Developer & terminal tools
Editors, terminals, git clients, database GUIs and API clients that never learned to charge you monthly.
| Licence type | App | Price | Licence | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Base 3Menial | £29.99 | This version | Menial does not publish update terms, and past major versions were paid upgrades | |
 BBEditBare Bones Software | $59.99 | Paid upgrades | Major versions are paid upgrades, currently $29.99 to $39.99 every couple of years | |
 Beyond Compare 5Scooter Software | $35 | Paid upgrades | Three-way merge is Pro only, so the $35 Standard edition will not serve as a git merge tool | |
 BrunoBruno (usebruno) | Free | Open source | Deeper git and team features are subscription-only; only the open-source app is free | |
 CodeRunnerNikolai Krill | $22.99 | Perpetual | Company or institution machines need the $15-per-computer site licence, minimum five | |
 DevUtilsDevUtils | $29 | This version | Updates stop after a year unless you renew at 40% off; your copy keeps working | |
 ForkDan Pristupov and Tanya Pristupova | $59.99 | Perpetual | Nothing on the site promises free major upgrades, so a paid version 3 is possible | |
 GhosttyMitchell Hashimoto and contributors | Free | Open source | Support is GitHub issues, and some niche iTerm2 features are still missing | |
| iTerm2George Nachman | Free | Open source | One maintainer sets the pace, and very high-volume output feels slower than GPU terminals | |
 NovaPanic | $99 | This version | The $99 covers one year of updates, then it auto-renews at $49/year unless you cancel | |
 Postico 2Egger Apps | $69 | This version | The licence covers Postico 2.x only, and Postico 3 will be a paid upgrade as 2 was | |
 ProxymanProxyman (TablePlus Inc.) | $89 | This version | One year of updates; after that you keep every Pro feature, but not new releases | |
| Sublime MergeSublime HQ | $99 | This version | Updates stop after three years; your version keeps working but newer builds need a paid upgrade | |
 Sublime TextSublime HQ | $99 | This version | Updates stop after three years; your version keeps working but newer builds need a paid upgrade | |
 TablePlusTablePlus Inc. | $99 | This version | Updates stop after one year unless you renew; the app itself keeps working |