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Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepads features and much...

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  • FreeOpen Source

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Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Windows
Discontinued

The last update was in 2012.

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  1.  Portable
  2.  Simple text editor

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    POX removed metapad as alternative to ReText
    about 1 month ago
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    gwrvan-barre added metapad as alternative to Fastedit
    3 months ago
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    POX added metapad as alternative to Nash
    3 months ago
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    POX added metapad as alternative to Notepad.js
    3 months ago
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    POX added metapad as alternative to Jottr
    4 months ago
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    POX added metapad as alternative to Apimac Notepad
    5 months ago
  • TBayAreaPat reviewed metapad  
    10 months ago

    Does not do .rtf, so it's not really a WordPad alternative. As far as NotePads go, I'm a NotePad++ fan myself. From Brave AI: Metapad vs Notepad: includes UNIX support, hyperlinking, auto-indent mode, and block indent/unindent. It also has a portability mode Metapad reacts to touch with visual, aural, and haptic feedback. Finger taps and movements are visualized with animations. Metapad has 2 versions: The full version has more features, LE version is faster.

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    BarnMTB added metapad as alternative to Ivirius Text Editor
    11 months ago
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    POX added metapad as alternative to Text Editor
    11 months ago
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metapad information

  • Developed by

    US flagAlexander Davidson
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4
  • Alternatives

    106 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about metapad, and it has gotten 42 likes

metapad was added to AlternativeTo by BrentRJones on Apr 16, 2009 and this page was last updated Jan 6, 2023.

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Top Positive Comment
bawldiggle
Aug 9, 2018
0

Been using it for about 10 years on 4 machines
Works without any problems in Win-7 HP/PRO 32/64-bit

TBayAreaPat
Aug 31, 2024
0

Does not do .rtf, so it's not really a WordPad alternative. As far as NotePads go, I'm a NotePad++ fan myself. From Brave AI: Metapad vs Notepad: includes UNIX support, hyperlinking, auto-indent mode, and block indent/unindent. It also has a portability mode Metapad reacts to touch with visual, aural, and haptic feedback. Finger taps and movements are visualized with animations. Metapad has 2 versions: The full version has more features, LE version is faster.

bawldiggle
Feb 4, 2017
0

I use Metapad360 for archiving info, easily found with a good contents find program (4,800 TXT files at last count)

  • metapad as default TXT reader (but best to retain Notepad for some system files)

Option to be on top.
Save as VBS (option)
10 quick text available (Buffers and Language in Settings) ... Alt+number (0 -9)
Insert string of choice at beginning of selections with Alt+Q ... I use it while writing/testing VBscript
Portable (optional)
Change window font (and window backcolor) with click of menubar button

  • I use fixed width font Consolas) for second choice to decipher problem strings
  • characters: big-eye, small-el, one, pipe ... and big-oh, small-oh, zero, ... number 5, big-ess, small ess
    Favorites list (optional)
    Recent Files (optional) configurable max. 16
  • clear recent files (feature)
    Toggle file read-only (Ctrl+E) (optional)
    Active hyperlinks
    Fixed window position (optional)
    Insert date or date/time (configurable)
    Clear Find History (feature)
    SaveAs File Types REG file by developer, can be edited to personal requirements

Best basic text editor since sliced bread :)

[Edited by bawldiggle, February 04]

10basetom
Jul 31, 2009
0

Aside from the browser, this must've been the exe that I launched most often the past decade. I spent countless nights burning the midnight oil with this editor.

What is metapad?

Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepads features and much, much more.

metapad's enhanced feature set includes:

  • Persistent window placement
  • Dirty file notification
  • Intelligent Find and Replace
  • External viewer support (e.g. web browser)
  • Usable accelerator keys (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+N, etc.)
  • Dual customizable font support
  • Optional Quick Exit (Esc key)
  • Configurable tab stop setting
  • Auto-indent mode
  • Go to Line/Column
  • Seamless UNIX text file support
  • Block indent and unindent (Tab, Shift+Tab)
  • Recent files list
  • No file size limit! (under Win9x)
  • Hyperlink support
  • Over 30 customized UI language plugins