#37 in Code AssistantsUpdated 2026-08

Bluefish

by Bluefish Editor · Open source code and text editor for programmers and web developers

22.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Bluefish is a desktop code and text editor aimed at programmers and web developers, covering 30+ markup and programming languages. It includes project support, loading and saving files from servers, Zencoding/Emmet, and search and replace with regex support. It runs on Linux, Mac OSX, Windows, FreeBSD and OpenBSD.

Best for: Programmers and web developers wanting a fast desktop editor for websites, scripts and code.
Pricing: No prices are shown; Bluefish is distributed as open source software under the GNU GPL licence.
Runs on: Linux

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Starts in milliseconds and loads 1000+ files
Supports 30+ markup and programming languages
Runs on Linux, Mac OSX, Windows, FreeBSD and OpenBSD
Open source under the GNU GPL

Trade-offs

Volunteer-run project, so support depends on contributor availability
Desktop application only; no hosted or browser version is described
Nine listed languages currently have no translator, including Arabic and Korean

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 0 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 41 out of 100
Customer sentiment: 80 out of 100
Changelog: 0 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 45 out of 100
Operational trust: 0 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 0 out of 100

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