Notepads
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Considering that most text editors are eather too heavy or look too old, the author came up with Notepads, designed to be a modern-looking UWP app.
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- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
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Platforms
- Windows
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It automatically saves files so they can be restored if the program is closed for any reason. That’s why I use it as my default Notepad alternative.
- stevexu added Notepads as alternative to notePad++++
- Robin_P liked Notepads
It's the nicest looking Notepad app I've seen, but not being able to open files that are larger than 1MB limit its applications.
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mkoner added Notepads as alternative to Iskra Text Editor- mqdlou liked Notepads
nglczr added Notepads as alternative to LightNote for Windows
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What is Notepads?
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Developed by
Jackie LiuLicensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.Written in
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Development, Office & Productivity, Backup & SyncGitHub repository
- 10,256 Stars
- 558 Forks
- 464 Open Issues
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Comments and Reviews
good and easy app, but no win32 exe version, also no portable version and it's limited in customization area
It automatically saves files so they can be restored if the program is closed for any reason. That’s why I use it as my default Notepad alternative.
It's the nicest looking Notepad app I've seen, but not being able to open files that are larger than 1MB limit its applications.
the best AlternativeTo (jeje joke) Windows notepad! 🌟🌟🌟 with some limitation i have to say, but it still in delopement! ^^ i hope this get updated soon. (12/7/2025)
This is what I wanted as an alternative to Notepad. It's NOT suitable as a programming environment; you'd be better off with Geany or something. But that's not always what I need, sometimes I just want something FOR MAKING NOTES, and Notepads is exactly the iteration on Notepad that I was looking for for that use case.
Best notepad, it does everything that does the default Notepad but better and the interface looks similar but better. And last but not least i love the backup feature.
It's free, open-source, fast, small (9 MB), and good-looking. It has all the basic features. I wouldn't use it for Markdown, though.