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Bluefish vs Monaco Editor

Bluefish

bluefish.openoffice.nl

Monaco Editor

microsoft.github.io

Side by side

FigureBluefishMonaco Editor
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
Web—Yes
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
API—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · Code editors8.5 (#12)8.0 (#28)
Editor typedesktopdesktop
Extension supportYesNo
Free planYesYes
PlatformsThe download page lists Linux packages and installers for Windows 64-bit and Mac OSX; it also provides a Linux Flatpak.web
SupportThe 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 README directs users to create repository issues for Monaco Editor issues and to Stack Overflow for questions.

Plans

Bluefish

  • BluefishFree

Bluefish pricing →

Monaco Editor

  • Monaco EditorFree

Monaco Editor pricing →

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.

Visit bluefish.openoffice.nl

Monaco Editor

Monaco Editor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

Visit microsoft.github.io