BBEdit vs Kakoune

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.

Kakoune is terminal text editor inspired by Vim but using a selection-first editing model with multi-cursor support. It provides comprehensive features for code-editors workflows. The tool is actively maintained with regular updates and strong community/vendor support.