CotEditor is a lightweight and open-source text editor made for macOS, designed for smooth plain-text editing and coding. It includes useful features like syntax highlighting, powerful regular expression search and replace, and excellent support for CJK languages, making it a great choice for developers and writers alike.
What’s New in Version 7.0.4
Improvements
Version 7.0.4 of CotEditor improves accessibility with better VoiceOver support, allowing the editor to read text count information from the status bar more clearly. The update also enhances the matching system for brackets and quotation marks, making coding and editing smoother.
Bug Fixes
This update fixes several issues related to file permissions, cursor crashes, filename conflicts, text encoding, indentation handling, Unicode normalization, and right-to-left text display. It also resolves a macOS 15 export problem in the Format settings and includes minor fixes for German localization.
CotEditor Specifications
General
Developer: CotEditor Official Website
Platform: macOS
Type: Lightweight plain text & code editor
License: Free & open-source
Latest Version: 7.0.4
Language Support: 50+ programming and markup languages
Key Features
Syntax highlighting
Line numbers
Auto indentation
Bracket & quotation matching
Split editor view
Search & replace with regex support
Unicode & multiple encoding support
File comparison
Scriptable with AppleScript
Live word/character count
Dark mode support
Vertical writing mode
Automatic backup & autosave
Performance
Very lightweight and fast
Optimized for large text files
Native Apple Silicon support (M1/M2/M3 Macs)
System Requirements
Operating System: macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Processor: Intel or Apple Silicon
Storage: Around 20–50 MB
Supported File Types
TXT
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Python
PHP
JSON
XML
Markdown
Swift
And many more
Best For
Developers
Writers
Bloggers
Web designers
macOS users who want a fast Notepad++ alternative