TextBuddy is a Mac app for manipulating text. A Swiss Army knife for plain text that is there when you need it and hidden when you don’t. Faster than your IDE. Easier than the command line. Transform and extract text from images and audio, too.

Like all my Mac apps, I built TextBuddy because I wanted to use it myself. The app is a single-window of text with 100+ commands you can run to transform, sort, and filter your text into the format you need, extract some data, or jot down a quick note. It sits comfortably between my note-taking app and my "real" text editor. It lets me quickly manipulate text using similar commands and transformations that you'd normally find in an IDE or your shell. It can extract text from images, audio, and video as well. TextBuddy also supports your own custom commands written in JavaScript.

@rtylerhall I like it. The UI is super simple and intuitive. Thanks!

Purchased TextBuddy yesterday and it does way more than I was expecting. It will take some time to go through and test all the capabilities of the app. Great work indeed @rtylerhall.

Love it! Global hotkey for triggering screen reading that we can set? Have Alfred, if there's a command that can get it done in meantime

@jeff_bargmann Yep! A global screen capture hotkey has been implemented and will be in an update available later this week. Just wrapping up some bugs around multiple monitors.

@jeff_bargmann Last night's release adds a global hot key for screen capture. As well as two macOS services to help you get text (and images and audio) into the app quickly from any other app.

TextBuddy for macOS

A Swiss Army knife for plain text.

A Swiss Army knife for plain text.

TextBuddy for macOS

A Swiss Army knife for plain text.

A Swiss Army knife for plain text.

Do you use TextBuddy for macOS?

Do you use TextBuddy for macOS?

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