BBEdit

BBEdit is the professional text and code editor Rich Siegel has been developing at Bare Bones Software in Bedford, Massachusetts since 1992. It is the longest-running commercial macOS application still in active development, earning the tagline "It doesn't suck.®" BBEdit grew to a loyal base of web developers, writers, and system administrators who relied on its unmatched grep-based search and replace, multi-file text manipulation, FTP/SFTP browser integration, and AppleScript automation for processing text at scale. Bare Bones Software bootstrapped for over 30 years with a small team, funding development entirely from application sales and later a subscription model. BBEdit's longevity is a testament to a simple business strategy: be the best possible tool for text manipulation on the Mac, maintain backwards compatibility so existing workflows never break, and listen carefully to a loyal user base that has been with the product for decades. The $49.99 one-time purchase model with free updates for the purchased major version made it a community favorite among users tired of subscription-only software.