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5 best alternatives to Sublime Text for Mac

Sublime Text: Text editor for Mac for code, markup and prose. Here are 5 apps people use instead, each reviewed before it was listed.

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  1. 1.Zed

    Free code editor for Mac with built-in collaboration, a terminal, a debugger and optional AI agents.

    FreemiumDeveloper ToolsOpen sourceApple silicon

  2. 2.VSCodium

    Free code editor for Mac built from the VS Code source, without Microsoft telemetry or branding.

    FreeDeveloper ToolsOpen sourceApple silicon

  3. 3.CodeEdit

    Free code editor for Mac, written natively in Swift, with a built-in terminal, tasks and Git. Still in beta.

    FreeDeveloper ToolsOpen source

  4. 4.CotEditor

    Free text editor for Mac with syntax highlighting, regex find and replace and split panes.

    FreeWritingOpen sourceApple silicon

  5. 5.Cursor

    Code editor with an AI agent.

    FreemiumDeveloper ToolsApple silicon

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