| What it does | A native Mac editor for text, CSVs, and data files
| Design with AI agents on a professional canvas, free
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| Stage | Not given
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| Based in | US
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| Pricing model | Freemium
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| Pricing | Caxton Free (free forever); Caxton Pro monthly at $9.99 USD, annual at $99.99 USD, or lifetime at $179.99 USD. Team pricing starts at $79 to $99.99 USD per seat per year.
| Free: $0 forever with every design feature, unlimited MCP agents, public projects and drops (2 GB), in-app chat with your own AI (10 messages a day). Personal: $20 per month with private projects, 50 GB storage, unlimited in-app chat on your own key, and base Brilliant AI allowance. Pro: $50 per mon
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| Key features | - Text editing with memory-mapped files for large documents
- CSV and TSV table editing with column transforms
- Column transformations and data type preservation
- CSV validation with structural and data rules
- File comparison without copying data
- Extract matches and columns to new documents
- Local processing with no cloud uploads or telemetry
| - Infinite canvas with native vector editing
- AI agents that design directly on the canvas
- Design repositories with branching and version control
- Auto layout and components with variants
- Open, non-proprietary Blueprint file format
- Import from Figma and Sketch
- MCP protocol support for any coding agent
- Real-time multiplayer collaboration
- Export to React, HTML, SVG, PDF and code
- Design systems with tokens and semantic modes
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| What makes it different | - Opens files directly from disk without importing or uploading, preserving data exactly as stored
- Combines text editor, CSV table editor, and log viewer in one native Mac application
- Handles multi-gigabyte files with consistent performance and one-millisecond keystroke latency
- Preserves leading zeros, long IDs, and data types exactly as stored in the file
- All files stay local to your Mac with no cloud processing, telemetry, or vendor lock-in
| - AI agents speak MCP natively and work on your canvas, not in a separate chat
- Design files are code via Blueprint format that syncs with your repository
- Full professional tool is completely free with unlimited MCP agents
- GitHub-style version control and branching for design files
- AI agents stay on brand via design system linting
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 4 ● no change since last check | 18 ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 2 | 9 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 20 | 30 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 22 | 101 |
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