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BBEdit vs CKEditor 4

BBEdit

barebones.com

CKEditor 4

ckeditor.com

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FigureBBEditCKEditor 4
Price from$59.99/moFree
Free planYesYes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
Web—Yes
macOSYes—
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published53
Spec score · Text Editors8.6 (#11)8.2 (#30)
Extension supportYesYes
Founded19932012
Free planYesYes
HeadquartersNorth Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USABoston, United States; Warsaw and Poznań, Poland
Supported platformsmacOSweb

Plans

BBEdit

  • Free ModeFree
  • BBEdit license$59.99 a month
  • Mac App Store subscriptionPrice not published
  • BBEdit Free ModeFree
  • BBEdit 16 Individual$59.99, paid once

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CKEditor 4

  • CKEditor 4 LTS / Extended Support ModelPrice not published
  • CKEditor 4 standard packageFree
  • CKEditor 4 Extended Support ModelPriced on request

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In their own words

BBEdit

BBEdit is a text and HTML editor for writers, web authors, and software developers using macOS. Its tools include grep pattern matching, multi-file search and replace, syntax coloring, function navigation, code folding, and text completion. For web authoring, it provides HTML markup tools, standards-based syntax checking, and live previews of HTML and Markdown documents. A license adds Git and Subversion support, and licensed users can create in-app worksheets to converse with ChatGPT, Claude, and Ollama. Workflow options include AppleScript, macOS Unix scripting, Automator, Xcode as an external editor, and the Language Server Protocol. BBEdit can open and save text files on FTP and SFTP servers. Free Mode continues after the 30-day evaluation period, though some advanced features require a paid license. The listed BBEdit 16 Individual plan costs $59.99 as a one-time purchase. BBEdit 16 requires macOS 14.0 or later and supports Intel and Apple silicon Macs; Bare Bones says there are no Windows or Linux versions.

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CKEditor 4

CKEditor 4 has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

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