![]() I have now been using CotEditor for a few weeks and I even prefer it to Notepad++ on my work PC. Then after reading the same lists of fully featured editors, I saw a mention of CotEditor on Reddit and it seemed to meet all of my requirements – it is a native Mac app, designed for speed and was also free! It seems to still be under development, with a repository on Github, and is distributed through the Mac App Store – giving peace of mind that Apple have checked it over. Which is why I find often found myself looking for that perfect lightweight code editor for Mac. ![]() However these do not have basic developer features like code highlighting. ![]() Often I just want to quickly edit a config file, or grab a snippet of code, so I would either wait for Atom to load, or simply use “TextEdit” or even “Nano” in the terminal. Atom is where I do most of my coding, but it is slow to load, especially on my ageing iMac. Atom is great, especially when working on a project with multiple files and using git. Searching for “a Mac equivalent to Notepadd++” usually ends up pointing to more fully featured text editors, such as Atom. The fact that I use it almost daily on my work PC just rubs salt into the wound. However there has been one application that I missed from my time using Windows – Notepad++, a simple text editor with code highlighting. I have been a Mac guy for years, since I bought a second hand iBook G3 as a student.
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