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TextEdit

TextEdit is an open-source word processor and text editor, first featured in NeXT's NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP. It is now distributed with macOS since Apple's acquisition of NeXT, and available as a GNUstep application for other Unix-like operating systems such as Linux. It is powered by Apple Advanced Typography.

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Developer
Apple
License
BSD-3-Clause
Operating system
Originally released for NeXTSTEP, released for macOS after Apple's purchase of NeXT; Ported to all GNUstep systems (up to 1.6)
Release
July 1996; 30 years ago (1996-07) with the release of OPENSTEP 4.0
Stable release
1.21 / 13 July 2026; 42 days ago (13 July 2026)
Type
Text editor, word processor

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Implementation

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Map overview Semantic statistics

TextEdit

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples50
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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TextEdit

Top relations

related to Implementation · 18
TextEdit → Autosave, Cocoa, Formatted, HTML, It, Mac OS, Office Open XML, OpenDocument Text, Rich Text Format, Rich Text Format Directory, RTF, SimpleText, The, Unicode, UTF-16, UTF-8, Word, Word XML
related to Source code · 9
TextEdit → Apple, Apple's Mac Developer Library, BSD-3-Clause-compliant, IDE, Internet, On, TextEdit's, The, Xcode
related to history · 8
TextEdit → Ali Ozer, Demos, Developed, Edit, Mike Ferris, NeXT's OpenStep, OS, Rick McGowan
related to External links · 3
TextEdit → Mac Developer Library, TextEditEnhanced TextEdit, WWDC
see also · 3
TextEdit → API, List, Open XML
Developer · 1
TextEdit → Apple
License · 1
TextEdit → BSD-3-Clause
Operating system · 1
TextEdit → Originally released for NeXTSTEP, released for macOS after Apple's purchase of NeXT; Ported to all GNUstep systems (up to 1.6)
Release · 1
TextEdit → July 1996; 30 years ago (1996-07) with the release of OPENSTEP 4.0
Stable release · 1
TextEdit → 1.21 / 13 July 2026; 42 days ago (13 July 2026)

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Important terminology

text apple mac word apple's included os source code openstep operating nextstep macos next gnustep part read write version v10

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TextEditDeveloperApple1.00infobox
TextEditLicenseBSD-3-Clause1.00infobox
TextEditOperating systemOriginally released for NeXTSTEP, released for macOS after Apple's purchase of NeXT; Ported to all GNUstep systems (up to 1.6)1.00infobox
TextEditReleaseJuly 1996; 30 years ago (1996-07) with the release of OPENSTEP 4.01.00infobox
TextEditStable release1.21 / 13 July 2026; 42 days ago (13 July 2026)1.00infobox
TextEditTypeText editor, word processor1.00infobox
TextEditWebsitedeveloper.apple.com/library/mac/samplecode/TextEdit1.00infobox
TextEditis aopen-source word processor and text editor0.90text
Linuxinstance ofand available as a GNUstep application for other Unix-like operating systems0.80text
TextEditrelated to External linksMac Developer Library0.60section
TextEditrelated to External linksTextEditEnhanced TextEdit0.60section
TextEditrelated to External linksWWDC0.60section

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