bluefish (deprecated)

Disable date: 2026-09-01

Install command: 
brew install --cask bluefish

Name: Bluefish

Open source code editor

https://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html

Cask JSON API: /api/cask/bluefish.json

Cask code: bluefish.rb on GitHub

Current version: 2.2.16

Requirements: macOS >= 10.15

bluefish is built for Intel macOS and so requires Rosetta 2 to be installed.
You can install Rosetta 2 with:
    softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license
Note that it is very difficult to remove Rosetta 2 once it is installed.

Analytics:

Installs (30 days)
bluefish 16
Installs (90 days)
bluefish 50
Installs (365 days)
bluefish 226