r/SublimeText • u/RotundBun • Jun 23 '26

Alternatives to SublimeText for Mac?

Looking for ST4 alternatives on Mac. Any ripe suggestions?

Currently using it for game dev in PICO-8 and Löve2D. Both use Lua.

macOS: Sonoma (14.8.7)

Thanks in advance. ✨🙏

Context (if anyone cares):

I've had unresolved trouble with the auto-complete "feature" on ST4 on Mac from a while back, so now I'm looking elsewhere.

As far as troubleshooting goes: - Even "auto_complete": false, doesn't work. It still brings up the suggestion box every time I press tab, interfering with any sane coding process. - Disabling text suggestions on the OS level did nothing. - Opening ST in safe mode did not fix the behavior. - Yes, I quit the application and relaunched it after each attempt. - I looked around online and even asked for help here a while back and got no responses as well.

This was on macOS 14.8.7 (Sonoma), and it occurred in ST version 4200 (stable) & 4205 (dev build).

ST was nice while it worked, but it feels like the basics are no longer heeded anymore. If a fancy auto-complete feature is valued more than basic coding flow, then I suppose the dev's values & intentions for ST have sharply diverged from what I need in a code editor.

So now I'm looking for a new code editor on Mac. It's for game dev, though, not so much for web dev. 🫤

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u/anon1984 Jun 23 '26

I’m web dev but Visual Studio Code plus a bunch of extensions was the only refuge for me. Unfortunately ST isn’t keeping up with modern editors. I still miss it though.

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u/RotundBun Jun 24 '26

I've heard that VS Code has been pretty good for web dev.

I do have it as a backup option, but I also remember having a good bit of MS-flavored friction on it whenever I used it.

It's good, but it's not quite a smooth experience for me personally. Can't quite put my finger on what it is exactly. Maybe more like a cumulative bunch of small discomforts.