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I like to code websites with a text editor to keep the code thin and retain more control over how things in the page act. I also have need of a good editor for perusing IIS logs. Recently, I needed to view and search through a 1.25GB IIS log and couldn’t get Textpad to open it without the “out of disk space” error. I had over 10gb free on my drive so I knew it was a bug. Here’s my new favorite text editor.

JujuEdit is a free tool that not only handles text files up to 2GB, it handles code highlighting for dozens of different languages. It added a context menu entry to my right-button click that allowed me to open the large log file in less than a second.

Yes, it’s that fast. Normally, if I had a large log/text file, Textpad would open it, but take a few moments to read the file. JujuEdit had it open and usable in less than a second. Searching the document was simple, with a status bar message letting me know the progress. While searching the 1.25GB file, the program was using less than 15MB of RAM as well, so it has a small footprint.

Additional features include font anti-aliasing and hex view. If you need a text editor, JujuEdit may be just the thing you need.