Hidemaru Editor
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Hidemaru Editor, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Hidemaru Editor's own pricing page, checked 23 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Hidemaru Editor license | — | Paid license for continued use · Updates after purchase are free |
| 秀丸エディタ | ¥4,400, paid once | 1ライセンス · 購入後のバージョンアップ無料 · 試用後に継続利用するにはライセンス購入が必要 · 税込み価格 4,400円（税抜き価格 4,000円） |
The facts
Each one read from Hidemaru Editor's own pages, with the date it was checked.
The company
- Company
- The maker identifies itself as Saito Kikaku LLC, based in Sabae, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, and gives its establishment date as 1993-11-17.checked 11 Oct 2026
What it does
- Download
- The maker offers signed 32-bit and 64-bit Windows installers for version 9.59, dated 2026-10-08.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editing features
- The product page lists customizable color display, word completion, vertical writing, macros, tabs, file comparison, and TSV and CSV modes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- EditorConfig
- The maker lists EditorConfig support among the editor's version 9.00 changes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extension support
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists optional add-ons for internet and printing functions, and libraries for macros, color display definitions, conversion modules, and word completion dictionaries.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Large-file handling
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Large files
- The editor can edit files up to 10 million lines.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License terms
- Users can download and try the shareware before purchase; the maker says license fees are paid in advance, returns and exchanges are unavailable, and version upgrades after purchase are free.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Hidemaru Editor is a text editor for Windows for editing text files, including program source, email, and HTML.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Search
- It supports regular expression and fuzzy search, plus search and replace across multiple files (GREP).checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says files with “_signed” in the filename are digitally signed to verify the publisher and that the file has not been changed since signing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The support page provides email contact for Hidemaru Editor and links to an AI chat for questions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support limits
- The maker's quality terms say it may replace or repair software that fails its stated warranty, and it is not obliged to fix an issue it cannot reproduce in its tests.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Vulnerability handling
- The maker says it is registered on JPCERT/CC's product developer list and actively addresses software vulnerabilities.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Windowschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Supported Windows
- The maker lists Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11 as supported, and says Windows XP and Vista support ends at version 9.57.checked 11 Oct 2026
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