Now available for macOS & Windows

The modern EDI editor
your team actually wants to use

EDI Studio parses, validates, and edits X12 EDI files with a structured tree view, smart error grouping, and in-place editing — so you can troubleshoot thousands of segments in minutes, not hours.

🍎 macOS · 🪟 Windows · No cloud required — runs locally
EDI Studio — sample_856.edi
EDI Structure
EDI File 38
Interchange ISA 38
Functional Group GS
Transaction 856 38
BSN — Ship Notice
HL Hierarchy (14) 3
N1 Party (2)
N9 References (1444) 35
CTT — Totals
SE — Trailer
Structure
Raw EDI
JSON
Validation
Search
Pos Element Name Value Req Status
Field 1 Purpose 00 M ✓ Valid
Field 2 Order ID 9281749312 M ✓ Valid
Field 3 Ship date 20250520 M ✓ Valid
Field 4 Status code 0001 O ✗ Invalid
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1,400 errors, zero context

Traditional tools flood you with individual error lines. One bad N9 loop becomes 1,400 separate entries you have to scroll through.

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Raw EDI is unreadable

Files with no line breaks or whitespace are a wall of text. Understanding the hierarchy means memorizing segment positions by hand.

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Editing means a text editor and prayer

Fixing a value means hand-editing raw EDI, hoping you don't break a delimiter, then re-uploading to validate from scratch.

Everything you need to work with EDI — actually built in

EDI Studio is built for the people who deal with EDI every day: 3PL ops teams, EDI analysts, supply chain developers, and retail compliance coordinators.

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Structured tree view

Every file opens into a collapsible hierarchy you can navigate like a folder structure, no matter how the file was formatted.

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Intelligent error grouping

Hundreds of errors of the same kind collapse into one row with a count. Expand to see details, or skip past them — your call.

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In-place editing

Double-click any value to edit it inline. Code fields show a dropdown of valid options. No more typing into a wall of raw text.

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Field hover tooltips

Hover any field to see what it means, whether it's required, and what values are allowed. No more cross-referencing PDF specs.

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Global search

Search the whole file by ID, value, or reference number. Click any result to jump straight to that row in the tree.

Built-in validation

Validation for all supported transaction sets, with clear explanations of what's wrong — not just error codes.

Insert & delete

Right-click any row to insert or remove. Critical structural rows are protected so you don't break a valid file.

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Save & export

Save your changes back to the original file or export to JSON for downstream use. Formatting is preserved.

Built for retail, 3PL, and supply chain operations

EDI Studio ships with full schema support for the nine most common X12 transaction sets used in retail and third-party logistics.

850
Purchase Order
Buyer → Seller. Purchase orders from major retailers, grocery chains, and distributors.
855
Purchase Order Acknowledgment
Seller confirms, changes, or rejects PO line items back to the buyer.
856
Ship Notice / ASN
Advanced Ship Notice with HL loops for shipment, order, item, and pack hierarchy.
810
Invoice
Commercial invoice sent from seller to buyer for payment processing.
997
Functional Acknowledgment
Confirms receipt and syntax compliance of a functional group.
940
Warehouse Shipping Order
Instructs a 3PL warehouse to pick and ship an order.
943
Warehouse Stock Transfer Shipment Advice
Notifies a 3PL of inbound inventory including lot, SSCC, and FSMA data.
944
Warehouse Stock Transfer Receipt Advice
3PL confirms receipt of transferred inventory back to the shipper.
945
Warehouse Shipping Advice
3PL confirms that an order has been shipped, including carrier and tracking details.

Built for the people who deal with EDI every day

Whether you're debugging a retailer compliance failure at midnight or onboarding a new trading partner, EDI Studio has you covered.

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3PL & warehouse operations

Validate 940/943/944/945 transactions before they cause fulfillment failures. Spot SSCC, lot, and FSMA data issues before they reach the warehouse floor.

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Retail suppliers & vendors

Stay compliant with big-box retailer and grocery-chain EDI requirements. Validate 850/856/810 documents and catch compliance errors before chargebacks hit.

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EDI analysts & developers

Inspect any X12 file without writing a parser. Search for specific values, edit elements, and export clean JSON for downstream processing — all in one tool.

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Supply chain integration teams

Onboard new trading partners faster by validating their EDI files against your schemas. Clear error explanations make it easy to communicate fixes to partners.

One plan. No seat math.

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A modern replacement for EDI Notepad

EDI Studio is purpose-built for the way teams work today — with a tree-based editor, smart error grouping, and built-in editing that legacy tools simply don't have.

Feature EDI Studio EDI Notepad Text editor
Structured tree view
Smart error grouping
macOS native app
Runs locally — no cloud needed
Modern UI & dark mode Varies

Ready to stop fighting EDI?

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Locked-down work laptop on Windows? Download the portable .zip instead — no admin install, runs from any folder or USB stick.

First-launch security prompt? Here's how to dismiss it once.

macOS — double-click the .dmg, drag EDI Studio onto the Applications alias, eject the DMG, then launch from Applications. If macOS shows “Not Opened — Apple could not verify EDIStudio is free of malware,” click Done (not Move to Trash). Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the bottom, click Open Anyway next to the EDI Studio entry. Re-launch and click Open on the final confirmation. One-time only.

Windows — download the EDIStudio-Setup.exe installer and run it. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen will say “Windows protected your PC — Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting.” Click More info, then the Run anyway button that appears. The installer wizard takes over from there — Next, Install, Finish, optional desktop shortcut, optional launch on completion. The app lands in C:\Program Files\EDI Studio and shows up in Start Menu + Add/Remove Programs. One-time prompt only.

Both prompts appear because EDI Studio is distributed directly rather than through the Mac App Store or Microsoft Store. They’re a one-time, expected step for any independent desktop software. Every build is published openly so you can verify file size and date before installing.