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Dec 8, 2025first mention
Jul 13, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used fortext editingopen-source nvidia kernel drivercode editormacos code editing

Why people recommend it

“That’s why I love the Nova.app model.”

“Heck, I use Panic's Nova for my text editing and it does that out of the box with no configuration needed.”

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nsmApr 29, 2026recommends

“If you are on macOS, there is https://nova.app/”

Caveats and dissent

“Everything bellow the six highlights in the former case should be its own page.”

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“In Nova JavaScript engine[1] I've done exactly as you've done and split objects into typed side pools”

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“That’s why I love the Nova.app model.”

“Everything bellow the six highlights in the former case should be its own page.”

“Heck, I use Panic's Nova for my text editing and it does that out of the box with no configuration needed.”

And soon™, https://hackerman.ai/

nsmApr 29, 2026recommends

“If you are on macOS, there is https://nova.app/”

“I'll probably see what Nova is like, or what Sublime has been up to. Or maybe kick the tires on Zed.”

“Here's a blog post about my attempt at your extension”

“This is an unrelated synonymous language.”

“Some examples are available in the repos of Serpens/Myte”

Threads where it came up

Data: nova.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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