Overview

What is Tarantula?

is a WYSIWYG HTML editor that provides you with pixel-level layout control over every object on the page.

In depth

A closer look at Tarantula

It lets you easily place and arrange objects, including text, graphics, multimedia, and Java elements. You can easily test your layout on different resolutions. Tarantula generates extremely small HTML files which can be optimized for different browsers. It includes a built-in FTP uploader.

Tarantula offers powerful image handling, with support for BMP, GIF, JPEG, TGA, and PCX image formats. It can convert images to JPG and it lets you view animated GIFs while you are working in the design stage. It can also display download-time statistics for images, making it easier to optimize their compression.

Other features of Tarantula include: the ability to convert RTF files into HTML, a built-in spell checker, an image map editor, a table editor, Java support, support for multimedia files (including MIDI, WAV and AVI), CSS support, enhanced support for Microsoft Word DOC files, and script support.

Verdict

Should you download Tarantula?

Tarantula runs on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Windows 10/11 and is available under the 30-day Trial license — the installer is 3 MB. We’ve catalogued it under Visual WYSIWYG.

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Tarantula specifications

Category: Visual WYSIWYG
Publisher: Nostrum India
Last updated: Mar 12, 2025
License: 30-day Trial
Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Windows 10/11
File size: 3 MB
Price: Free
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