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Fraise is the new Smultron - a simple, free Mac text editor

by Jay Hathaway on June 23, 2010 at 09:16 AM

Remember Smultron? The no-frills Mac text editor with the distinctive strawberry icon got left behind when Snow Leopard was released, and (as Lifehacker notes) everyone thought it was a goner. Well, fret not, because Fraise is here to pick up where Smultron left off. Same lightweight text-editing abilities, same strawberry-themed icon, same free price.

Fraise has the snippets and color-coding that coders rely on, along with a beefed-up find and replace feature. Also, if you needed a language that Smultron just didn't have, you'll be glad to know that Fraise also adds more localizations. It's a worthy successor to Smultron, and it's right up there with other powerful free options like Textwrangler.

Tags: coding, fraise, mac, smultron, text editor, TextEditor

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taykerJul 21st 2010 10:45AM

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I loved Smultron, and am glad someone worked on a fork of it. However, that might stop because they're thinking of creating a new editor from scratch: http://tinyurl.com/36dcs2z

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coryAug 4th 2010 4:50PM

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I love Smultron. I still use it on my mac with Snow Leopard. Does Fraise have anything that Smultron does not? Wondering if there's any reason to make the switch.

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Jay HathawayAug 4th 2010 5:35PM

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Cory, I think the difference is that Fraise is still being developed, and Smultron isn't. There are some improvements to find and replace, &c as well. I'd suggest checking the Fraise changelogs to see what they've added and then deciding from there.

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