Audience

Developers searching for a solution to write websites, scripts and programming code

About Bluefish

Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and web developers, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages. See features for an extensive overview, take a look at the screenshots, or download it right away. Bluefish is an open-source development project, released under the GNU GPL license. Bluefish is a multi-platform application that runs on most desktop operating systems including Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS-X, Windows, OpenBSD and Solaris. Bluefish 2.2.12 is a minor maintenance release with some minor new features. Most important is a fix for a crash in a simple search. Python 3 compatibility has been further improved. Encoding detection in python files has been improved. Triple-click now selects the line. On Mac OSX Bluefish deals better with the new permission features. Also using the correct language in the Bluefish user interface is fixed for certain languages on OSX.

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Ratings/Reviews - 1 User Review

Overall 2.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 4.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 1.0 / 5
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Company Information

Bluefish
Netherlands
bluefish.openoffice.nl

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Product Details

Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux
Training
Documentation

Bluefish Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Bluefish work with?
Bluefish works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Bluefish support in their product?
Bluefish supports these languages: English.
Q: What other applications or services does Bluefish integrate with?
Bluefish integrates with: Ada, C, C++, ColdFusion Builder, CSS, D, Gemini Enterprise, Go, HTML, Java, JavaScript, OpenAI, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, Vala, and XML.
Q: What type of training does Bluefish provide?
Bluefish provides training in the form of documentation.

Bluefish Product Features

Code Editors

Keyboard Shortcuts Not Supported
Customizable Themes Not Supported
Multi-Monitor Editing Not Supported
Syntax Highlighting Not Supported
API Not Supported
Code Folding Not Supported
Column Editing Not Supported
Formatting / Table Editing Not Supported
Auto-Complete Not Supported
Debugging Not Supported
WYSIWYG Not Supported

Text Editors

API Supported
Auto-Complete Supported
Code Folding Supported
Column Editing Supported
Customizable Themes Supported
Debugging Supported
Formatting / Table Editing Supported
Keyboard Shortcuts Supported
Multi-Monitor Editing Supported
Syntax Highlighting Supported
WYSIWYG Not Supported

Web Design

Templates Not Supported
Element Libraries Not Supported
Drag & Drop Not Supported
Content Management Not Supported
Syntax Highlighting Not Supported
Autocompletion Not Supported
Collaborative Editing Not Supported
Programming Language Support Not Supported

Bluefish Verified User Reviews

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  • Michael C.
    VP of pgm & development
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User, Administrator, Deployment
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design 4 out of 5 stars
    Ease 4 out of 5 stars
    Features 4 out of 5 stars
    Pricing 5 out of 5 stars
    Support 1 out of 5 stars
    Probability You Would Recommend? 1 out of 10

    "Bluefish 2.2.17"

    2 out of 5 stars Posted 2025-04-29

    Pros: Easy to use. Nice search & replace, but cannot do multiple pgm S&R. Can load up multiple programs. Color coding of code is nice. Indenting works a little weird.

    Been using this product for 25 years.

    Cons: Bug ridden. 2.2.17 (64bit) - you cannot Preview in the Browser because it is broken. No support to fix it.

    Bug ridden 2.2.17 (32bit) - If you backspace or delete code it cripples the mouse. Cannot scroll or click on some of the icons. You can reset the mouse by saving under File twice. No support of fix

    Overall: Really like the product. Due to critical failures of the product that leave you dead-in-the-water (as listed above), I am now forcing to move to a new editor. So disappointed.

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