HTMLPad is an intelligent all-in-one HTML, CSS and JavaScript code editor that will help you code faster and become more productive, now available with an integrated AI assistant. Packed with powerful features and tools, HTMLPad enables you to create, edit, validate, reuse, navigate and deploy your HTML, CSS and JavaScript code quickly and easily.

HTMLPad includes full-blown CSS studio and a powerful JavaScript editor offering you a complete package. What's new in 2025?

I have over 20 years experience writing computer programming code. The best HTML/XHTML editor I have used.

— David Tristan, Webmaster, LA Pierce College

More happy customers

Quick and lightweight
Loads much faster than any other editor or IDE with similar features
Powerful syntax highlighting Updated!
Supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, XML, ASP, Perl and more
Code intelligence Updated!
Tons of intelligent code completion, navigation and suggestion features
Smart code re-use
Code snippet library and code templates with assignable shortcuts

Built-in AI assistant New!
Generate, modify and optimize code automatically, solve coding challenges *
Direct FTP/SFTP/FTPS Updated!
Edit directly on your web server or publish local development copy updates with a single click
Browser preview Updated!
Built-in multi-browser preview, split-screen mode, screen-size testing, developer tools
Advanced search and replace
Goto anything, quick search, detailed search, file search, regular expressions, detailed results and more

HTML5 and CSS3 ready Updated!
Coding features are up-to-date with latest HTML5 and CSS3 standards and updates
Powerful HTML and CSS tools
Tag matching, HTML Tidy, HTML/CSS inspector, HTML/CSS assistants, CSS compatibility watch and more
Powerful JavaScript editor Updated!
JavaScript editor with auto complete, language tools and more
Integrated validation
Spell checker, W3 HTML and CSS validator, CSS checker, JSLint JavaScript checker

Why switch to HTMLPad?

Save time & increase productivity
HTMLPad combines speed of a simple editor and power of a full-size development environments allowing you to work much faster.
Switching is easy
Interface and behavior is consistent with other editors. All essential features are right where they should be.
Fully customizable
You can adjust text editor, menus, toolbars, shortcut keys and everything else to fit your needs perfectly.
Incredible all-in-one package
Create, edit, validate and manage HTML, CSS, JavaScript within a single program!

How is HTMLPad better?

Faster startup
Unlike with other web development editors, you do not have to wait while it loads.
No clutter
HTMLPad is quick, clean and lightweight. It very powerful, yet not stuffed with useless buttons or panels.
Attention to detail
HTMLPad features are carefully crafted with speed and productivity in mind.
Superb FTP/SFTP/FTPS features
Upload/update your online website files in a just few clicks.
A lot of integrated tools
Syntax checkers, validators, debuggers, beautifiers, CSS prefixizer etc.

Best HTML editor for learners

HTMLPad is very easy to learn and use. It works like a simple text editor, but offers a lot of helpful features such as HTML and CSS wizards and instant code-snippets, browser preview and more. HTMLPad actually helps you learn web coding and make less mistakes.

Powerful AI features *

AI-powered assistant can help you generate, modify and optimize code automatically, as well as find answers and solve coding challenges right within the comfort of your code editor.

HTML5 editor with a twist

Unlike visual HTML editing tools, text-based editors allows you to work on a professional level and produce quality code. HTMLPad HTML5 editor goes one step further and gives you tools for managing, testing and validating your code.

Detailed feature list

Text editor

Syntax highlighting
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, PHP, ASP, XML, WML, Perl, SASS, LESS
Advanced text editor
Line numbering, gutter, margin, word wrap, block select and more
Unicode support
UTF-8, UTF-8 without BOM, UTF-16
Code minimap
Code folding
Line highlighting
Split editing
Macro recorder

Search & navigate

Go to anything
Instantly jump to any file, symbol, word or line
Multi-highlighting
All instances of the selected text are highlighted
Search and replace
Quick search, detailed search, regular expressions, detailed results and more
Search and replace in files
Superb navigation
Advanced bookmarks and quick jumps between recent places
Bracket highlighting
HTML tag highlighting
Easily detect matching and missing tags

Keystroke savers

Auto brackets
Auto quotes
Smart Copy and Cut
If nothing is selected, word at cursor is cut/copied (usual shortcuts)
Smart Paste
If nothing is selected, word at cursor is replaced (default shortcut Shift+Ctrl+V)
Emmet plugin

AI-powered assistance *

Integrated AI-Chat / AI assistant
ChatGPT 3.5, ChatGPT 4
Automatically write, modify, validate code
AI-prompt history & library
Quick, one-click commands
Check, Explain, Simplify, Add Comments

Preview

Built-in preview
Chrome and IE rendering, split-screen mode, screen-size testing
XRay for HTML/CSS
One-click preview in web browser
Preview via web server
external or built-in

Language tools

Code intelligence
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Code explorer/navigator
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Integration with online reference
HTML, CSS, JavaScript

HTML and CSS

HTML and CSS inspector
HTML assistants
HTML tag auto-close
CSS assistants
box editor, gradient editor, shadow editor
Inline color preview in CSS
Support for mobile development
viewport assistant, CSS media queries
Support for Google fonts
HTML and CSS code beautifier
CSS prefixizer
CSS minifier
SASS and LESS support
Integration with W3 validators
HTML and CSS
Integration with CSS HTML Validator
Integration with HTML Tidy for HTML5
Framework support
Bootstrap 3, Bootstrap 4, Bootstrap 5

JavaScript

JavaScript framework support
jQuery, React, Vue.js
JavaScript code beautifier
JavaScript code minifier
Integration with JSHint

File management

Built-in file explorer
Edit/save directly on FTP/SFTP/FTPS server or quickly publish all changed files
Built-in FTP/SFTP/FTPS browser
Project management
Maintain separate projects, search within project, publish changes with a single click
SVN and Git integration
with TortoiseSVN and TortoiseGit
One-click HTML publishing
Publish HTML file and all linked files (images, css, js) get uploaded too

User interface

Flexible tab-based interface
Draggable and dockable tabs, multi-monitor support
Quick interface switching
Hide/show all side panels with a single key
Detailed customization
Workspace layout, keyboard shortcuts, text editor behavior, toolbars and menus etc.

Plugin support

Add your own features by writing plugins
plugins can be written in JScript and can utilize powerful Chromium engine
Plugin catalog

Other

HTML color picker
Pick-from-screen feature, file colors, project colors, color palettes, lightness adjustment, rgb/rgba/hsl/hsla support
Inline ToDo
with TODO, FIXME and CHANGED markers
Multi-item clipboard
Code snippet library
Code templates, assignable shortcuts
Easy settings import/export
Crash recovery system
Diff tool integration

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