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UltraEdit


UltraEdit is the most flexible, powerful, and secure text editor.

The power of AI inside UltraEdit


Utilize Pieces for Developers, the on-device AI copilot—now integrated into UltraEdit.

Seamlessly bring AI-powered chats, smart code snippets, and context-aware recommendations right into your editing environment. Powered by cutting-edge LLMs like GPT-4, this plugin transforms how you code,debug, and innovate-all without leaving the editor.

Multi-LLM Features inside UltraEdit
Solve problems with the help of AI-powered recommendations and real-time assistance.

100% Free and Fully integrated
No special logins or API-keys to fiddle with. Install and use.

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UltraEdit v2025.0 (for Windows) Changes:


Features and Enhancements

  • Integrated Git (added to UltraEdit)
    • Git repo detection
    • Branch manager, merge, push, pull, etc
    • Project and File explorer integration and overlays

  • Improved column mode support for Unicode
  • WebTools Plugin Preview
  • Plugin SDK Preview
    • Manager and Wizard
    • Examples and SDK documentation

Other notable quality improvements

  • Set HEX Selection dialog window Classic theme improvements
  • All characters shown with extra space between them in SSH console
  • Hang after trying to close a newly created file
  • Wikipedia web search function only supports single words
  • “Sh&ow hints” shown in command palette
  • Text2HTML “Use HTML Entity numbers” command output missing trailing ‘;’
  • Markdown file detection ignores file extension
  • Multi-line text cannot be pasted into SSH terminal
  • ENTER key fails to open file in FTP Open dialog
  • Certain URLs are not highlighted/underlined
  • Trailing characters erroneously included in URL highlighting/underlining
  • JSON reformat/compress options disabled
  • Shutdown hang with specific settings and files
  • Incorrectly underlines IP addresses as URLs
  • Crash during file save with specific settings and files
  • Powershell terminal doesn’t work with custom install directory
  • CTRL+C with column mode selection causes file to be marked as modified
  • Typing character with column mode selection doesn’t replace all selected chars
  • Column overstrike options not working
  • Clicking on “Download Git for Windows” link returns 404 error
  • Text field label is truncated in Git options dialog
  • Duplicate attribute “onerror” in the HTML wordfile
  • Editing and file refreshing very slow with files with long lines
  • Column select and copy does not work with supplementary code points
  • License ID missing in body of email created with Start support request
  • Incorrect original file name in version information
  • Space selection issue with certain fonts
  • Crash during column mode editing with certain files
  • Undo doesn’t work as expected in column mode
  • Help button in Print Setup dialog window opens doesn’t open help
  • Button Help in Account Manager dialog window opens the default help page
  • Default help page opened on pressing key F1 for HEX Find/Replace
  • Default help page opened on pressing key F1 for Find in Files and Replace in Files
  • “Maximum number of backups” field accept more than the defined values.
  • In “Charcoal” theme, textarea is difficult to see in Find and Replace dialog

UltraEdit v2023.0 (for Mac/Linux) Changes:


Enhanced Large File Mode

One of the standout features of this release is the Enhanced Large File Mode. Many users, especially those in fields like software development and data analysis, frequently work with large files that can be cumbersome to open and edit.

UltraEdit curbs this via a number of settings dedicated for dealing with large files. Enhanced large file mode, as the name implies, brings all these settings into one convenient and common location.

With it you can:

  • Easily customize large file optimizations
  • Set the threshold for automatically triggering large file mode
  • Enable/disable line numbers, code folding, Intellitips, and more.

Access large file mode by navigating”Preferences → File handling →Large files” settings page

Note that UltraEdit can already support considerable file sizes out of the box, so tweak these settings only if you’re dealing with extremely large files.

Integrated Dockable Terminal/Shell Window

Another exciting addition is the Integrated Dockable Terminal/Shell Window. This feature provides users with a powerful tool to execute commands and scripts without leaving the UltraEdit environment. It’s particularly beneficial for developers and system administrators who often need to compile code or run scripts alongside their editing tasks.

The dockable terminal enhances productivity by allowing you to switch seamlessly between coding and command execution. You can customize its placement within the UI, ensuring it fits perfectly with your workflow. Plus, it supports multiple sessions, making it easier to manage different tasks at once.


Numerous Bug Fixes and improvements

  • Impossible to dock undocked windows
  • Crash when selecting “Customize Menu” from edit window context menu
  • Apply/Ok do not save key mapping assignment unless you click Assign
  • Find with “List lines containing find string” doesn’t work when invoked successively on two different files
  • Buttons are not properly sized in file change detected dialog
  • When UltraCompare is not installed clicking on File/Compare brings up a blank dialog
  • Default template shortcuts should match default template names
  • Status bar is not updated when highlighting file type is changed from View -> View as (Highlighting file type)
  • When “Double-clicking file tab will close file” is selected, double-clicking tab bar should create new file
  • Macro list doesn’t show “No macros” when first loaded/toggled
  • Script list doesn’t show “No scripts” when toggled with no scripts loaded
  • “Indent spaces” option should be subdued if “Use spaces in place of tabs” is not selected
  • Find String List isn’t cleared when next search is executed
  • Repeated crashes when running macro to end of file
  • Pasting content from KeePassXC into UltraEdit results in UTF-8 BOM being inserted with pasted content
  • Fields for “Start/End Field” and “Start/End Char” in Advanced Sort Options dialog are not wide enough
  • Regular expression option in Find dialog reverts to “Unix” after Replace in hex mode
  • “Double-clicking file tab will close file” should be selected by default
  • Crash when pasting into UltraEdit
  • Quick Find dialog shows extra characters during typing
  • “Preferences” changed to “Settings” in UltraEdit menu
  • “^” is included in text inserted by template
  • Active line jumps to different position onscreen when word wrap is invoked
  • All content below line 11341 disappears when scrolling upward with folded lines using customer settings
  • Code folding nodes are not visible until UEW file is opened
  • Live preview returns incorrect error with XML file
  • Perl regex replace of character with diacritic changes character to non-printable character
  • Text fields in Page Setup dialog are too narrow to be used
  • Support secure coding macOS API
  • Added XHTML and XHT to supported file types for xmllint

Multi-Platform

You get the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions of UltraEdit. Your personal license is good for up to 3 machines on any combination of platforms.

Purchases of UltraEdit include a key for UltraCompare Pro for free.