CotEditor

⚠️ This is a pre-release version.

Highlights on CotEditor 6.0

Liquid Glass Look
Experience the refreshed interface with the new Liquid Glass style in macOS Tahoe 26.

CotEditor 6.0.0-rc.2

release:

Improvements

  • rc: Update screenshots in the User Guide.
  • beta: Update the Portuguese localization.

Fixes

  • Fix an issue where the size of the Multiple Replace window is not stored.
  • rc Fix an issue where the cursor in the input fields within the Find window can move unexpectedly.
  • beta Fix an issue where the first multiple replace definition could be cleared when the setting window appears.

CotEditor 6.0.0-rc

release:

Improvements

  • Display the numbers of registered items below the lists in the syntax editor.
  • Deprecate the “Make Snake Case,” “Make Camel Case,” and “Make Pascal Case” commands in the Text > Transformations menu.
  • dev: Migrate the input fields in the Find window to SwiftUI.
  • non-AppStore ver.: Update Sparkle from 2.7.1 to 2.8.0-beta.3.
  • beta dev: Update the build environment to Xcode 26.0 RC.

Fixes

  • beta: Fix an issue where the text color in the text fields within the Find window appears black in the dark mode.
  • beta Fix the border color of setting lists in the settings window in the dark mode.

CotEditor 6.0.0-beta.2

release:

Improvements

  • beta: Adjust the user interface.
  • beta: Avoid tinging folder with tags in the file browser on macOS 15.
  • beta: Tweak the application icon.
  • beta dev: Update the build environment to Xcode 26.0 Beta 7.

CotEditor 6.0.0-beta

release:

New Features

  • Support macOS Tahoe 26.

Improvements

  • Change the system requirement to macOS 15 Sequoia and later.
  • Update the user interface on macOS 26 to the Liquid Glass style.
  • Update the application icon to the Liquid Glass style.
  • The options to highlight matching braces have been removed and they are now always highlighted.
  • Apply the text find highlighting to all split editors.
  • Move selected items to the Trash by the Delete action in the file browser.
  • Show also the file size of the previewed document in the status bar.
  • Deprecate the feature to change the editor opacity per window.
  • Deprecate the feature of installing a custom theme by simply opening the file in CotEditor.
  • Deprecate the “Hiragana to Katakana” and “Katakana to Hiragana” commands in the Text > Transformations menu.
  • Deprecate the “Draw separator” option for the line number view on macOS 26.
  • trivial: Rename the “Half-width to Full-width” and “Full-width to Half-width” commands to “Convert to Full Width” and “Convert to Half Width”, respectively.
  • trivial: Improve the behavior of Add/Remove buttons.
  • dev: Migrate the theme list and syntax list in the Settings to SwiftUI.
  • dev: Update the build environment to Xcode 26.0 Beta 6 (Swift 6.2, macOS 26 SDK).
  • non-AppStore ver.: Add an update badge to the “Check for Update” menu item if an update is available.

previous release notes