textmate/textmate

Health v2 · maintenance only

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14569 stars · 1755 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

TextMate is an open-source graphical text editor for macOS 10.12+, written in Objective-C++ with a C++ core. It supports many programming languages via bundle-based customization, multiple carets, scoped settings, snippets, macros, and version control integration.

Use cases

• edit source code on macOS with a lightweight native editor
• customize editor behavior with bundles, snippets, and macros
• edit files with multiple languages in one project using scoped settings
• view and commit version control changes from the editor
• preview HTML and Markdown live while editing
• record macros to automate repetitive text editing

When to choose

• you want a fast, native macOS text editor with deep bundle-based extensibility
• you need multiple carets, column selection, and powerful find/replace in a GUI editor
• you prefer an open-source editor with a mature bundle ecosystem for many languages

When to avoid

• you need a cross-platform editor that runs on Linux or Windows
• you want a full IDE with built-in debugging and refactoring tools
• you primarily develop on non-macOS systems or need heavy plugin marketplace support

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

editor developer-tools plugin-system documentation text-editors developer-tools operating-systems cross-platform text-editor bundles snippets multiple-carets syntax-grammars objective-c cocoa macos desktop

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