# textmate/textmate

TextMate is a graphical text editor for macOS 10.12 or later

Repository: https://github.com/textmate/textmate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/textmate
Homepage: https://macromates.com/
Language: Objective-C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: texteditor, macos, cocoa, objective-c-plus-plus, c-plus-plus, textmate
Last push: 2024-05-18T11:00:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5138, "days_push": 837, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14569, forks 1755 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:07.249779+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, developer-tools, plugin-system, documentation
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools, operating-systems, cross-platform
- platform: -
- tags: text-editor, bundles, snippets, multiple-carets, syntax-grammars, objective-c, cocoa, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- textmate/textmate (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.249779+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:12:28.973530+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/textmate/textmate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.249779+00:00, sha cea0ba0df843)
  - homepage: https://macromates.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:46.468104+00:00, sha b6c5267ccc67)
  - site_page: https://macromates.com/textmate/manual (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:46.483129+00:00, sha f5a0ca7b2130)
  - site_page: https://macromates.com/manual/en (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:46.485218+00:00, sha 919f8c24968f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.