CotEditor for Mac
Plain text editor.
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CotEditor overview
CotEditor is an open-sourced, Cocoa-based plain-text editor for macOS. It supports syntax highlighting, has a powerful find-and-replace with the regular expression, and other small goodies for coding. It can handle also CJK languages well.
What's new in version 7.0.4
Improvements
- Improve VoiceOver support by letting the editor read the text count information shown in the status bar with VO-Shift-H.
- Improve the paired-symbol matching algorithm for brackets and quotation marks.
- Remove the Rich Text Format built-in syntax.
Fixes
- Fix an issue where saving a file could drop special POSIX permission bits, such as `setuid`, `setgid`, or `sticky`.
- Fix an issue where moving the cursor near leading invisible characters could crash the application.
- Fix an issue where copying or moving a file with certain filenames could unexpectedly change the filename while avoiding a conflict.
- Fix an issue where the incompatible character list in the Warnings inspector could miss some characters that change after text encoding conversion.
- Fix an issue where block comment delimiters could be inserted at the wrong indentation when commenting out lines with mixed indentation.
- Fix an issue where NFKC Case-Fold normalization could leave default-ignorable Unicode characters in the text.
- Fix an issue where invisible character symbols could be drawn incorrectly in right-to-left text.
- Fix an issue where replacing an existing setting during import could fail for certain files.
- Fix an issue on macOS 15 where the Export command in the Format settings pane’s menu could fail to export a syntax.
- Fix typos in German localization.
CotEditor for Mac
Free
In English
Version 7.0.4
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User Ratings
Apr 26, 2026
Version: 7.0.1
MU, the developer link on this page redirects to the *iPhone* app store. This is a Mac app (only). It should redirect to the Mac app store link for this app. Users, it is true the app is also available directly on the developer's web site. Otherwise, the two versions are identical except for the method used to update. The direct download is completely free, no in-app purchases at all. The app store version has in app purchases, now before you whine and complain about MAS, consider that the developer earns a bit of revenue for his efforts from the App store, but gets NOTHING from the direct download, plus he shoulders the bandwidth cost on his server. You spend more on a cup of coffee, support independent software developers. Older releases for prior versions of macOS are also available on the dev's site.
Sep 17, 2024
Version: 5.0.0
With version 5 of CotEditor, you can now fuel the brilliance behind this app by becoming a coffee sponsor! We all know coffee isn't just a beverage—it's the magical elixir that keeps the developer's code flowing smoothly, and solves every problem. To donate and keep the caffeine levels high, download the MAS (Mac App Store) edition of the app. Because behind every great app is an even greater cup of coffee!
Apr 19, 2024
Version: 4.8.0
CotEditor is one of the top apps that I constantly use in my daily work. Despite being "just" and editor it is an impressive feat of engineering. I am surprised that the developer is not even trying to get paid for his excellent work on this app, and I don't even see a donation button anywhere. I would have gladly paid the developer to encourage the work. Whenever possible, please consider download this app via MAS, which is also free, and writing a 5-star review.
Feb 13, 2024
Version: 4.7.4
i was looking for an alternative to notepad++ for mac and i found coteditor. it’s simple and does its job very well
