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Nova for Mac

Fast and flexible code editor.

$99.00
In English
Version 11.9
4.4
Based on 8 user rates

Nova overview

Nova is hyper-fast and flexible code editor with all the features you want: smart autocomplete, multiple cursors, a Minimap, editor overscroll, tag pairs and brackets, and way, way more.

Features:
  • The Editor. It all starts with our first-class text-editor. It's new, hyper-fast, and flexible, with all the features you want: smart autocomplete, multiple cursors, a Minimap, editor overscroll, tag pairs and brackets, and way, way more.
  • It's beautiful. And clean. And fun. You can make Nova look exactly the way you want, while still feeling Mac-like. Bright, dark, cyberpunk, it's all you. Plus, themes are CSS-like and easy to write. Nova can even automatically change your theme when your Mac switches from light to dark mode.
  • Nova doesn't just help you code. It helps your code run. You can easily create build and run tasks for your projects. We didn't have them in Coda, but boy do we have them now. They're custom scripts that can be triggered at any time by toolbar buttons or keyboard shortcuts.
  • Now, this is important. Editing text is just part of what Nova does. We've bundled in extremely useful tools to help you get your work done quickly and efficiently. They're all fast and native too, of course.
  • Nova has a robust extensions API. A Nova extension can do lots of things, like add support for new languages, extend the sidebar, draw beautiful new themes and syntax colors, validate different code, and much more.
  • People have strong editor opinions. And we're here to help. Nova has a whole host of settings. We have easily customizable key bindings. We have custom, quickly-switchable workspace layouts. And we have loads of editor tweaks, from matching brackets to overscroll.

What’s new in version 11.9

Improved
  • Greatly improved editor scrolling / typing performance when very large Git change annotations extend offscreen
  • CSS: Completions have been updated for the latest standardized and experimental language features
  • JavaScript: Simplified completion suggestion weights with the intent of improving user experience
  • JavaScript: Completions have been updated for the latest official language release
  • Python: Added syntax highlighting for the bitwise assignment operators (&=, |=, and ^=)
  • Workspace: Improved automatic resizing of splits when adding or removing panes
Fixed
  • Addressed an issue with syntax highlighting preferring general selectors over specific ones in some circumstances
  • Fixed a crash when displaying invisible characters in documents containing Unicode code points in the range 0x200B–0x200F
  • Resolved a case where code structure headers could get out of sync during rapid scrolling
  • Improved automatic adjusting of the scroll viewport when “Wrap Lines” is disabled
  • Addressed a potential hang when local volume listings aren’t working as expected
  • JavaScript/TypeScript: Fixed symbolication naming of certain object literals from being displayed as k1k1
  • Files Sidebar: Addressed an issue with renaming new folders created on iCloud drive
  • Files Sidebar: Resolved a crash when auto-revealing items while the file tree is filtered
  • Files Sidebar: Spaces are no longer auto-inserted when pasting into a rename field directly after a period .
  • Files Sidebar: Improved drawing of the file name edit field when using a Graphite system accent color
  • Find Sidebar: Fixed a possible crash when performing a project-wide replace using a zero-width regex expression
  • French Localization: Corrected translation of “tabs” (as in indentation) to “tabulations” where appropriate
  • Git Accounts: Addressed a case where SSH keys specified in account settings were not used as expected
  • macOS Big Sur: Resolved a rare crash on launch
  • Microsoft Azure: Improved handling of errors when user names contain invalid characters
  • Spell Check: Parsing of very large plain text regions should no longer cause the UI to hang in some circumstances
  • Themes: Selections now properly draw above backgrounds applied to specific text ranges
  • Workspaces: Improved positioning of project windows reopened outside of macOS state restoration
  • Workspaces: Resolved an issue with new project windows not cascading in certain situations
  • XML: Fixed syntax highlighting of tag names containing underscores

Nova for Mac

$99.00
In English
Version 11.9
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4.4

(4 Reviews of Nova)

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Tim27
Tim27
Mar 23 2024
11.9
0.0
Mar 23 2024
0.0
Version: 11.9
This app is not as good as Coda. Not sure why they went this route instead of just updating an already good app?
snozdop
snozdop
Aug 11 2023
10.6
5.0
Aug 11 2023
5.0
Version: 10.6
v11.4 is out as of August 11th, 2023. MacUpdate has missed 5 releases since last updating this listing. https://nova.app/releases/
Philipwheelock
Philipwheelock
Feb 20 2021
4.3
5.0
Feb 20 2021
5.0
Version: 4.3
Fast, responsive, & stable. I maintain 3 websites via ftp and updating remote files can be done within Nova. Most attractive GUI of the html editors that I've tried. I have VS Code and it's a great app, but I find that I can work faster in Nova for whatever reason.
limies
limies
Feb 19 2021
4.3
5.0
Feb 19 2021
5.0
Version: 4.3
I buy this application and I must say - it's really amazing.
Kris-nx
Kris-nx
Sep 13 2024
11.9
3.0
Sep 13 2024
3.0
Version: 11.9
Iztoubade
Iztoubade
Feb 22 2024
11.6
5.0
Feb 22 2024
5.0
Version: 11.6
snozdop
snozdop
Aug 11 2023
10.6
5.0
Aug 11 2023
5.0
Version: 10.6
amf487
amf487
Jul 4 2023
10.6
2.0
Jul 4 2023
2.0
Version: 10.6
Drtyrell969
Drtyrell969
Mar 31 2022
4.3
5.0
Mar 31 2022
5.0
Version: 4.3
Philipwheelock
Philipwheelock
Feb 20 2021
5.0
Feb 20 2021
5.0
Version: null
Jools912
Jools912
Feb 19 2021
5.0
Feb 19 2021
5.0
Version: null
limies
limies
Feb 19 2021
5.0
Feb 19 2021
5.0
Version: null