BBEdit

On this day in 1993, Bare Bones Software (not yet "Inc.") released the first commercial version of BBEdit.

We've seen and done quite a lot since then, and none of it would've been possible without the enthusiastic and unwavering support of our customers. Thank you all for that. ❤️

As part of the celebration, we've got some goodies. For the next 30 hours, you can use the coupon code "BBEDIT30" to purchase a new individual BBEdit license for US$30.

Start here: https://www.barebones.com/store/

Bare Bones Software | Online Store

May 11, 2023 at 2:14pmWeb
Show threadBBEditMay 11, 2023

We've also got some 30th anniversary merch! There's a pin: https://merch.barebones.com/products/bbedit-30th-year-pin , and a T-shirt: https://merch.barebones.com/products/bbedit-30th-anniversary-t-shirt .

These are both available for preorder starting right now.

BBEdit 30th Year Pin

Show threadGed MaheuxMay 11, 2023
@bbedit @jamesthomson Dude, I’ll be grabbing this! Congrats!!
Show threadJosh JusticeMay 11, 2023
@bbedit i might have to pick up the "it still doesn't suck" t-shirt! I got one of those when I bought a copy at a MacWorld back in the 90s!
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveMay 11, 2023

@bbedit Given that it’s difficult to attach a pin to a laptop, and expensive to ship wearable merch overseas, are there any sticker versions available?

Both a sticker version of the pin as well as stickers of the various icons over the years would totally be an instant buy!

Show threadKeith KastorffMay 11, 2023
@bbedit Went there. Bought the shirt. Thank you so much for all the years of BBEdit.
Show threadxanatax 🐰May 11, 2023
@bbedit … omg! sweet pin! 😍
Show threadRoberta Millstein 🌎🌱🐩🏊🏼‍♀May 11, 2023
@bbedit So happy to be able to get a new "It still doesn't suck" t-shirt!
Show threadMark GardnerMay 11, 2023

@bbedit Dammit, I don’t need another vendor t-shirt in my life…

…yes, yes I do, in this case

Show threadMark GardnerMay 11, 2023

@bbedit Okay, I went a little silly at https://merch.barebones.com

Congratulations, @siegel and company. Here’s to thirty more years of #BBEdit!

#BBEdit30

Bare Bones Software Merch Store

A merchandise shop from Bare Bones Software, makers of BBEdit. In 2018, BBEdit celebrated the 25th anniversary of its birth as a commercial product, available exclusively for the Mac.

Bare Bones Software
Show threaddan 💾May 11, 2023
@bbedit 30 years and *still* an incredible piece of software! Happy birthday and thank you for everything 🎉
Show threadDave NanianMay 11, 2023
@bbedit Happy Anniversary!
Show threadAvi Rappoport (avirr)May 11, 2023
@bbedit good times!
Show threadJames Baker 🍁May 11, 2023
@bbedit Well thank YOU for being my goto most of those 30 years! Always my first Login Items on a new Mac, because I know I'll be in it almost every day, including weekends.
Show threadKyle BorahMay 11, 2023
@bbedit @jamesthomson Would love to purchase, but BBEdit is still not accessible with #VoiceOver. @kevinrj
Show threadPhil SherryMay 11, 2023
@bbedit @ppk Gotta love that 9.6px font on the products page. Sheeesh. 🥹
Show threadWalter BasilMay 11, 2023
@bbedit Congrats! These days my “computer” is an iPad. I’d certainly buy a copy if you had one for it. I remember when it came on the MacAddict CD. Good times!
Show threadJohn KellerMay 11, 2023

@bbedit My favorite tool, and without a doubt the software that I’ve used the longest of any (sorry, DragThing / @jamesthomson but at least PCalc has been along for a good part of that time 😉).

BBEdit was the main reason why I never tried replacing my Mac with an iPad. Through the years, it’s been with me on every Mac processor architecture. From the 68000 through my new M2, my Macs wouldn’t feel like home without BBEdit.

Happy 30th anniversary, and my thanks to you all at Bare Bones!

Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.May 12, 2023
@johninparis @bbedit @jamesthomson And PCalc celebrated its first 30 years just 5 months ago.
Show threadJohn KellerMay 13, 2023
@roadskater @bbedit @jamesthomson Yup! And I’m a big fan and long-time user of it. But I used DragThing even before that.
Show threadMike CohenMay 11, 2023
@bbedit It still doesn’t suck
Show threadJDHomeMay 11, 2023
@bbedit been using it at work since the 90’s!
Show threadAdam WulfMay 11, 2023
@bbedit I still use it everyday - congrats on 30y!
Show threadKevin R JonesMay 11, 2023
@bbedit Congratulations on 30 years, but BBedit is still not accessible to VoiceOver. :( if it were I would have bought it today.
Show threadMichal Migurski 🍉May 11, 2023
@bbedit This has been my daily driver since the late 1990s, thanks for everything
Show threadPax Ahimsa GethenMay 11, 2023

@bbedit

Wow, I'm amazed that it's been 30 years. I put up my first website in 1994 using a MacHTTP web server and #BBEdit Lite to edit the HTML. I'm still using BBEdit today.

Show threadPax Ahimsa GethenMay 11, 2023

@bbedit

And I still have my (very old) #BBEdit T-shirt! 😀

Show threadPax Ahimsa GethenMay 11, 2023

@bbedit

And thanks to the @internetarchive, I found my review of #BBEdit in the Spring 1997 #BMUG newsletter. (The full newsletter is online at https://archive.org/details/bmug-newsletter-spring-1997, but I redacted my deadname in these screenshots as I've undergone a gender transition since then.)

I recall mentioning this review at the Bare Bones Software booth at Macworld Expo, which is how I got the T-shirt. 😀

BMUG Newsletter Spring 1997 : BMUG : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

BMUG Newsletter Spring 1997

Internet Archive
Show threadBBEditMay 11, 2023
@funcrunch We remember! Thank you for that awesome review, Pax. ❤️
Show threadMark GardnerMay 11, 2023
@funcrunch @bbedit I need this shirt in my life. Not yours in particular—I’d like one of my own 😁
Show threadLukeMay 11, 2023
@bbedit haven’t used it for years (don’t write websites anymore) but remember it fondly!
Show threadSvenMay 11, 2023

@bbedit @siegel Finally bought the license this morning. Great piece of software.

Thank you and continue the great work. Love your thorough documentation. 🤩

Show threadBBEditMay 11, 2023
@cynamiter Thank you so much for your support!
Show threadAlan LevineMay 11, 2023

@bbedit I love BBEdit, I have used it for all my web development since 1994 and it truly remains "Software that doesn't suck"

Countless time it has served me for prying open odd files and for so many features, I can summarize as "grep search and replace across hundreds of files"

Thanks for the 30 years! If you don't have a copy, get one today.

Show threadRichard RatheMay 11, 2023

@bbedit

I've been a user since the 1990s. 🙂

Righteous software! Thanks!

Show threadmtc_ukMay 11, 2023

@bbedit

Three cheers for 30 years of BBEdit. I was there when it was being written, and I've been using it since before it shipped. I've written countless lines of code with it, and though most of my programming days are behind me, I still use it almost every single day for one thing or another. It's one of the most reliable, most useful applications I own. (That's generally true of everything Bare Bones produce, but BBEdit is in a class by itself.)

Time to go get me some new BB swag!

Show threadmtc_ukMay 11, 2023

Ran out of text space: here’s the link to the Bare Bones shop!

https://www.barebones.com/store/

Bare Bones Software | Online Store

Show threadAllan WMay 11, 2023
@bbedit I’ve been using the free version for years (it does all I need) but happy to pay this as a thank you.
Show threadadamriceMay 11, 2023
@bbedit If it weren’t for BBEdit, I probably never would have learned GREP (to the limited extent I have learned it), and my life would be the poorer for it.
Show threadPierre-Luc GagnéMay 11, 2023
@adamrice @bbedit WHO can really say they have learned grep?
Show threadCoraline Ada EhmkeMay 11, 2023
@bbedit Congrats, I've probably been a user for most of those years and I can say hands-down that BBEdit has never let me down, and neither have you! 🖤
Show threadJeanMay 11, 2023
@bbedit Congrats @siegel. I remember clearly being introduced to it in my first web design class in 1997, so I’m not the oldest user, but I am pretty old.
Show threadxanatax 🐰May 11, 2023
@bbedit 🥹 30 yr anniversary! 🥳🎉 Congratz!
Show threadReiner 🐻 May 11, 2023
@bbedit Have been fan and user for years now.
Show threadMark Connolly moved to @[email protected]May 11, 2023
@bbedit @peterme I continue to use it to this day, and have since close to the beginning. It remains a wonderful piece of software.
Show threadBill VinsonMay 11, 2023

@bbedit Been using the free version for years and honestly should have already paid for it, so I took the opportunity and purchased a copy.

Didn't really need a shirt or pin, but if you all had stickers... that I would buy 😃

Show threadVictor CastonMay 11, 2023

@bbedit

VERY nice discount, for those in need of an excellent text editor (with full RegEx and scripting possibilities). A workhorse.

Show threadJW 🕸May 12, 2023
@bbedit
30 year user here, too.  
Show threadJohn TsombakosMay 12, 2023
@bbedit congrats on 30 years! Have used it since BBEdit Lite, and enjoyed a stint as a BareBones employee. Here’s to 30 more!
Show threadskryMay 12, 2023

@bbedit Congratulations!

I guess that makes me around a 30-year customer :) Shocking.

Thank you for making such essential software.

Show threadNeil moffattMay 12, 2023
@bbedit I have used BBEdit for years. Works well for me.