Incise
A fast, native macOS text editor inspired by Notepad++ — tabbed editing, syntax highlighting, regex find & replace, a CSV/data table view with one-click format conversion, and zero-loss session restore.
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Distraction-free
- Lightweight
- Support for Themes
Features
- Syntax Highlighting
- Ad-free
- No registration required
Git Support- No Tracking
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Dark Mode
- Code Formatting
- Works Offline
- Full-Text Search
- Support for MarkDown
- Comma Separated Values
Incise News & Activities
Recent activities
- texspark liked Incise
- badgerivy added Incise
badgerivy added Incise as alternative to Notepad++, Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code and Kate
Incise information
Developed by
Ivan Histand Licensing
Proprietary and Free product.Alternatives
9 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
What is Incise?
Incise is a free, native Swift/Cocoa text editor for macOS, built in the spirit of Notepad++ (which has no Mac version). It offers multi-tab editing, Scintilla-powered syntax highlighting, regex find & replace with project-wide search, code folding, multiple cursors, side-by-side diff, a git-aware file tree, an integrated terminal, and Claude Code /ide integration. It also opens CSV, TSV, and JSON as a real, editable table — sort, filter, color cells by inferred type, and edit values written straight back to the file — and converts a file between CSV, JSON, JSON Lines, YAML, TOML, and Markdown tables in one click, entirely on-device. Every tab — even unsaved ones — is restored on relaunch. Available on the Mac App Store and via Homebrew.
Comments and Reviews
A great alternative to Notepad++. If you're looking to switch, you won't feel like you're missing anything.