A professional text and code editor for macOS — built natively with SwiftUI.
No subscriptions. No bloat. Just a fast, clean editor that gets out of your way.
- Syntax Highlighting — 16 languages: Swift, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C/C++, Java, Go, Rust, Bash, JSON, XML, HTML, CSS, Markdown, SQL, Plain Text
- Multi-Tab Editing — unlimited tabs with full session restore on relaunch
- Find & Replace — live match highlighting, match counter, regex support, case-sensitive toggle
- 4 Themes — Dark, Light, Monokai, Solarized Dark
- Synchronized Line Numbers — gutter stays in sync with scroll at all times
- Duplicate Detection — highlight all duplicate lines instantly
- Minimap — bird's-eye view of your file with click-to-navigate
- Text Tools — sort lines, trim trailing spaces, remove duplicates, indent/dedent, uppercase/lowercase
- Status Bar — live line/col, word count, char count, encoding, language picker
- Drag & Drop — drop any file onto the window to open it
- Open Recent — native macOS Open Recent menu support
- Tab Management — rename tabs, reorder (right-click context menu), reopen closed tabs
- Unsaved Indicator — orange dot on tabs with unsaved changes, save dialog on close
- Settings — font size, theme, word wrap, line numbers, minimap — all persisted
- macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
- Apple Silicon or Intel Mac
- Download SimpleEditV1.0.zip
- Unzip and drag SimpleEdit.app to your
/Applicationsfolder - First launch only: right-click the app → Open → Open
This is required once because the app is currently unnotarized. We're working on getting an Apple Developer account for future releases.
- Xcode 15 or later
- macOS 14 SDK
# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/simpleappzco/simpleedit.git
cd simpleedit
# Open in Xcode
open SimpleEdit.xcodeprojThen press ⌘R to build and run.
SimpleEdit/
├── SimpleEditApp.swift # App entry point, menu commands, AppDelegate
├── ContentView.swift # Main editor UI, all views and logic
└── Assets.xcassets/
└── AppIcon.appiconset/ # App icon — all required macOS sizes
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New Tab | ⌘T |
| Open File | ⌘O |
| Save | ⌘S |
| Save As | ⌘⇧S |
| Find / Replace | ⌘F |
| Indent | ⌘] |
| Dedent | ⌘[ |
| Undo | ⌘Z |
| Redo | ⌘⇧Z |
| Reopen Closed Tab | ⌘⇧T |
- Notarized release (Apple Developer Program)
- Mac App Store listing
- Auto-update via Sparkle
- Additional themes
- More apps from SimpleAppz
Bug reports and feature requests are welcome! Open an issue or submit a pull request.
MIT License — see LICENSE for details.
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