Nova
The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.

Nova is a native Mac code editor developed by Panic that combines a high-performance text engine with built-in workflows, debugging, and tools like a file browser and terminal. It supports a wide range of programming languages out of the box and offers a robust JavaScript-based extensions API for adding new languages, themes, and features. The app includes Git integration, remote publishing, and highly customizable settings to fit developer preferences.
Nova runs natively on macOS, combining a custom high-performance text engine with built-in task runners, debuggers, Git tools, terminal, and a file browser, all extensible via a JavaScript API.
Mac-based software developers and web developers
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- one-time
- Company
- Panic
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