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Thunderpad

Thunderpad (formerly Textpad) is a simple, general-purpose and cross-platform text editor written... Created by Alex Spataru

Free Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Discontinued

Thunderpad (formerly Textpad) is a simple, general-purpose and cross-platform text editor written in C++ using the Qt libraries. Thunderpad aims to be faster and more lightweight than most text editors, but as useful as them. Additionally, Thunderpad supports syntax highlighting, word count, line count and comes with various color schemes.

Features
Simple and clean interface.
Has various color schemes.
Distraction free features (such as full screen and/or Minimal Mode).
Includes "Minimal Mode", where the toolbar and statusbar are hidden.
Supports more advanced features, such as syntax highlighting and line numbers.
Can export the document as HTML or PDF.
Faster than other text editors.
Simple source code, which makes the programmer's life easier.
Tested on Linux, Mac and Windows.
Close integration with all supported platforms.... More Info »

Links to official Thunderpad sites

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Features

Lightweight Distraction-free UI Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

Category

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Discontinued code-editor notepad notepad-replacement programmers-editor text-editor

Thunderpad (sometimes referred to as Textpad Editor, Textpad) was added by alexspataru in Jan 2015 and the latest update was made in Oct 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Sep 2020. It's possible to update the information on Thunderpad or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

Thunderpad is discontinued

The project is no longer developed since 2015. Latest versions can be still downloaded from SourceForge and GitHub

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