Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Nova
The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor.
Nova is a native code editor for Mac designed to replace Panic's Code editor. Built for modern development workflows, it emphasizes speed and style while offering a robust extensions architecture. The editor provides a… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Nova launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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horbito NOVA▲201A new kind of web browser, made for the neoworkers.
2019 · adscheaper.com · its alternatives →
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Lightwell▲262A simple tool for creating native iOS apps on Mac 💻 📲
2018 · stuartkerrs.com · its alternatives →
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Zed 1.0▲365High-performance, open source, multiplayer code editor
May 2026 · zed.dev · its alternatives →
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Sublime Text 4▲516The sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose
2021 · sublimetext.com · its alternatives →
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I built Fresh to challenge the status quo that terminal editing must require a steep learning curve or endless configuration. My goal was to create a fast, resource-efficient TUI editor with the usability and features of a modern GUI editor (like a command palette, mouse support, and LSP integration). Core Philosophy: - Ease-of-Use: Fundamentally non-modal. Prioritizes standard keybindings and a minimal learning curve. - Efficiency: Uses a lazy-loading piece tree to avoid loading huge files into RAM - reads only what's needed for user interactions. Coded in Rust. - Extensibility: Uses…
Dec 2025 · sinelaw.github.io · its alternatives →
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Microsoft's cross-platform text editor for developers
2016 · code.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · samueltate.com · its alternatives →
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We're building a different kind of JavaScript engine, based on data-oriented design and willingness to try something quite out of left field. This is most concretely visible in our major architectural choices: 1. All data allocated on the JavaScript heap is placed into a type-specific vector. Numbers go into the numbers vector, strings into the strings vector, and so on. 2. All heap references are type-discriminated indexes: A heap number is identified by its discriminant value and the index to which it points to in the numbers vector. 3. Objects are also split up into object kind -specific…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Laravel Nova 4.0▲133Beautifully-designed administration panel for Laravel
2022 · nova.laravel.com · its alternatives →
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Hexel Editor▲78Native macOS hex editor with a brain for file formats
Aug 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Zed for Windows▲168Ultra‑native Windows editor with WSL, extensions, and AI
2025 · zed.dev · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, I have been developing this editor, Ki, for over a year, and have employed it substantially in all kinds of development (including Ki itself) for at least 3 months. I think it is mostly crystallized, thus I'm happy to share it with you today. Its main strength is first-class multi-cursor and structural (syntax) editing, which is a rare combination in the realm of editors (TUI or GUI alike). Hope you'll enjoy it!
2024 · ki-editor.github.io · its alternatives →
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Next-Gen Speech-to-Text with Unmatched Performance
2023 · deepgram.com · its alternatives →
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