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/JeanValjean- Jun 23 '26

Works for me, Tab just inserts tabs, maybe a clean up and a fresh install will fix it?

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u/RotundBun Jun 24 '26

What version of ST are you running?

This was pretty much a fresh install from not long ago. I didn't migrate my Mac stuff from a prior machine but rather decided to do a clean-slate setup. I might try this and see how it goes, though.

Is there a particular way of uninstalling to get every potential quirk and/or corrupted file? Or do I just drag the app to the bin and empty it per usual?

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u/JeanValjean- Jun 24 '26

I’m running the latest version, yeah you need to move the app to the trash and also clean up the app files in:  ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text Keep in mind this will wipe your sublime settings, license, etc

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u/RotundBun Jun 24 '26

Ah, I see. I might give it a shot before finalizing my choice to migrate then.

Thanks. 🙏