Bluefish vs EditPlus
Bluefish
bluefish.openoffice.nl
EditPlus
editplus.comSide by side
| Figure | Bluefish | EditPlus |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $9/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 14 |
| Spec score · Editor Software | 8.8 (#2) | 8.2 (#12) |
| Spec score · Text Editors | 8.7 (#10) | 7.8 (#57) |
| Spec score · Code editors | 8.5 (#12) | 7.9 (#30) |
| Editing tools | Features include regular-expression search and replace, snippets, unlimited undo and redo, and crash recovery for modified documents. | Features include code folding, a Hex Viewer, an HTML toolbar, document selector, user-defined tools, auto completion, cliptext and document templates. |
| Editor type | desktop | desktop |
| Extension support | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Platforms | The download page lists Linux packages and installers for Windows 64-bit and Mac OSX; it also provides a Linux Flatpak. | windows |
| Remote development | Yes | Yes |
| Remote files | It supports remote files over FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, and CIFS through gvfs. | FTP, SFTP and FTPS can upload local files or edit remote files directly. |
| Support | The volunteer-run project offers community and support mailing lists, directs bug reports to its bug tracker, and lists commercial support by contacting the project. | The maker lists FAQ, bug patches, Emmet for EditPlus, beta testing, and support by email. |
Plans
EditPlus
- 1-user license$35 a month
- 5-user license$30 a month
- 10-user license$23 a month
- 20-user license$21 a month
- 30-user license$17 a month
- 50-user license$14 a month
- 100-user license$9 a month
- 1-user license$35, paid once
- 100-user license$9,009, paid once
- 5-user license$15,030, paid once
In their own words
Bluefish
Bluefish is a free, open-source desktop editor for programmers and web developers. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and supports more than 30 markup and programming languages. The editor is designed for websites, scripts, and programming code, with project support for working across multiple projects while restoring each project’s settings. Bluefish can load and save remote files through FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, and CIFS via gvfs. Editing tools include regular-expression search and replace, snippets, unlimited undo and redo, crash recovery for modified documents, code folding, bracket and tag highlighting, autocompletion, and automatic tag closing for many languages. It can open more than 1,000 documents, with the features page reporting tests above 10,000 simultaneously. External programs and custom scripts can be integrated. The official Flatpak’s strict security blocks some system-tool and browser integrations.