Brief text editor

Brief Basic

Brief Basic is free. There is no expiration and no adware. The perfect choice if you are looking for a compact and powerful text editor. Windows 2000 and later is supported.

Download Brief Version 4.50 Basic

Brief Professional

Brief Professional has everything found in the Basic version plus the below features. Upon purchase, your order will be completed instantly and you can download and run Brief right away.

	Split the screen into multiple windows
	Find and replace using regular expressions
	Get a user manual that explains all features and keystrokes
	Edit Unicode files
$120 - 1 copy $240 - 2 copies $360 - 3 copies $480 - 4 copies $600 - 5 copies $899 - 10 copies $1499 - 20 copies $1999 - Site License $3999 - Corporate License $90000 - Source Code

Source Code

The Brief source code can be purchased from the above order form allowing you to leverage the meticulously crafted code. Brief is a C++ console application built using Visual Studio 2008. The code utilizes C++ features including TR1 to such a degree that the entire source including header files is extremely compact at about 11,000 lines, about 40% of which are blank or comments. The source code is modular and clean, passing /W4 and extensive lint checking. The non-portable parts (console, printing, and folder access) are compartmentalized making the source ideal for porting to other platforms. Purchasing the source entitles you to produce derivative works of any kind without restrictions or other costs.