WHAT TextEditor++ DOES
A free Mac text editor for the files other editors struggle with.
Notes, code and everyday text, plus the jobs that usually need a separate tool: multi-gigabyte files, live logs from your servers, and text trapped in images and documents.
Very large files
Open multi-gigabyte logs and data files instantly, with memory that stays small.
Learn moreLive server logs
Follow logs over SSH, from Docker and Kubernetes, and from AWS and Google Cloud.
Learn moreLog viewer
Log levels, filters, time ranges and JSON fields for any log file.
Learn moreSearch and replace
Regex search across the document, all open tabs, or a whole folder.
Learn moreText and data tools
Sort, dedupe, change case, format JSON, decode Base64 and JWT, and more.
Learn moreText from images and documents
Get text out of screenshots, photos, PDFs, Word and Pages files, and QR codes.
Learn moreAlso included
- Tabs, including pinned tabs, and workspaces you can save and reopen.
- Automatic session recovery: your tabs, unsaved notes and edits come back after quitting or a crash.
- Your original file is only changed when you save, and outside changes to a file are detected.
- Light and dark appearance that follows your Mac.
- Optional code intelligence from language servers you install: problems, completion, go to definition and formatting.
- Printing, styled export to RTF and HTML, and automatic updates.

Try it on your own files.
Free, with no ads. For Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later.
Download for macOSOr install with Homebrew
brew install texteditorplusplus/tap/texteditorplusplus