Code completion Live Preview Multiple languages Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

Category

Tags

html html-editor text-editor

BBEdit was added by Filip in Apr 2009 and the latest update was made in May 2019. The list of alternatives was updated Aug 2019. It's possible to update the information on BBEdit or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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Comment by MiddleOfNowhere

about BBEdit · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

BBEdit is insanely great. I have been using text editors for almost 25 years now, starting with C64, Atari ST, then MacOS, Windows and back to OS X. BBEdit is easily the most-customizable, reliable and feature-rich text editor I have worked with. I use it for HTML, CSS, e-mail and about everything else that doesn't require visual formatting. GREP, syntax coloring, project management ... There's a lot to discover. It's not cheap, but well worth the money if words (or code) are your daily business.

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