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CodeMirror vs CotEditor: What are the differences?
What is CodeMirror? In-browser code editor used in the dev tools for both Firefox and Chrome, Light Table, Adobe Brackets, Bitbucket, and many other projects. CodeMirror is a JavaScript component that provides a code editor in the browser. When a mode is available for the language you are coding in, it will color your code, and optionally help with indentation.
What is CotEditor? Open Source Plain-Text Editor for OS X. CotEditor is a lightweight plain-text editor for OS X.
CodeMirror and CotEditor can be primarily classified as "Text Editor" tools.
Some of the features offered by CodeMirror are:
- Support for over 60 languages out of the box
- A powerful, composable language mode system
- Autocompletion (XML)
On the other hand, CotEditor provides the following key features:
- Syntax Highlighting
- Powerful Find & Replace
- Setting via Click
"Integrable in your application" is the top reason why over 3 developers like CodeMirror, while over 2 developers mention "Excellent support for Japanese encoding" as the leading cause for choosing CotEditor.
CodeMirror and CotEditor are both open source tools. It seems that CodeMirror with 18K GitHub stars and 3.92K forks on GitHub has more adoption than CotEditor with 2.77K GitHub stars and 252 GitHub forks.
Pros of CodeMirror
- Integrable in your application6
- Better content manipulation methods4
- Easy Custom Mode3
- JavaScript based1
- Easy setup1
Pros of CotEditor
- Excellent support for Japanese encoding3
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