Free HTML Editors and Tools

xEdit - This freeware is a raw mode HTML coding tool. Developed to be fast and simple to use it requires a knowledge of HTML in order to develop web pages. Current xEdit features include: ability to edit multiple files by means of a tabbed notebook interface. Code snippets (individual text files), which can contain chunks of code/text which would appear in several places, or be updated often in the web site. Code snippets can be updated thoughout a project quickly and painlessly. For example: the entire menu and navigator bars on this website are code snippets. When a change to the menu (or navigator) is required a change to the snippet is made and then updated across all HTML pages that use that snippet. Support for HTML 4.0 tags. Syntax highlighting in the editor, which even supports embedded Javascript, stylesheets and other web technologies. Dialogs to assist the user with common tags and ensure correct syntax. Support for JavaScript (.JS) code files Pretty HTML which tidies the HTML source code and indents it to assist in locating start and end tags for open/close tags. Keyboard macro recording.
Download           OS: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP            Size: 910Kb

Nvu - Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML. Nvu features: Designed for Linux Desktop. Easy to use. Powerful. Ideal for non-programmers. Open Source.
Download           OS: Windows | Linux | Mac OS X           

xStyle - is an easy-to-use fast Stylesheet editor. It allows custom entries as well as standard stylesheet entries.
Download           OS: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP            Size: 560Kb

AceHTML - This is pretty decent code based free html editor. Has all necessary features. Code Inspector efficiently edits HTML tags, JavaScript and Style Sheets. Visual Explorer quickly locates elements with graphical layouts; Code Explorer provides rapid document navigation. 30 templates and 156 interface elements and graphic themes help you build professional-looking Web sites.
Download           OS: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP            Size: 3.62Mb

HandyHTML - is a professional text based HTML / CSS/ JS/ PHP/ ASP/ PERL / JAVA editor with syntax highlighting and other essential tools. In the foreground layer of user interface it contains only widely used elements; all other stuff is also both available and accessible but is contained in the inner layers of user interface so the designer UI is not overloaded and is very easy to navigate. HandyHTML editor has unique features which can greatly simplify your work and make it more pleasurable. Free trial for 30 days.
Download           OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP            Size: 1.5Mb

1st Page 2000 - A great free html editor in the tradition of Homesite. Comes with 15 DHTML Scripts, 17 Perl scripts (search site, guestbook, chat, counters, etc.), Complete Web Builder Reference, 450 Javascripts/VBScripts.
Download           OS: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP            Size: 5.2Mb

Stone's WebWriter - This is an award winning HTML editor. Easy-to-use dialogues, right-click editing, code completion and syntax high-ligthing, so you can get started without knowing HTML. WebWriter is for the professional as well as the beginner who wants full control and insight. Complete libraries of HTML 4.0, CSS 2.0 and JavaScript 1.2. Build JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets and image maps! Project managing, sitemap, upload to Internet and much more. Free to try.
Download           OS: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP            Size: 970Kb

BK ReplaceEm - This freeware replaces text strings in multiple files or whole directories. Very useful if you want to replace html code in many html files at once.
Download           OS: Windows 95/98/NT            Size: 572Kb

Search & Replace 98 - Free text search and replace tool that can do its work on single text files or an entire directory.
Download           OS: Windows 98/NT/2000            Size: 350Kb

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