Textools for Windows

Name: Textools
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Author: Firefly Software

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffFebruary 26, 2026

Textools is a pipe-based text processing workbench offering over 60 filters for complex text manipulation. It excels at searching, replacing, and converting text in various formats.

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Trial version

4.8

Pros
- Streamlined graphical user interface
- Over 60 text translation filters
- Search and replace in web pages
- Convert between multiple file formats
- Automates interactive processes
Cons
- Pipe-based system requires learning
- May not suit simple text editing needs

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: October 21, 2010

Latest update: February 26, 2026

Version: 2.2

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows ME
Windows 95
Windows 10
Windows NT
Windows 98

Additional Requirements: None

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Total Downloads: 9,437

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

5/5

4 User Votes

Simple, Fast and Efficient Text Conversion
dpinterMay 2, 2005
Pros
We work with large amounts of meteorological sensor data in many different formats. Textools helps us manipulate these files very quickly with the built-in commands. We've also customized repetitive routines with the pipe functions. This program has saved us many hours of manual text conversion which translates into faster analysis and cost savings. Thanks!
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Summary
First-rate conversion tool
JohnHamlMay 2, 2005
Pros
As manager of systems and research for a major daily newspaper, I frequently need to help reporters convert data they get from myriad sources into something they can process in Excel or a text editor. TexTools is ideal for convertting from/to .csv, moving/removing columns/rows, converting line-enders from non-Windows OS, etc. Very useful and easy to learn. Works perfectly with scripting tools such as Autoit and VBscript. We also call it from VBA macros.
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Summary
Excellent piece of software
SFCurleyMay 2, 2005
Pros
I don't have need for this tool often, but when I do, it's perfect. It has a very easy-to-use interface, and allows me to do anything I can think of by way of text processing. My most recent use is to create email notification text to myself of automated backups and I use TextTools to format the email text and the subject line (on both system being backed up and system receiving the backup via FTP)before passing the text to Blat to email me and let me know the backup was done. <p> <p>In anycase, if you need to do any kind of automated text processing, large or small, this is a great piece of software.
Cons
Summary
Excellent Processing Speed and Extensive Flexibility!!!
cornerstonecsMay 2, 2005
Pros
I use Texttools in my batch EDI process every half an hour. It works great!!!
Cons
None!!!
Summary

Developer’s Description

By Firefly Software

Search and replace texts in Web pages and convert between CSV.

While the other guys are still declaring variables, get the job done with Textools -- the pipe-based text-processing workbench that allows you to morph text into other forms by simply combining filters. Easier to develop, maintain and debug than traditional code, pipes are a solution to those everyday text-editing problems. Textools' new streamlined graphical user interface integrates more than 60 text translation filters that enable you to accomplish all sorts of editing tasks.

With Textools, you can search and replace text in Web pages, convert between CSV, comma-delimited, tab-delimited and fixed-width files, extract log file data, manipulate XML data, convert between PC, Mac, and Unix text files, edit mailing lists, extract e-mail addresses, maintain lists of keywords, format source code, and automate interactive processes -- all this by simply combining filters.

Textools for Windows

Editors’ Review

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