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Nova — The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor.
Nova is the new native code editor for Mac by Panic. Nova is packed with features, built for modern workflows, lightning-fast and stylish. It also has a robust extensions architecture and replaces Code for Mac.
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P.E. Butler III
Still no vim key bindings...
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@pebutler3 Was looking for this. Would love to use it but that's a hard no from me until these are available. Back to Sublime Text 3 I go...
@pebutler3 Yep. I desperately want to use this but just can't go back now that I'm a Vim'er. It's an RSI issue for me.
@pebutler3 Same here - user of VS Code here that would make the switch in a heartbeat if Nova had vim key bindings.
Nova is the editor I always wanted. Nova is fast, looks modern, helps creating extensions, has good documentation, opens files from the command-line as fast as Sublime Text 3.0 does, and more. I bought a license after only one week of using Nova. 5/5 :-)
I'm not sure if just being native is enough to leave free VS Code and pay for Nova
Nova is a brand new code editor by the team at Panic, which replaces Coda. It is only available for Mac and completely native. Nova costs $99, or $79 if you own Coda. When you buy it, you own it. Plus, your purchase includes one year of new features and fixes. After that, you can get another year of updates at any point — even much later — for $49/year.
What do you all think? Will Nova replace your current code editor? Or is it too little, too late?
I will end up buying it and maybe, ending not using it. But that $99 will be well spent on Nova because we should all help companies like Panic. They develop such rad software. It's a shame that now big companies own all software and pro tools (especially code editors).
Big kudos to Panic for releasing this, and giving it so much love and attention to detail.
The only thing I see that is native, but there is not something really determinant to leave VS Code, but good work
@steve_yang1 @itsnblackburn Apart from performance what does Nova got? Because VScode has a decent performance for me to code from small to large project with a vast of cool extensions. I also try Nova with its extensions but "IntelliSense" is still nothing to campare to vscode. I really want to try because the feel of native app is so smooth. :)
@itsnblackburn native performance or more without waiting convenience features. Your choice.
I've been a user of Coda 2 since 2014 and recently decided to upgrade to Nova. It has all of the features that Coda had minus DB management but it's no big deal since I manage DB straight from my web provider.
Good job with the software you guys!
Just downloaded it and I'm ready to give it a try. I've been with Sublime for years, and it looks like Nova can convince me to switch, because it looks like it makes managing extensions much easier, and a built-in terminal is much appreciated. Great job!
One point of feedback on the website: when I click on Get help on the top, then click on Nova library and then search for something, I get all these articles as results that are about Code Editor instead of Nova. That was really confusing and it took me a good 5 minutes to find the link that's behind 'Extensions API' down the page that points to docs.nova.app. I was looking for docs on how to create my own theme, as that's the one thing that makes me feel 80% at home in a new IDE. Looking to port AYA mirage.
I've been using espresso for years but I am afraid it is going to disappear since there haven't been updates in a long time. It is hard to switch once you get used to the autocomplete behavior of a code editor :)
May be a good time to try something new and I always like to support panic.
I loved Coda and Coda for ipad so I had to have Nova :)
a lot here asked what's the difference between VSCode and Nova that justify the $99, or $79 if you own Coda . So from a daily VSCode user here my thoughts:
- native performance of Nova it's amazing and noticeable even on small projects 🚀
- task automation for npm or shell scripts are very handy so no terminal is needed for this kind of tasks
- Mini Transmit inside for STFP and Remote servers with remote terminal 🤘🏻
- Git integration
- The launch screen for project organization
- beautiful UI all over the place
- easy to extend or make a custom theme (Made NightOwls)
What I miss from VSCode is intenseness which I hope that will comes to Nova in future updates
What I miss from Coda2 DATABASE MANAGEMENT :/
Amazing work Panic ♥️
