Arachnophilia
| Company type | Free software |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software development |
| Predecessor | WebThing |
| Founder | Paul Lutus |
| Products | Source code editor |
| Owner | Paul Lutus |
| Website | www |
Arachnophilia is a source code editor created in Java by Paul Lutus. It is the successor to the HTML editor known as WebThing. The term Arachnophilia denotes an affection for spiders, representing the development of materials for the World Wide Web.
Arachnophilia is available as free and open-source software and is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
History
Initially designed as a Windows application, Arachnophilia was later redeveloped in Java by Lutus in response to his opposition to Microsoft's product activation system implemented with Windows XP. The program requires Java 2 runtime environment version 1.5 or newer.
Its licensing model transitioned from Careware to the LGPL-2.1-or-later in 2011, and since 2018 it has been released under the GPL-2.0-or-later. The source code remains accessible through its official website.
Features
The software can import and transform RTF files, tables, and outlines originating from any application compatible with Windows 95 or later into HTML. It enables previewing content across up to six distinct web browsers. Besides HTML, it provides support for CGI, frames, and programming languages including PHP, Perl, C++, Java, and JavaScript.
Other notable capabilities include:
- Support for a Multiple-document interface
- Toolbars that can be customized
- Comprehensive drag-and-drop functionality
- Global search and replace operations
- Integrated FTP client featuring automatic file upload
- User-configurable templates, macros, and keyboard shortcuts