BBEdit vs CotEditor

BBEdit

BBEdit is a professional text and code editor for macOS developed by Bare Bones Software. It provides powerful text processing, grep pattern matching, multi-file search, and syntax highlighting for numerous programming languages.

Code EditorsFreemium

CotEditor

CotEditor Native macOS plain-text editor with syntax highlighting, regex search, and a lightweight single-window design.

Code EditorsFreeOpen Source

Quick Facts

Bare Bones SoftwareCompany—

1992Year Launched2005

FreemiumPricing ModelFree

NoOpen SourceYes

Code EditorsCategoryCode Editors

macOSPlatformsmacOS, Windows, Linux

BBEdit

CompanyBare Bones Software

Year Launched1992

Pricing ModelFreemium

Open SourceNo

CategoryCode Editors

PlatformsmacOS

CotEditor

Company—

Year Launched2005

Pricing ModelFree

Open SourceYes

CategoryCode Editors

PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Linux

Pricing

BBEdit

Freemium

Free Mode: 0

License: 49.99/one-time

CotEditor

Free

Open Source: Free/One-time

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