OpenSource Notepad++ alternative
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I'm looking for an equivalent app like Notepad++, which unfortunately isn't available for Mac. I need something with M support. I'm happy about suggestions :)
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CotEditor?
Not sure if it’s open source but it’s free in the App Store.
BBEdit, Sublime Text, Cot Editor or run Notepad++ in WINE (don't actually do this, it seems to run fine but the OS integration is super clunky or non/functional -- Win95-style file open and save dialogs, opening in Finder with a right-click is broken).
Brackets, CotEditor, TextEdit, TextMate, etc.
You should specify what features do you need.
GEdit via homebrew
Look at Pulsar. It's a fork of the popular Atom editor that was killed off by Microsoft-owned GitHub. It has packages for editing over sftp, column-selection, plus tons of others and excellent search and replace.
VS Code/Codium. The extensions really make it so good and versatile.
I’ve switched to VSCode for everything like this. You won’t go back.
If you need it for coding: Visual Studio Code.
CotEditor looks slick!