TinyText Editor

Fast, Lightweight Text Editor

Only for Mac

Free

Mac

TinyText is a lightweight, Mac-native plain-text editor built for speed and simplicity. No formatting toolbars, no bloated feature menus, no distractions -- just a clean window where you can write, edit, print, and save .txt files. FAST AND FOCUSED TinyText launches in under a second and uses minimal memory. It opens with a blank document ready for typing, so you can capture your thoughts the moment inspiration strikes. Every document gets its own window, keeping your workspace clean and organized. FIND AND REPLACE Quickly locate text with the floating Find dialog (Cmd+F). Toggle case-sensitive search, navigate between matches with Cmd+G, and replace one match or all matches at once with Find & Replace (Cmd+Option+F). LINE NUMBERS An optional line number gutter on the left side of the editor makes it easy to reference specific lines. Toggle it on or off from the View menu or Preferences. CUSTOMIZABLE APPEARANCE Choose your preferred font family and size from any installed system font. Switch between Light mode, Dark mode, or follow the system setting automatically. Pick custom text and background colors. All preferences apply instantly to every open document. WORD AND CHARACTER COUNT A status bar at the bottom of each window displays a live word count and character count -- perfect for writers working to a target. BUILT FOR macOS TinyText respects every macOS convention: standard keyboard shortcuts, native open and save panels, printing via the system print dialog, drag-and-drop file opening, dock menu integration, and full VoiceOver accessibility. It handles .txt files associated through Finder's "Open With" menu. ENCODING DONE RIGHT Files are saved in UTF-8 with Unix (LF) line endings. TinyText gracefully reads files encoded in ISO Latin 1, Windows CP1252, and macOS Roman, converting them to UTF-8 on save. PRIVACY FIRST TinyText collects no user data whatsoever. No analytics, no tracking, no network connections. Your documents stay on your Mac. Universal Binary -- runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. Requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later.

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• Smarter Reflow: Reflow now recognizes and removes left-margin quote bars (the vertical bars you get when copying boxed output from a terminal or chat tool) and rewraps the text into clean paragraphs and lists. • Paste and Reflow, right where you need it: the editor's right-click menu now includes "Paste and Reflow," so you can paste and tidy text in one step. • Reload when a file changes on disk: if a document you have open is changed by another app — and you have no unsaved edits — a Refresh button appears in the corner of the editor so you can load the latest version with one click.

Version 1.0.3

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    Information

    Seller
    • Jim Newton
    Size
    • 403.4 KB
    Category
    • Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    • © Copyright 2026 NCL. All rights reserved.
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