The following tables list the features offered in Script Debugger 7, the free Script Debugger Lite, and by the previous version of Script Debugger.

Editing

Feature	7.0	7.0 Lite	6.0
Tabbed document windows	•	•	•
Multiple windows on the same script	•	•	•
Restore open scripts on launch	•	•	•
Script templates	•	•	•
Code folding	•		•
Split-pane editing	•	•	•
Regular Expression find and replace	•	•	•
Auto-Indentation	•	•	•
Auto-pairing of delimiters ({[« »]})	•	•	•
Auto-close AppleScript blocks	•	•	•
Auto-generate tell blocks (by dragging applications from dictionary or using Paste Tell command)	•	•	•
Generate tell blocks using application IDs	•	•	•
Auto-generate object specifiers (by dragging from explorers or using the Paste Tell command)	•		•
Auto-generate variable references (by dragging from Variables tab)	•	•	•
Auto-generate file references (by dragging from the Finder)	•	•	•
Option-click to lookup ASObjC references in Dash	•		•
AppleScript block and delimiter balancing	•	•	•
AppleScript block highlighting (when mouse hovers in gutter)	•	•	•
Line number display	•	•	•
Line wrapping	•	•	•
Invisible and control character display	•	•	•
Table of contents menu	•	•	•
Text substitution (with clipping placeholder support)	•	•	•
Tell block builder	•	•	•
Open Quickly (discontiguous Spotlight script searches)	•		•
Manifest	•		•
Status bar	•		•
External editing of scripts (using BBEdit or another ODBEditorSuite compatible editor)	•		•
Code completion of AppleScriptObjC terminology	•		•
AppleScriptObjC refactoring	•		•
Shift/Indent lines	•	•	•
Entab and Detab	•	•	•
Implicit parent script	•		•
Implicit tell target	•		•
Dropped file handling (create tell block, paste HFS/Posix/Finder file reference, contents)	•	•	•
Clippings menu and clippings inspector (with clipping placeholder support)	•	•	•
Clippings placeholders	•	•	•
Dates, times, usernames, paired and unpaired names	•	•	•
Application picker	•	•	•
Library picker	•	•	•
ASObjC placeholders	•		•
Tell Context inspector	•		•
Dictionary inspector	•	•	•
Recording	•	•	•
AppleScript recording	•	•	•
Recording explorer actions	•

Files

Feature	7.0	7.0 Lite	6.0
Open and save all AppleScript file formats	•	•	•
Browse past document versions	•	•
View/Restore past versions	•	•
Execute past versions without restoring	•	•
Debug past versions without restoring	•
Code Signing (requires Developer ID code signing certificates from Apple)	•	•	•
Always-on code signing on save	•	•	•
Code signing on export Run-Only	•	•
Bundle editing	•	•	•
Bundle attributes (bundleID, copyright, version, build number)	•	•	•
Auto-increment build number on save	•	•	•
Minimum OS version	•	•
Application Transport Security control	•	•
Create background only applets	•	•
Droplet file filtering by Uniform Type Identifiers	•	•
Droplet file filtering by filename extensions	•	•
Bundle contents (script libraries, resources, etc.)	•	•	•
Auto-Save and recovery	•	•	•
Recover damaged scripts	•	•	•
Export Run-Only	•	•	•
Convert bundled scripts to Run-Only	•	•	•
Embed used libraries	•	•
Code signing	•	•	•
Create enhanced applets and droplets	•
Prevent dependant application launches when opening scripts	•	•	•
User created script templates	•	•	•

Execution

Feature	7.0	7.0 Lite	6.0
Run script and see result	•	•	•
Debugging	•		•
Single step execution	•		•
Tracing	•		•
Breakpoints	•		•
Break on AppleScript exceptions	•		•
Expressions	•		•
Code coverage	•		•
Call stack displaying associated local variables	•		•
Floating mini debugger window	•		•
External debugging (debug scripts running within other applications)	•		•
Script timer	•		•
Display properties and global variables (when script finishes)	•	•	•
Display properties and global variables (while paused when debugging)	•		•
Variable deletion (while paused when debugging)	•
Drag & drop manipulation of variable values	•	•
Drag & drop manipulation of list, records and script objects	•	•
Event simulation (open, run, idle, quit, Folder Actions, Digital Hub)	•	•	•
Implicit tell target	•		•
Display arbitrary expressions	•		•
Expression tooltips	•		•
Leaked resources detection (e.g. unclosed file references)	•	•	•
Event logging	•	•	•
Always-on event logging	•	•	•
Filter by target application	•	•	•
Filter by content	•		•
Event logging window (separate from script window)	•	•	•
Event result explorer	•		•
Show source line for event log entry (when debugging)	•		•

Dictionary Viewer

Feature	7.0	7.0 Lite	6.0
Running, recent, favourite and known applications list	•	•	•
Dictionary searching	•	•	•
Cross dictionary searching	•	•	•
Launch and quit applications	•	•	•
Object model hierarchy display	•		•
Object model inheritance display	•		•
Expanded dictionary documentation	•		•
Explorer outlining of objects	•	•	•
AppleScript lists and records	•	•	•
“Best” date display	•	•	•
“Best” file display with Reveal In Finder and QuickLook	•	•	•
“Best” HTML string display	•	•	•
“Best” image display	•	•	•
AppleScript Objective-C scalar display (NSString, NSDate, NSNumber, etc.)	•		•
AppleScript Objective-C collection display (NSArray, NSSet, NSDictionary)	•		•
Exploration of running applications	•		•
View elements and properties	•		•
Edit property values	•		•
Delete object instances	•
Move object instances (Drag & Drop)	•
Duplicate object instances (Drag & Drop)	•
Outliner reloading and scope bar	•		•
Explorer windows (separate from script window)	•		•

Miscellaneous

Feature	7.0	7.0 Lite	6.0
Respond to applescript:// URLs	•	•	•
Act as default editor for .scpt, .scprd and .applescript files	•	•	•
Raw Apple Event code display (script, dictionary, outliner, explorer AEPrint view)	•		•
Scripting interface	•	•	•
Document handling (open, close, save, compile, execute)	•	•	•
Document introspection (get variable and handler meta-data)	•	•
Document view settings	•	•	•
Dictionary handling (open, close)	•	•	•
Dictionary view settings	•	•	•
Keyboard shortcut customization	•		•
Free maintenance updates	•	•	•