Sublime Text alternatives for Mac
Sublime Text — Text editor for code, markup and prose — is installed 5,224 times a month through Homebrew. These are hand-picked alternatives that occupy the same slot, ordered by how comparable their user base is.
Run
brew install --cask sublime-text to install Sublime Text itself.- Zed8,832 installs/mo
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code7.0× the installs
- Cursor6,983 installs/mo
- Postman9,104 installs/mo
- Bruno4,776 installs/mo
- Tower50.2× smaller user base
- DBeaver Community Edition9,866 installs/mo
- JetBrains Toolbox2.6× smaller user base
Full comparison
| Sublime Text | Zed | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GUI app | GUI app |
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| Open source | Not declared | Yes (inferred) |
| Licence | Not declared | Not declared |
| Apple silicon | Universal | Universal |
| Latest version | 4215 | 1.25.3 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Installs (30 days) | 5,224 | 8,832 |
| Install command | brew install --cask sublime-text | brew install --cask zed |
How we picked these
The list comes from a hand-maintained set of same-purpose apps, not from keyword matching. Alternatives are removed automatically when Homebrew no longer carries them. Ordering reflects 30-day install volume, not paid placement. Data updated 2026-10-26.