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name: "BBEdit 16"
subtitle: "Bare Bones ships its biggest version in years"
date: 2026-05-30
link: https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/
linkText: "barebones.com"
source: "Six Colors"
topics: [macos-apps]
tags: [macos, editor, text-editor]
description: "BBEdit 16 ships with dramatic SFTP speed-ups, 100+ new features, Shortcuts via App Intents, VisionKit image search, and vi keybinding support."
---

BBEdit has been the Mac text editor since 1993 and the company has resisted every editor-fad pressure to redesign it. Version 16 is the largest release "since its inception" per Bare Bones — dramatically faster SFTP, App Intents for Shortcuts, VisionKit image search inside the editor, vi keybinding support for the holdouts, plus 100+ smaller features. The free tier remains generous.