Textley
In beta · Mac download coming soon
A text editor for the way you work on Mac.
Textley is a native Mac editor for plain text, Markdown, and the folders you work in. Open your folders, switch between files in tabs, and flip any Markdown file to a rendered preview. It is the editor I use every day for my own notes, plans, and docs.
- Nativebuilt for Apple silicon
- ⌥⌘PMarkdown preview
- MCPClaude Code, Codex, Claude chat
From the beta build, with sample content.
What it does
Folders as vaults
Add several folders to the sidebar. It updates on its own when files change on disk.
Tabs that remember
Each tab keeps its own edits, selection, and scroll position, and any tab can move to its own window.
Markdown preview
Switch any Markdown file to Preview to see its headings, tables, fenced code, and local images rendered.
A real plain text editor
Syntax coloring, line numbers, and regex find and replace, with file encodings and line endings kept as they were.
Works with your agent
Turn on the local MCP connection and Claude Code, Codex, or Claude chat can find, read, and edit files in your folders. Read only by default.
Files stay yours
Textley edits the files on your Mac. There is no account and no cloud sync of its own.
Private by design
Textley works on the files in the folders you add, on your Mac. The MCP connection runs on your Mac too, starts read only, and can be turned off in Settings at any time. Text an agent reads may be sent to that agent’s AI provider.
- Requires
- macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon
- Status
- In beta · Mac download coming soon
- Website
- textley.ai
