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Marty Nodado
578 PointsFree Alternative to Sublime Text
hey. i was wondering if there was a free alternative to Sublime Text, because i cant really afford the license. Also I dont want to get the free trial one because i might use it for more than a month. I'm running on a Mac. Thanks.
Theresa D'Arcangelo
1,927 Points"It's worth mentioning that the free trial of Sublime Text has no expiration date."
I used for about an hour, before I got a notification that I had to purchase a license to continue use. Perhaps, I downloaded the wrong version. But, in my experience it's not free for very long.
I use Text Wrangler as someone else mentioned. It's not as slick as Sublime, but it does the job.
Good luck!
Rose Cass
16,323 Points"It's worth mentioning that the free trial of Sublime Text has no expiration date." <- This is totally true!
"I used for about an hour, before I got a notification that I had to purchase a license to continue use. Perhaps, I downloaded the wrong version. But, in my experience it's not free for very long." <- Don't worry it sounds like you did download the right version. In the free trial, every once in a while a pop up to purchase will appear. When this pop up happens you just click 'cancel' and keep coding! :D
4 Answers
Kirsten Schwarzer
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 7,411 PointsHi Marty
Have a look at Brackets, it's an open-source code editor that was created by Adobe.
Hope this helps!
Carl Reyes
Courses Plus Student 7,225 PointsI agree with Johnathan - just keep using Sublime Text, it's free and in my opinion the best text editor to learn with and amazingly flexible/customizable for production. Just remember that when you start making websites/apps for clients - buy it. It's a minuscule amount of money when you think about how much it's going to make you.
Suleiman Leadbitter
15,805 PointsThat's the great thing about Sublime Text, use it, use it, use it some more. Get good, make money purchase it. It's like Adobe with their shifty downloads :/
Suleiman Leadbitter
15,805 Points
For Mac I would recommend TextWrangler. Also available on the Mac App Store TextWrangler App Store.
Brackets as mentioned above is great too but still in a very early state.
James Barnett
39,199 Points+1 for TextWrangler
Andrew Pritykin
6,574 PointsCheck Out Coda. https://panic.com/coda/
James Barnett
39,199 PointsAndrew Pritykin - In a thread labeled "Free alternatives to Sublime Text" why would you suggest Coda which costs $75.
Johnathan Chhabra
5,654 PointsJohnathan Chhabra
5,654 PointsIt's worth mentioning that the free trial of Sublime Text has no expiration date. That said, it's probably good to eventually buy it if you decide to keep using it.