subethaedit/SubEthaEdit

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1431 stars · 115 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

SubEthaEdit is a free, open-source plain text editor for macOS written in Objective-C, known for pioneering live collaborative editing. It offers syntax highlighting for many languages, regex search, block editing, code folding, a command-line tool, and AppleScript support.

Use cases

• collaboratively edit documents with others in real time
• edit code with syntax highlighting on macOS
• write HTML with live web preview
• edit multiple lines at once with block editing
• use a terminal-integrated editor via the see command
• write meeting minutes or creative writing with friends
• search and replace with regex across documents

When to choose

• you are on macOS and want a native editor with real-time collaboration
• you need a lightweight code editor with regex search and folding
• you want an open-source editor with AppleScript automation support

When to avoid

• you need a cross-platform editor
• you require a full IDE with debugging and refactoring
• you need plugin ecosystems like VS Code's

Facets

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editor developer-tools text-editors developer-tools operating-systems collaborative-editing syntax-highlighting objective-c cocoa regex-search applescript command-line-tool live-web-preview macos desktop

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