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| developer = Late Night Software
| released = {{Start date and age|1995}}
| discontinued = yes
| latest release
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|01|18}}
| operating system = [[macOS]]
| platform = [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]]: [[ARM architecture family|ARM]], [[x86]]
| genre = [[AppleScript]] [[debugger]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[freeware]]
| website = {{URL|www.latenightsw.com}}
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== History ==
Script Debugger version 1.0 was released in 1995 by Mark Alldritt as a [[Third-party software component|third-party]] alternative to Apple's [[freeware]] application, [[AppleScript Editor|Script Editor]]. Its competitors at that time included ScriptWizard and Main Event Software's popular Scripter. {{As of|2024}}, those two products are defunct, leaving only Satimage's [[Smile (software)|Smile]] and [[integrated development environment]]s such as [[FaceSpan]] (also from Late Night) and [[AppleScript Studio]] as Script Debugger's competitors in the field.
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Version 8 was released in May 2021, introducing support for macOS Big Sur and Apple Silicon. Other notable features include support for Dark Mode, and for generating standalone script applications that support code signing and notarizing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.latenightsw.com/t/script-debugger-8-press-release/3086/ |title=Script Debugger 8 Press Release |date=4 May 2021 |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref>
On January 1, 2025, Mark Aldritt announced the planned retirement of Script Debugger. On May 31, 2025, it was officially retired. As of June 2025, all macOS versions from 4.0 – 8.0.10 are available as [[freeware]] downloads.
Script Debugger has been around for over 30 years and has helped countless AppleScript developers over the years. Thank you Mark Aldritt and everyone else who helped make this software so great over all those years. Many people's lives were made a little bit easier and more productive thanks to all the effort that went in to making this a product that was so fun to use and so productive, and some were made a whole lot easier. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to Mark and Shane and all the others who made this software so fun and so helpful to so many people over three decades.
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