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24 alternatives to Chocolat

Native text editor for Mac.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chocolat launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   choclift▲134

   Use iPhone to open apps, Apple Shortcuts and websites on Mac

   Jun 2026 · choclift.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   CotEditor▲102

   The free plain-text editor for OS X

   2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   TextMate 2.0▲155

   Powerful and customizable text editor for Mac

   2019 · macromates.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   BBEdit▲79

   Professional text editor that doesn’t suck.®

   2015 · barebones.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Brackets 1.0▲190

   An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   txt.edit▲109

   The missing text editor for iPhone & iPad

   2020 · txtedit.dev · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Macaw▲90

   A simple code editor for Swift

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Caret▲265

   Beautiful and clever Markdown editor for Mac and PC

   2017 · caret.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   LightPaper▲169

   Simple, beautiful yet powerful text/md editor for your Mac

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Squire▲123

    The <textarea> of the future. A HTML5 rich text editor.

    2014 · neilj.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Atom▲145

    A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

    2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Little Ipsum▲102

    The best Latin text generator for OS X

    2014 · littleipsum.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Cleartext▲307

    A text editor that allows only the 1,000 most common words

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Typed▲104

    New Markdown Editor for Mac by Realmac Software (pre-launch)

    2014 · realmacsoftware.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Babble for Mac▲80

    Generates text in your workflow for Sketch and Adobe Suite

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Micro▲88

    A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Lime Text▲76

    Open Source code editor

    2014 · limetext.org · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Copaste▲83

    Copy paste text globally on your Mac without switching apps.

    2021 · meteor-macaw-c12.notion.site · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Tome, aka Tom's Editor – a new command-line text editor▲131

    A command line text editor written in Node.js, focused on JavaScript. - tome/README.md at main · boutell/tome

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Trix▲184

    A rich text editor for everyday writing

    2015 · trix-editor.org · its alternatives →

21. 21
    MacDown▲115

    Open source Markdown editor for OS X influenced by Mou.

    2014 · macdown.uranusjr.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Chocomize▲94

    Create your own custom chocolate bar

    2015 · chocomize.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    WordBox▲60

    Beautiful iOS text editor with fleksy keyboard

    2014 · wordboxapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Macro▲149

    A super focused image editor for the Mac

    2017 · macroapp.co · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →