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Notepad3

Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor with syntax highlighting for programming jobs. Auto-completion, Multi-language, Dark mode more.

Supports RTL languages out of the box.

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Windows
4.2
Very Good12 reviews
63likes
11comments
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused
  3.  Support for Themes
  4.  Distraction-free

Features

  1.  Support for Unicode
  2.  Small-footprint
  3.  Multiple languages
  4.  Search and Replace
  5.  Syntax Highlighting
  6.  Portable
  7.  Support for regular expressions
  8.  No registration required
  9.  Works Offline
  10.  Ad-free
  11.  No Tracking
  12.  Dark Mode
  13.  Full-Text Search
  14.  Support for Right-to-Left
  15.  Support for MarkDown
  16.  Autocompletion

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Comment summary: Notepad3 is praised for its simplicity and efficiency as an alternative to Windows Notepad, offering features such as syntax highlighting and code folding. Some users appreciate its lightness compared to more complex editors like Notepad++, though others note higher memory usage and lack of features like tabbed interface, auto-save, and Linux support. It does not fully cater to developers despite having advanced features due to its lack of integrated development tools.
Top Positive Comment
Soheyl
1

It's so fantastic, Fast & Fast

Rahul Sawla
0

After exploring Notepads and various other alternatives, I was on the lookout for a straightforward, lightweight application that offered more features than Notepad but avoided the excessive complexity of similar notepad apps. My primary goal was to edit .txt files rather than engage in tasks like programming, markup, or HTML. This app perfectly meets my requirements, balancing simplicity and functionality. Kudos to the developers for crafting such an efficient and well-designed tool.

Sebastian
0

its good alternative

Peter S.
0

With around 6000 lines it hangs the system. Can't search and replace.

inson1
0

No Linux support No auto save

ATs
0

The successor to Notepad2-mod in 2023, which has not been updated since 2017

playmobilmeister
0

Supports RTL languages and R/S script syntax highlighting out of the box

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What is Notepad3?

Notepad3 is a lightweight text editor with the many features: code folding, bracket matching, automatic indentation, word auto-completion, convert character encoding between various formats (ASCII, UTF-8, and UTF-16), newline format conversion (between DOS (CR/LF), Unix (LF), and Macintosh (CR) formats), multiple undo or redo, bookmarks, and regular expression-based find and replace. Multi-language, dark mode and color preview many features have been added. Custom grepWin icon grepWin is also bundled.

Although the Windows operating system was updated significantly over the past years. However, the default Windows Windows Notepad icon Windows Notepad has very simply features since the 1980s. If you need a text editor for simple programming tasks, using the vanilla Windows Notepad just does not cut it. Enter Notepad3! Scintilla-based Notepad2 icon Notepad2, its successor Notepad2-mod icon Notepad2-mod, its successor Notepad3.

Therefore, we created Notepad3 with all the features that the default Windows Notepad currently lacks. Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight Scintilla-based text editor with syntax highlighting. It has a small memory footprint, but is powerful enough to handle most programming jobs.

Previously we mentioned that Notepad3 can handle almost any programming job and we are not lying. Just take a look at the list of supported programming languages below and spot your favorite.

Syntax highlighting support for over 50 languages: ASP, assembly language, AutoHotkey, AutoIt3, AviSynth, Bash, BAT, C, C++, C#, CMake, CoffeeScript, Common Gateway Interface (CGI), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), DIFF, HTML, INF, INI, Inno Setup, Java, JavaScript, LaTeX, Lua, Markdown, NSIS, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Python, REG, Ruby, SQL, Tcl, Visual Basic (VB), VBScript, VHDL scripts, XHTML, XML, YAML, D Source Script, Go Source Script, JSON, Makefiles, MATLAB, Nim Source Code, Power Shell Script, Resource Script, Shell Script, R, S, S-Plus, Kotlin, Windows Registry files, configuration files, and improved support for NFO ANSI art.

Notepad3 information

  • Developed by

    ZA flagRizonesoft
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.2 (12 ratings)
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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Afrikaans
    • German
    • Spanish
    • French
    • Japanese
    • Chinese
    • Italian
    • Polish
    • Slovene
    • Turkish
    • Korean

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Our users have written 11 comments and reviews about Notepad3, and it has gotten 63 likes

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