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Windows ships with a simple plain text editor called Notepad. Many replacements designed to add features exist.

Windows Notepad Replacements:

Notepad Replacement Discussion

Notepad - The original, shipped with Windows from the beginning to the present.

ACF Notes - Freeware Windows text editor with MDI interface
AeroNotes - Open source Windows notepad using Vista Aero Glass technology
AkelPad - Open source plain text editor
Anaconda - Open source multi-window editor in C# which can minimize to the tray
Another Notepad - Shareware Notepad replacement with WordStar command set
AshEdit - Small basic Notepad alternative
ATPad - Open source tabbed Windows Notepad replacement
AYATE - Freeware windows text editor with large file support
BDVNotepad - Freeware Windows notepad replacement with Unicode support
Bindesh's Notepad - Freeware windows Notepad replacement with source code
BPMNotepad - a Windows notepad replacement featuring auto text scrolling
CiNotes - Shareware Windows text editor with tree-structured note organizer
ClearEdit - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement in Delphi
CNotepad - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement with MDI interface and spell check
Crypt Edit - Freeware windows editor with rich text support and encryption
Cryptditor - Freeware portable Windows editor with AES encryption
Cyber Notepad - Freeware Windows simple notepad
DocPad - Freeware skinnable Notepad replacement
DocuJot - Freeware replacement for Windows Vista Notepad
domiNote - Free tabbed Windows Notepad replacement
EditCrypt - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement with encryption, web search, and export to PDF
EditExt - Shareware text editor with tabbed interface and syntax highlighting
EditPlug - Shareware text editor with plugins
EDXOR - 30K freeware Windows Notepad replacement
EGPad - A replacement for the standard Windows NotePad
Encrypted Notepad - Open source Notepad replacement in Java with strong encryption
ENotas - A skinnable Spanish language Notepad replacement with an MDI interface
evolvED - Freeware programmer's notepad replacement with syntax highlighting
ExtremePad - Freeware Notepad replacement with tabbed interface
Fuzzy Duck Note - Freeware Tray resident note utility with calculator
Greenpad - Free, open source Japanese Notepad replacement with Unicode, RegEx?, and Syntax highlighting support
GridinSoft Notepad -- Shareware Windows Notepad replacement
HABEdit - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement with hex editing
HABPad - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement with hex viewer
Handpad - Donationware tray resident Notepad for Windows
HGEdit - Open source Notepad replacement written in Java
IL Textedit - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement with RTF and large file support
Inedita - Notepad replacement with a multi-tabbed interface
Insight - Shareware Windows text editor with tabbed interface, outlining, and RTF support
InternetNotePad - Shareware Windows notepad for editing web pages
Jpad - Freeware Windows editor to edit Java code and replace Notepad
kewlpAd - Freeware skinnable Windows Notepad replacement
KobraTest? - Open source Windows plain text editor in VisualBasic?
Kon - Text editor and Notepad replacement with script language
Lazy Notepad - Shareware Windows Notepad replacement with tabbed interface and transparency
Letterpress - Open souerce experimental Notepad replacement based on the SynEdit control
MDINotepad - Windows-based Notepad replacement
ME - Martin's Editor, a freeware Notepad replacement for Windows and OS/2
MEMO - Freeware Notepad replacement with syntax highlighting.
MemPad - Freeware Notepad replacement with an index tree
MetaPad - fast, powerful replacement for Notepad (Windows, free)
n-squared - Open source Windows Notepad replacement with tabbed interface and encryption
Neatpad - Open source Unicode text editor demonstrating Win32 coding techniques
NNED - Net Notepad freeware syntax highlighting Notepad replacement
Netpadd - Free Notepad replacement for web development
NFOPad - Small, fast and flexible combined nfo viewer and text editor
Notable - Open source note taking application for Windows
Notepad-bang - Notepad! a free, powerful, feature-rich replacement for your Windows Notepad
Notepad Deluxe - Freeware windows Notepad replacement with RTF support
Notepad Enhanced - Open source tabbed Notepad replacement for Windows
Notepad Extra PlusPlus - Open source Windows Notepad replacement written in VB.Net
Notepad ProPlus - free Notepad replacement with tabbed interface and skinnable appearance
Notepad RE - a lean and mean notepad replacement with powerful regular expressions
NotepadEx - a fast Notepad replacement
Notepad And One Half - Freeware enhanced Notepad replacement and Rich Text editor
Notepad2 - Freeware Notepad replacement with syntax highlighting
Notepad2-mod - A modified version (fork) of Notepad2 based on Florian Balmer's official Notepad2 version
Notepad2 (Kai Liu) - A modified version (fork) of Notepad2 based on Florian Balmer's official Notepad2 version
Notepad2 (Zach Thibeau) - A modified version (fork) of Notepad2 based on Florian Balmer's official Notepad2 version
Notepad2e - Another modified version (fork) of Notepad2 based on Florian Balmer's official Notepad2 version
Notepad3 - Open source fork of Notepad2-mod with bug fixes and enhancements
NotepadCE - Freeware Notepad clone for Windows CE
Notepad GNU - Open source Russian Windows Notepad replacement
NotepadsPlus - Freeware replacement for Windows 3.X Notepad
NotePadSX - free Notepad replacement
NotePadPlusPlus - free programmer's folding editor (Windows) (aka N++ or Notepad++)
Notepadqq - Notepad++ clone for Linux
NotepadX - a free, open source tabbed Notepad replacement
NotePadXP - Freeware Notepad replacement
NotesPad - Freeware tabbed Notepad replacement
NotePare- Freeware classic text editor for Windows, written in Delphi
NotePlus - Freeware Windows 95 Notepad replacement
NoteTab - 3 editors for Windows (1 free, 2 commercial)
NoteXpad - Notepad replacement application for Microsoft Windows 5.0 and higher
ODpad - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement with MDI interface and Rich Text support
OmelettePad - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement with tabbed interface and scripting
Pada - Open Source Windows Notepad replacement with transparency support
PadPaper - Open source Notepad replacement in Python
PadPlus - a notepad replacement for Windows
Pallavi - Open source Windows Notepad replacement with plugin support
Perfect TextEdit - Freeware Windows text editor with MDI interface
Phranc Pedit - Freeware windows Notepad replacement
PowerPad - Freeware Vista-compatible text editor
Private Notepad - Shareware windows Notepad with 256 bit encryption
Programmer's Notepad - Open source Win32 editor with code folding and Unicode support
ProfessionalNotePad - Windows based text editor
Pronotepad - Open source Windows Notepad replacement with tabbed interface
PSPad - Freeware text and HTML editor
QuickEdit - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement with MDI interface
Randy's Notepad - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement with RTF and large file support
Rogsoft NotepadPlus - Freeware windows Notepad replacement with MDI interface
RemotePad - Freeware text editor with FTP client
roPEdit - Open source Windows text editor with TurboDB? and tdbengine support
RuneText - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement
SavageEd - Free, open source Notepad replacement written in Assembler
SavageEd2 - Free, open source Notepad replacement in Assembler, followup to SavageEd
Secure Notepad - Open source Windows Notepad with encryption, written in Delphi
SayPad - Talking text editor for the visually impaired
ShadyTXT - Free, open source Notepad replacement with Unicode support
Silver Editor - Freeware cross-platform Notepad replacement
SimpEdit - Freeware Notepad replacement with syntax highlighting
SkimEdit - Shareware Notepad replacement with large file support
Speaking Notepad - Shareware Windows Text editor with text to speech capabilities
SubPad - Freeware light weight USB compatible Notepad replacement
Synnote - A simple syntax-coloring Text Editor
TabPad BG - A shareware tabbed Windows Notepad replacement with RTF support
TabPad - A tabbed Windows Notepad replacement, with source available
TED Notepad - Freeware Notepad replacement with Unicode support
TextEdit - Freeware Notepad replacement and web editor
Textit - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement
Text Master - Freeware windows plain text editor and Notepad replacement
TextViewer - Freeware Windows Notepare replacement with RTF support
TigerII Minipad - Freeware notepad replacement with syntax highlighting and regular expressions
Tinn - Tinn Is Not Notepad, a free, open source Windows Notepad replacement
Tinn-R - Tinn Is Not Notepad extended to support operations in the R statistical package
Tiny Editor (TE) - Freeware optimized by exe size, memory footprint and system resources text editor
Transnote - Open source transparent Notepad replacement in C#
Trellian CodePad - Replacement for Windows NotePad including syntax highlighting
Twistpad - Shareware Notepad replacement and programmer's editor
TxEdit - Shareware Notepad replacement with MDI interface and tray support
VerySimpleText - Open source simple text editor for .txt files
WhizFolders - Shareware Notepad with hierarchal organizer
WhizNote - Freeware Windows text editor and note organizer
wikiDpad - Open source cross-platform wiki notebook written in Python
WinPad - Freeware windows Notepad replacement with RTF editing
win32pad - a notepad replacement
WordPadPlusPlus - Open source Windows replacement for Notepad and Wordpad
WordTabs - Free tabbed WordPad by the author of NotesPad
xint - Open source Windows Notepad replacement
XPad - Freeware Windows Notepad replacement with multiple clipboards
Xpad - Freeware Windows text editor based on .NET framework
ZeusLite - Freeware Windows text editor with syntax highlighting, MDI interface and ftp editing.
ZuluPad - "Notepad on crack", in open source and shareware versions