Editor

Projects and files

Create and switch projects, manage files and folders, and download your work.

A project is one workspace in zizcode: its own set of files, its own preview, and its own share list. You can keep several projects on the go and switch between them whenever you like. Everything you save lives on your account, so it is there next time you open the editor.

Switching and creating projects

The project picker sits at the top-left of the editor, next to the zizcode badge. Click it to see all your projects and switch to one. The buttons at the bottom of that menu let you:

New project starts a fresh, empty workspace.
Rename this project changes the current project's name.
Delete this project removes it and its files for good, so use it with care.

If a project was shared with you by a friend, it shows up in the same picker. Instead of Delete you will see Remove from my projects, which only takes it off your list. The owner still keeps it. See Sharing a project for how shared projects work.

Files and folders

The Files panel on the left is your project tree. Use the buttons at the top of it to add things:

+ File creates a new file. Type a name like index.php or css/style.css. Including a folder in the name puts the file in that folder.
+ Folder creates a folder to keep things tidy.

Click any file in the list to open it in the editor. To rename or delete a file, open it, then use the More menu on the editor bar. Got a lot of files? The Go to file button (or Ctrl/Cmd+P) jumps straight to one by name.

What sticks around

Your files are saved to your account and stay put between sessions. The only thing that is temporary is the running preview server: when it shuts down your code is safe, but anything your code wrote while it ran (uploads, the SQLite file, and so on) is cleared.

Download your project

You can take your code with you at any time. Open the More menu on the toolbar and choose Export project as ZIP. zizcode bundles every file in the project into a single .zip and downloads it to your device. Your work is always yours.

Generous limits

So nobody can use up everything, there are some roomy caps: up to 25 projects, up to 200 files in a project, and up to 512 KB per file. Normal projects stay well under these, so you are unlikely to notice them.