Prose: Minimal Text Editor for Mac

Prose is a minimal text editor designed for writers, developers, and anyone who loves clean, focused writing.

Features

• Write With Focus — A minimal interface that keeps your words front and center, with beautiful light and dark themes that follow your system appearance by default
• Advanced Typography Control — Customize fonts (15 to choose from), sizes, line height, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, text color, highlights, alignment, and list formatting with a collapsible toolbar
• Rich Text Editing — Full rich text support with paragraph styles (Title, Heading, Subheading, Body) that save automatically with each document
• Tabbed Editing — Open multiple documents in tabs and switch between them instantly
• Compare Mode — View and compare two documents side-by-side in split view for easy reference and analysis
• Find & Replace — Powerful search with regex support, match navigation, and undo-aware replacements
• Syntax Highlighting — Built-in syntax highlighting for popular languages with customizable themes and support for custom language grammars
• Flexible Export — Export as plain .txt, styled .rtf, or .html with all your formatting preserved
• Real-time Statistics — Live word count, character count, and line count as you write
• Line Numbers & Column Selection — Toggle line numbers and use column selection mode for precise editing
• Show Invisible Characters — Reveal whitespace, line endings, and other hidden characters at a glance
• Large File Support — Import and preview large files with size warnings and performance-conscious loading
• Organized Document Management — Create, search, and organize unlimited documents with instant access to your work
• Instant Auto-Save — Your work is automatically saved every two seconds, so you never lose a thought
• Dark Mode Support — Follows your system appearance out of the box, or manually toggle between light and dark themes
• Fast & Responsive — Built natively with SwiftUI for macOS, Prose stays responsive even with lengthy documents

What Makes Prose Different

While modern text editors often introduce unnecessary complexity, Prose takes a different path. We believe great writing tools should be simple, beautiful, and respectful of your focus. Every feature serves writing — nothing more. Whether you're styling a rich document, highlighting code, or keeping it plain, Prose adapts to your workflow.

Perfect For:

• Novelists and authors working on manuscripts
• Programmers writing code or documentation
• Students organizing notes and essays
• Journalists managing stories and research
• Anyone who values simplicity, elegance, and control over their writing

All your documents are securely stored on your Mac with full local storage — no cloud syncing, no subscriptions, no accounts, no tracking.