Why Codeworks is native, all the way down

Most modern editors are a browser wearing a window. Codeworks is not. The editor is written in Swift on AppKit, and the thing drawing your text is the same machinery macOS uses everywhere else.

Why it matters day to day. Text input behaves the way your Mac does: dead keys, input methods, dictation, and the system spelling machinery all work because Codeworks participates in them instead of re-implementing them. Windows, tabs, and shortcuts follow system conventions because they are system windows, tabs, and shortcuts.

And why it stays fast. There is no runtime between you and the buffer. Keystrokes go to a native text view, not through a JavaScript bridge, so the editor’s speed tracks the machine’s speed.

The goal is an editor that feels at home on your Mac, from the first window you open. That is not a feature we added. It is the foundation everything else sits on.