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Leafpad

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Leafpad is a lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Linux
  • BSD
  • Cygwin
  • MacPorts
Discontinued

Last stable release is from 2010. http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/leafpad/

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Simple text editor
  2.  Text editing
  3.  Graphical User Interface
  4.  Gtk
  5.  Drag and Drop

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Leafpad information

  • Developed by

    Unknown
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    98 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Leafpad, and it has gotten 68 likes

Leafpad was added to AlternativeTo by 3F1 on Sep 8, 2009 and this page was last updated Feb 19, 2025.

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Top Positive Comment
cmali
Apr 15, 2019
2

Best for editing simple text, probably the lightest app. Not for coding, or anything a bit complex.

What is Leafpad?

Leafpad is a lightweight text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor.

Features:

  • Codeset option (Some OpenI18N registered)
  • Auto codeset detection (UTF-8 and some codesets)
  • Unlimitted Undo/Redo
  • Auto/Multi-line Indent
  • Display line numbers
  • Drag and Drop
  • Printing