# SubEthaEdit

5 Hacker News commenters recommended SubEthaEdit and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, open-source Mac text editor praised for real-time collaborative editing and Markdown side-by-side view; one critic says the novelty wears off.

## Why people recommend it

- Real-time collaborative editing tech (1 comments): "SubEthaEdit was such an amazing tech when we were using to collaborate internationally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45917603))
- Markdown side-by-side view (1 comments): "It supports Markdown side-by-side view along with numerous other languages." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261447))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Windows Notepad](https://hackerapproved.com/p/windows-notepad.md): 86 recommend
- [TextEdit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/textedit.md): 15 recommend
- [Microsoft Edit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/edit-exe.md): 10 recommend
- [CotEditor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/coteditor.md): 9 recommend
- [Pico text editor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pico.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SubEthaEdit", https://hackerapproved.com/p/subethaedit/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).