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CotEditor

Open Source Plain-Text Editor for OS X
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What is CotEditor?

CotEditor is a lightweight plain-text editor for OS X.
CotEditor is a tool in the Text Editor category of a tech stack.
CotEditor is an open source tool with 6.1K GitHub stars and 412 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to CotEditor's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses CotEditor?

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Developers
12 developers on StackShare have stated that they use CotEditor.
Pros of CotEditor
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Excellent support for Japanese encoding

CotEditor's Features

  • Syntax Highlighting
  • Powerful Find & Replace
  • Setting via Click
  • Outline Menu
  • Split View
  • Character Inspector
  • Scriptable
  • Incompatible Characters
  • CJK Language Friendly

CotEditor Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to CotEditor?
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Git
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GitHub
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CotEditor's Followers
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