macOS · free & open source
Better Notepad is a simple, fast plain-text editor for macOS. Opens instantly, stays out of your way.
Keep many files open in one window and flip between them with ⌃Tab.
Search and replace across the file, step through with F3.
Jump straight to any line. Line and column always in the status bar.
Open a Markdown file and see it rendered live, side by side.
Make text bigger or smaller, and ⌘0 to reset.
Keeps encodings and line endings exactly as they were.