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EditPlus

Text editor for Windows with built-in FTP, FTPS and sftp capabilities

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EditPlus is a text editor for Windows that can replace Notepad while also supporting web page authors and programmers. It combines local editing with built-in FTP, FTPS and SFTP capabilities, allowing files to be uploaded to a server or edited remotely.

Core features include syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, Perl, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, VBScript, Python and Ruby on Rails, with custom syntax files for additional languages. Other tools include an integrated web browser for previewing HTML pages, a Hex Viewer, code folding, an HTML toolbar with color, character, table and object pickers, a document selector, user-defined tools with output capture, auto completion, a cliptext window, document templates, line numbers, a ruler, column selection, search and replace, multiple undo/redo, a spell checker and customizable keyboard shortcuts.

The product is aimed at Windows users who need a general-purpose editor with web and programming support. It is available for download, with a separate purchase option; the pages do not describe a free plan, trial period, editions or seat-based or usage-based packaging.

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