CotEditor App Reviews
It’s the first text editor that accepts regular expressions and allows n (cr lf) substitutions. It would be perfect if the app implicitly permits crlf searches/exhibition, like in notepad++.
CLIのcotコマンド
なんでもかんでもCotEditorで書いてます。本当にありがたいappです。 App Storeに入ったせいでcotコマンドは無くなってしまいましたけど alias cot=open $1 -a /Applications/CotEditor.app で対応させてます。
使いやすいです
ずっと、miを使っていましたが、 Evernoteにコピペすると崩れてしまう問題がありました。 CotEditorは、軽くてとても使いやすいです。AppStoreからダウンロードできるのも手軽で嬉しいです。
This freeware is very good except the functions of "Sytax HighlLight" and “Correspondence of Brackets”. This version CANNOT precisely distinguish them from "Comment.” The developper team has known this issue but it has said “can not improve them within near future because of the design.” However, these are the critical prblems for programmers, I’m afraid. このアプリは とても素敵なのですが、「シンタックスハイライト」と「括弧の相応」には、コメントの「認識」と絡むところで問題があります。開発者によれば、設計上のことなのでスグには解決できないとのこと。けれども、プログラマーにとっては重大な問題であろうと思われます。
Cant Install
This is why i hate Appstore some Apps install some cant and around ...
Since I can not use this program to save the file to which I do not have permission, it has become useless. Its a shame because he was once comfortable.
Great!
This is really essential plain text editor without any special purposed complications.
I am a developer and i need it when i have to do something different than app developing, for example building websites or xml editing! this is perfect and very ease to use! Reccomended.
I usually never leave reviews but when you come across an application that is not only free but feature rich and does exactly what you’re looking for I figure I should. I use Coda for my main web development IDE, but to quickly open something for small edits or to review, I perfer doing it in CotEditor. Regular updates and a repsonsive developer to boot.
I’m a newcomer to the world of coding and I want to say that CotEditor has been a very helpful learning tool. I love the options to alter color schemes and key bindings, they really help me out a lot. My only problems may be caused by my own lack of knowledge, but I will still write them here. While editing an HTML document, I can’t seem to find a way to input internal CSS styling. Whenever I try to do so, using the <style> tag, the text within the tag is always displayed on the webpage instead of being read as CSS text. Is there a solution for this? Also, I wonder if there is an option to rename the key binding snippets. Thanks for reading and thanks for this wonderful text editor!
I can’t believe this is free. Very useful tool for those who enjoy programming!. Thank you very much, it works just like advertised. This is like notepad++, or even better. Many syntax options to choose from!
Crashing a lot while typing
When this is not a part of App Store then this was perfect. But now its crashing a lot. :( very bad experience now.
So simple, lightweight, and at the same time extensible. I used to use it many many years ago and I’m very glad it’s still being actively worked on. Thanks!
This is a very nice and simple text editor to use. It is light weight and simple interface to use. The only thing I found an issue with, was the fact that you can only have one file open for each window. Other than that, this is a great tool!
This is similar to a lite version of BBEdit although not as feature rich. But still, every basic need here is present and very well put together. Its a nice product that has no shortcomings. Id certainly recommend it if youre looking for a powerful editor for free. This is great.
Only supports MacOS 15 Sequoia or later
How can this not even support the relatively recent MacOS 14 Sonoma? A lot of people don’t want to run MacOS 15 Sequoia let alone the latest debacle Tahoe. For a relatively simple app I don’t understand why it needs any new features of Sequoia? This seems to be more the case the developer is just trying to make support easier? Is the app going to drop even Sequoia this fall when the next MacOS comes out? No espresso from me.
Needs Ada Syntax
I agree with another reviewer: This nice editor needs Ada syntax. Ada is perennially a top-20 language in various popularity ratings and lately has been trending to 9-12. [UPDATE] The developer quickly added Ada syntax after I make this comment. Nice response. I’ll say more about this editor now that I’ve had a bit more time with it. It has a sidebar which can open to an entire folder of files. It has a code navigator for code files for which there is an installed syntax. And CotEditor is extremely scriptable, from shell, Python, AppleScript, Ruby, and others. Theme colors are editable, although I’ve had some trouble with colors “sticking” after closing the color selector, but was ultimately successful. It has a Quick Actions feature where you type a few characters and it reads your mind about what you meant. This is a top-flight editor for all text and code uses—use it to work with files when you don’t want to launch the Titanic (Visual Studio Code) to do so.
没有跨文件（文件夹）搜索功能
没有跨文件（文件夹）搜索功能
Excellent editor
I adore this editor, and it would be my 'primary' editor if it supported LSP. I use Kate instead just for that specific piece, but I use Cot Editor for everything else.
The Text Editor Apple should have made
Hands down the best free text editor for the Mac and one of the best text editors for Mac regardless of being free or not. CotEditor slots perfectly between Apple’s built in TextEdit and BBEdit. In fact, CotEditor SHOULD be the default Mac text editor but I’m glad it’s not because if it were Apple would already by hobbling the extra features that CotEditor has over TextEdit and then would be requiring Mac users to subscribe to Apple One or Creator Studio in order to get the extra features. If I had any suggestions for the developers it would be to add syntax recognition for Ada and for Vala. I suggest Ada because there is already support in CotEdit for Pascal which Ada is a superset of and there is already support for Verilog and VHDL which are based in part on Ada. So adding support for Ada should be trivial. Concerning Vala it is a language very much like C# and used primarily in the GNU/Linux world with first class support for GNU/Linux, GTK GUI toolkit, GNOME desktop environment and the GObject object oriented system for C. In fact, Vala compiles straight down to C so that any C compiler can be used. Thanks again for a GREAT Mac native text editor !!
No Line Position
This almost does what I want. And what I want is not difficult. I want a text editor that includes the current line number and position ON THAT LINE. If line 1 has 80 characters and line 2 has 4 characters, when my cursor is at the end of line 2 I want the position to display as 4, NOT 85.
Problem Software
Horrific annoying updates every 2 days. Don’t release the software until it is ready to be used with out your errors,
The best on Mac
Hope you could be the EmEdit on Mac one day
The GOAT app
Literally perfect for when you don’t want to open a Memory-moster IDE and just want to edit literally anything quick and easy
works great
small. simple. powerful. love it.
Fast, simple, and fully featured editor
I'm really enjoying using CotEditor as my primary editor. Yesterday I added a Format command that automatically formats most types of code I edit with a single keystroke (Python, Go, Rust, Swift, HTML, etc.) There's no other editor I can think of that can do that as simply, and doesn't require managing numerous plugins. It's magical. Most scripts have only a single line of code such as "$HOME"/.swiftly/bin/swiftformat --swiftversion 6.2.3 "$1" or "$HOME"/.local/bin/ruff format --no-cache "$1"
What cost?
It says “in app purchases”. I have spent 30 minutes trying to find out where you’re going to get your money from me and how much it will be. I’m not going to use this app until I know you’re not going to pop up and say, “I’m sorry, to save your file locally you need to buy the professional version for $49.95.” or whatever. You’ve gone very far out of your way to make finding what in app purchases you offer difficult; that makes me worry.
Must have App for Programmers. Fantastic
I use CotEditor all the time. Besides using CotEditor to write code and save code snippets. I’m a computer science student and I use CotEditor to take notes for any CS class. The program is just perfect. I can use it for all my classes, go between C++, C, Matlab, and SQL and it just works perfectly.
How is this free?
Amazing text editor. How is there no way to even tip this developer? What an amazing gift they have given us. Love this editor!
A Gem
In short, at the very least, a brilliant, almost bohemian like beauty to it; I find. This application, we find, overall, to be a rhythmic confluence in and of both variety plus eclecticism. Amazing. Much respect to the Application Developer Design and Team.
Fast and Lightweight
Opens quickly and not bloated. Thanks for making this editor.
Powerful, flexible editor
I find myself working with a variety of languages, including a couple that are not very common. Configuring this editor to do syntax highlighting for them was a breeze. I prefer using this tool to most IDEs - it’s just easier and more intuitive than most.
Nice Editor
It does what I need it to do. Edit text files but it also helps with syntax highlighting and formatting for a bunch of languages and scripts.
My new default editor
This editor is a breeze to use, super fast, lightweight, and customizable. It’s perfect for developers or just for quick notes. I’ve made it my go-to text editor for most things.
Really nice editor
I mostly use CotEditor to edit ChordPro music files. It’s fast, clean, and responsive. Since ChordPro is a “standard” (in finger quotes) vs a real capital-S Standard, there are a lot of variations in tags from different programs and sources. CE’s advanced search and replace functions are super helpful for converting files into the format used by my preferred software. If there’s a way to create a ChordPro syntax file, I’d love to hear about it.
Awesomest little thing on my Mac!
This must be the default text editor on every operating system!
Perfect for Notepad++ Users!
Long time Windows user and avid fan of Notepad++. I had to switch to Mac for current job and was disappointed with the built in text editor. I then evaluated a bunch of other text editors and they were either “too much” (like full IDEs) or “too little” without any real features. But then I found CotEditor and life was good again. Is it as robust as N++? No. But it’s close! At the least, it has everything I need!
Best text editor for Mac
I have a PC and one of my favorite editors is Notepad++. I still miss an editor with that fluidity of text editing when it comes to Mac. However after a tiring search of an alternative, I found this. To my surprise, first time I felt like I didn’t have to go back to my PC just to edit a big file, transfer it to my Mac. I did most of it here with the given options. Very exited with the direction this app is moving towards and won’t be surprise if it becomes number one very soon. Good work!
Would not save in markdown
Looks like it should. It has a menu for file format. But no matter how I chose it insists on saving in .txt file and without markdown. Maybe I just don’t understand the interface but… for a Mac app, that’s inexcusable.
Elegant Text Editor
Thoughtfully crafted text editor. I use it for writing related tasks. A real pleasure to look at and use.
Great modern replacement for Textmate
I used TextMate for years, but was browsing around for something newer, more modern UI and more responsive, but still the same basic ease and featuers. Tried several editors, but ended up sticking with CotEditor and have come to greatly prefer it.
Fast and convenient
a light-weight editor that can compete with some of the heavy-weights. Thanks!
New Mode Setting Obnoxious
The new mode setting should be optional, and not enabled by default. I have no need for my text editor to decide to display things differently depending on if it is code or non-code. We already had great syntax highlighting for that.
Like a breath of fresh air
Coteditor is perfection. It feels like my life is 20x better since using it.
Great tool for coding!
Outside of using an IDE, this is a fantastic free tool to edit code! Using Perl or PHP when coding a MIPS Assembly project helps color code just be aware that cues may not be accurate regarding any mistakes you might make
Masterclass
This app is everything that I've wanted. A super lightweight text editor on a mac that does what it says. Has soft-wrap on by default and shows word count without needing to jump through hoops. Thank you.
Excellent app
Really like it! Use it all the time. Highly recommended.
Excellent app!
It does what you need for text editing in a ton of languages and is customizable enough to get the look and feel right. My only requests at this point would be: 1) to add web3 languages, such as Clarity (Bitcoin) and Solidity (Ethereum), 2) add in a Vim mode so we don't have to do all the key bindings ourselves, and 3) allow a way to center the text window when in full screen, like a zen mode, so we're not always looking to the left for hours.
Robust, but lacking some features
I like the stability of the app and how fast it is. The who missing functionalities I see - the editor has a "line cursor" which is not easy to see. It would be nice to have a choice of the "block cursor" in the settings, or to make the line cursor wider. - the editor is missing a button to open a file pane to navigate in the current directory and in subdirectories to open other files when needed
broken?
not usable at all. laggy and buggy. As an example, in multi-replace window, I can't seem to edit what to replace with.
Show .git files changes
Many many editors showing this already! Must have feature! Also - if file was edited - tab should show "*" in it's name
Replaced TextMate for me
I've been looking for a worthy replacement for TextMate for the past few months. In addition to a decent, lightweight interface, the features I most needed (as a non-developer) were multiple cursors and a solid find & replace with regex capability. This app checked those boxes, and also impressed me with it's thoughtful implementation all across the app.
Does what a good text editor should
I love this app. It has the feature set and configurability to do what you need it to do, but doesn't clog up the interface and create a confusing user experience. Truly a mature and useful text editor.
The best default “open in” app
CotEditor is *not* the app you use to work on large projects. It does not have code intelligence or anything like that. CotEditor *is* the app that you set to be the default app for all your plain text files, because it opens instantly, has 0 lag, does syntax highlighting of pretty much all common languages, supports multiple cursors, and has a seriously powerful find and replace (with full regex support, including capture groups in the replacement). Plus it uses all of the native macOS stuff, which is always a pleasant surprise for coding apps. Consider it a friendlier vim: fast, light, powerful enough. If you're tired of needing to launch an entire IDE just to edit two lines in a file, CotEditor is the editor you're looking for.
Missing ONE thing!
I love the clean views, the ease of use, and the multi-file types, but why OH WHY isn't there a SAVE icon for the toolbar?
Perfect fast editor
I'm a developper working in different environments, like traditional c toolchiain, web frontend, and python, etc. This a perfect editor fits in my needs, as I just need the editing function, except the compiler, builder, packer or else. Very light-wighet with fast launch and quit, very low memory footprint and cpu consumption.
Very great lightweight text editor
CotEditor is something I enjoyed using during a year of coding. Something in between TextEdit/Notepad and Visual Studio Code. On Windows this thing in between is Notepad , while on Mac it is definitely CotEditor. Fulfills this need perfectly
Best textEdit replacement!
thanks for this app, and amazing how this is free. Hope there's ways to support it more
a very nice app
secure and useful
Joyfully simple
I originally downloaded CotEditor for one thing - the fact that it opens with a blank window. I'm so weary of text editors asking a bunch of questions first! But I've come to love it for small coding jobs and for any kinds of notes I want to take where I just want a window to topy and quickly.
Very useful
Use this editor often. Its been useful and reliable.
Awesome Code and Text Editor
Starting with Cot was a rare and wonderful experiences because it took me less than 5 minutes to get it set up the way I wanted and start being productive with it. Everything just worked the way I expected. Even the command line tool is great (it works well as an external editor for pgsql). So far I have used Cot with SQL, Javascript, and Markdown files, and it has been delightful. Cot really hits the sweet spot of lightweight and feature-rich. Highlights for me are code/word completion based on both syntax keywords and words in the document, symbol navigation including and outline for Markdown files, and how easy it is to customize the editor. Nicely done!
Wonderfuler MacOS Alternative
Atom has been sunset and I needed an alternative lightweight editor and Cot is GREAT. TO THE DEVS: Could y'all add a "Fix Indentation" command with the "Shift Right" and "Shift Left" options that are already implemented? It is SUPER helpful to corrent a pages html indents after adding multple random lines.
Great for Java Programming
I am taking online courses for Java programming and this lightweight tool is perfect for what I need. If you want a ton of features I suggest another editing tool. But if you want a simple tool to write Java code in this is perfect for the following reasons: 1. When learning to write code you don't want a heavy tool that helps you too much. This does not autocomplete, suggest what to write, etc so this makes it better for learning. 2. It is not too heavy. While some people may want many features that can be overwhelming with too many options and customizations that aren't always necessary. This loads quicker windows minimize fast due to its small footprint. 3. It is better for programming than the most basic text editor that comes with a Macbook. While I don't need a ton of features it is nice to have the barebones basic such as bracket assistance and intuitive indentation functionality. It also gives the option to save as a "java" file. Just the basics which are always needed when using for Java code. Please don't change a thing. There are many other programs with many more features so that is well covered. It took me a while to find a basic program like this with some minor functionality for programming.