Editing SubEthaEdit (section)

== History ==
SubEthaEdit was first released under the name Hydra in early 2003 but, for legal reasons, the name was changed to SubEthaEdit in late 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carmo |first=Rui |date=2005-04-20 |title=SubEthaEdit |url=https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/subethaedit |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Tao of Mac |language=en}}</ref>

The first version of Hydra was built in just a few months with the intent of winning an [[Apple Design Award]], which it did at [[Apple Computer|Apple's]] [[Worldwide Developers Conference]] 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mirror.informatimago.com/next/developer.apple.com/wwdc/ada_previous.html|title=Apple Design Awards Previous Winners|accessdate=28 November 2018}}</ref> In 2007, TheCodingMonkeys licensed the "Subetha Engine" to [[Panic (company)|Panic]] for use in [[Coda (web development software)|Coda]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Panic is playing with Coda-Monkeys |url=http://www.zathras.de/angelweb/blog-panic-playing-with-coda-monkeys.htm |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=www.zathras.de}}</ref>

In June 2014, SubEthaEdit 4 was released, distributed exclusively in the [[Mac App Store]]. With version 5 released in 2019, the application became [[free software|free]] and open source, under the [[MIT License|MIT]] license.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rant.monkeydom.de/posts/2018/11/28/see-is-back|title=SubEthaEdit 5 – Now free and open source!|last1=wagner|first1=dominik|date=28 November 2018 |accessdate=28 November 2018}}</ref>