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Omkar M.
OM
Teaching Assistant
Higher Education
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"BBedit is best notepad for Mac users"
What do you like best about BBEdit?

The best thing about BBedit is it automatically detects the code of all the languages. When you copy the code on BBedit it automatically indents the code for all kind of languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BBEdit?

The default font size is very small and everytime the font size need to be increased whe you close and reopen the application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jesse S.
JS
Digital Marketing Specialist
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"BBEdit is an Ultimate Text Tool"
What do you like best about BBEdit?

BBEdit provides the tools necessary to process text for a myriad of purposes. BBEdit is a web site creation tool, integrates with the shell, is scriptable, programmable and extendable. The GREP capabilities are top shelf. When someone is moving text of one type (copied from web page, poorly constructed data set, different encoding, stripped or scraped text, BBEdit can open the file or accept the text and allows removing text gremlins, blank lines, sort lines, remove line endings and more. Using AppleScript, it is possible to create automated processes to tackle huge text manipulation tasks. Also AppleScript can make BBEdit into a power prompt engineering tool for AI Chat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BBEdit?

There is no Windows version, so if you do work in a Windows environment instead of Mac, there is no comparable tool. There is no iOS version so the ability to work with BBEdit tools while mobile can be a real drag. There are some workarounds but still. There is not good documentation on using BBEdit with Javascript for Automation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education
UH
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"BBEdit: An Okish Alternate to Notepad++ for Mac"
What do you like best about BBEdit?

BBEdit is an average alternative to Notepad++. The product gives a nice lightweight feel while using which is beneficial even to non-coders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BBEdit?

There are a lot of downsides to BBEdit including a lack of features in free mode, insufficient language support, steep learning curve for the product. The plugin community is also scarce. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gastón B.
GB
Advisor
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Simple and reliable text editor for programming or just text management"
What do you like best about BBEdit?

The fast access to it, and the fast manipulation of text and functionality. The way it handles files is just pefect for the way I use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BBEdit?

I sometimes get a little confused about the way the right text limit is shown. But it's a so so so minor issue that it doesn't count. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JJ
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Edit your text and HTML with BB Edit"
What do you like best about BBEdit?

BB Edit supports many file formats like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and many more. it offers many features to their users to edit text like syntax highlighting, auto-completion, search and replace etc. To maintain its reliability among its users BB Edit updates with new features and fixes bug in regular intervals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BBEdit?

As BB Edit offers its services only to Mac Users it is a limitation for users who work on different platforms like windows, Android, etc. Other text editor software offers a large user base than BB Edit. New users may find it complicated or confusing because of its complex features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SHUBHAM V.
SV
APM, Quality Engineering
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best text editor for Mac"
What do you like best about BBEdit?

Text highlight and syntax based on coding language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BBEdit?

Launch time and tab switching. I find that it lags pretty much on mac 13 latest versions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TH
Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Bad datal? No problem!"
What do you like best about BBEdit?

I like the intuitive interface! There is a lot of functionality that I did not use, but what I used was excellent! The tool gave me the ability to edit huge files, the search and sort functionality was excellent, and the file do not crush on me any single time! Even smaller files crush Excel from time to time, but this is not a problem with BBEdit. Unfortunately, the corrupt pattern was not repeatable and I needed to do everything line by line.

I loaded the output to the database from the first pass without problems. Wow! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BBEdit?

The logic is slightly different from Excel or Numbers, so there was a learning curve. When I understood the logic though, everything was very easy and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jack C.
JC
Production manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"A powerful and useful tool for so many things"
What do you like best about BBEdit?

Amazing for writing code of all kinds of just quickly manipulating plain text. It's very customizable and has lots of useful features like automatically closing brackets and implementing scripts and macros. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BBEdit?

I preferred a simple purchase price instead of a subscription. Honestly, that makes it difficult to continue using regularly. There doesn't seem to have been a leap in features to warrant a subscription. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CB
professor
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Reliable and versatile tool"
What do you like best about BBEdit?

This is my favorite tool for simple text documents, I try to avoid tools with a large footprint, this tool allows me to quickly and reliably open and edit text documents, with excellent search capabilities (grep). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BBEdit?

The tool is priced somewhat on the high side, even though it allows uncrippled unlimited use without paying. Asking for a bit less money and then offer more functionality to paying customers would make more sense. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Larissa G.
LG
C
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Cleaning massive amounts of data"
What do you like best about BBEdit?

I had to work with huge data files from FDA. The files contained chunks of bad data, and BBEdit gave me an opportunity to load and process them manually (millions of lines!) It also provided the ability to compare files and output clean-up results in the needed format. The results were very clean, and I was able to save them without computer crushing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BBEdit?

The interface is dated, and you need to find your way around it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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