Compare Caxton vs. Pinegrow

Caxton is a native macOS large file text editor and CSV editor in one: a workbench for logs, CSVs, TSVs, JSON, SQL dumps, and exports of any size. One app instead of a text editor, a spreadsheet, and a log viewer: open the file and work. Every delimited file opens as text and as a typed grid; edits made in either view show in the other, and saving writes the same file back. Nothing is imported, converted, or uploaded. It memory maps the file instead of loading it into RAM. On an M1 Max a 50 GB log (403 million lines) opens immediately, indexes in 75 s, and memory stays under 160 MB throughout. A search returns 8,059,509 matches counted exactly; Replace All across 1,574,039 sites is one undo step. A 10 million row CSV (5.1 GB) opens as a sortable, filterable grid in 4.4 s, past Excel's row limit. Every number, including a run on a base 8 GB M1 Air, is published with its methodology at caxton.app/docs/benchmarks. Text: find and replace with exact counts and regex, Batch Replace, Find in Files, filters that keep line numbers, a log viewer mode with Go to Time and severity filters, follow mode, side by side compare, multi-cursor editing, snippets, clipboard history, 18 encodings. CSV: typed sorting, filter by value, fill series, remove duplicates, split and combine columns, change the delimiter, fixed-width to columns, cell editing in place. Native AppKit and Swift, no Electron. Files never leave the Mac: no upload, no cloud processing, no telemetry. Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 13 or later, a 5 MB notarized download, also installable with Homebrew. Built for data engineers, SREs, DBAs, and analysts. 7-day trial, no card. After it, opening, searching, filtering, and copying stay free; a license adds editing and saving.

Pinegrow is a versatile web editor available on Mac, Windows, and Linux, designed to accelerate the creation of responsive websites through features such as live multi-page editing, CSS and SASS styling, a CSS Grid editor, and compatibility with frameworks like Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS, Foundation, and WordPress. As a desktop application, Pinegrow allows users to open and save standard HTML and CSS files, ensuring you are not confined to a proprietary format, which means you can seamlessly edit your existing projects. It can be utilized in conjunction with other web development tools, enabling you to work offline without an internet connection and to construct as many websites as you desire. With robust visual tools at your disposal, you can effortlessly design the layout of your web pages by adding, editing, moving, cloning, and deleting HTML elements. The software also offers a repeater feature for inserting multiple elements simultaneously and enables you to adjust the layout of all selected items in a single action. You can inspect active CSS rules and utilize a combination of rich visual controls, a CSS Grid editor, and a Dev tools-like interface, all functioning harmoniously together. Moreover, Pinegrow supports live editing of SASS and LESS files, eliminating the need for external tools, making it an all-in-one solution for web development. Additionally, its user-friendly interface streamlines the workflow, allowing developers of all skill levels to create visually stunning websites efficiently.