The tools include Eluent Replace, a GUI-based, interactive, multi-pattern, multi-file search and replace program that uses Perl regular expressions and supports Perl scripting; Eluent Find, a file contents searcher and viewer that supports a variety of regular expression dialects, including Perl; Eluent Attrib, a program which modifies file and folder attributes, including the Compressed and Encrypted attributes under Windows NT/2000/XP; Eluent Dir, a flexible file finder based on Path Plans, the common method for specifying file searches in Eluent Tools; Eluent EOL, a program for converting text files between DOS/Windows, Macintosh, and Unix formats; Eluent Tab, a program for converting tabs to spaces and vice versa in text files; and Eluent Touch, a program for modifying file and folder timestamps.The tools were designed to work well as graphical desktop applications launched from the Start Menu and Windows Explorer context menus and as non-interactive command line tools, and they support a number of features related to Microsoft Visual C++ 5 and 6 and Visual Studio .NET, where they make excellent additions to the Tools menu.

In particular, Eluent Replace provides Visual C++ with powerful Replace in Files capabilities, and Eluent Find is more flexible than Find in Files.

The tools share a common interface for specifying files and folders to process, and settings can be saved in Path Plans for later use.

Path Plans provide very flexible filtering options and support a rich variety of sources besides the usual directory search, such as response files, projects currently open in Visual C++ and VS.NET, and the Windows Indexing Service.