https://github.com/0x7c13/Notepads
A modern, lightweight text editor with a minimalist design.
https://github.com/0x7c13/Notepads
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A modern, lightweight text editor with a minimalist design.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/0x7c13/Notepads
- Owner: 0x7c13
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-06-01T01:20:33.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-28T10:51:14.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-29T11:29:12.551Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: app, diff-viewer, fluent, markdown, notepad, texteditor, uwp, windows
- Language: C#
- Homepage: https://www.NotepadsApp.com
- Size: 38.5 MB
- Stars: 8,769
- Watchers: 112
- Forks: 482
- Open Issues: 375
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE.txt
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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README
Notepads
A modern, lightweight text editor with a minimalist design.
## What is Notepads and why do I care?
I have been waiting long enough for a modern Windows 10 notepad app to come before I decided to create one myself. Don’t get me wrong, Notepad++, VS Code, and Sublime are great text editors. I have used them all and I will continue to use them in the future. However, they are either too heavy or look less appealing. There are times that I just wanted to use Windows notepad for things like writing notes or editing config files. So I decided to create a win32 notepad replacement here and try to give it a modern look and feel. Most importantly, it has to be blazingly fast and appeals to everyone.
So here comes the “Notepads” 🎉 (s stands for Sets).
* Fluent design with a built-in tab system.
* Blazingly fast and lightweight.
* Launch from the command line or PowerShell by typing: `notepads` or `notepads %FilePath%`.
* Multi-line handwriting support.
* Built-in Markdown live preview.
* Built-in diff viewer (preview your changes).
* Session snapshot and multi-instances.
## Shortcuts:
* Ctrl+N/T to create new tab.
* Ctrl+(Shift)+Tab to switch between tabs.
* Ctrl+Num(1-9) to quickly switch to specified tab.
* Ctrl+"+"/"-" for zooming. Ctrl+"0" to reset zooming to default.
* Ctrl+L/R to change text flow direction. (LTR/RTL)
* Alt+P to toggle preview split view for Markdown file.
* Alt+D to toggle side-by-side diff viewer.
## Platform limitations (UWP):
* You won't be able to save files to system folders due to UWP restriction (windows, system32, etc.).
* You cannot associate potentially harmful file types (.cmd, .bat etc.) with Notepads.
* Notepads does not work well with large files; the file size limit is set to 1MB for now. I will add large file support later.
## Downloads:
Notepads is available in the Microsoft Store. You can get the latest version of Notepads here for free: [Microsoft Store Link](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nhl4nsc67wm).
You can also use the Windows Package Manager to install notepads:
```cmd
winget install "Notepads App"
```
## Changelog:
* [Notepads Releases](https://github.com/0x7c13/Notepads/releases)
## Disclaimer and Privacy statement:
To be 100% transparent:
* Notepads does not and will never collect user information in terms of user privacy.
* I will not track your IP.
* I will not record your typings or read any of your files created in Notepads including file name and file path.
* No typings or files will be sent to me or third parties.
I am using analytics service "AppCenter" to collect basic usage data plus some minimum telemetry to help me debug runtime errors. Here is the thread I made clear on this topic: https://github.com/0x7c13/Notepads/issues/334
Feel free to review the source code or build your own version of Notepads since it is 100% open sourced.
#### More to read here: [[Privacy Policy](PRIVACY.md)]
TL;DR: You might notice that I work for Microsoft but Notepads is my personal project that I accomplish during free time (to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more😃). I do not work for the Windows team, nor do I work for a Microsoft UX/App team. I am not expert on creating Windows apps either. I learned how to code UWP as soon as I started this project, so don’t put too much hope on me or treat it as a project sponsored by Microsoft.
## Contributing:
* [How to contribute?](CONTRIBUTING.md)
* Notepads is free and open source, if you like my work, please consider:
* Star this project on GitHub
* Leave me a review [here](https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nhl4nsc67wm)
* [](https://ko-fi.com/D1D6Y3C6)
## Dependencies and References:
* [Windows Community Toolkit](https://github.com/windows-toolkit/WindowsCommunityToolkit)
* [XAML Controls Gallery](https://github.com/microsoft/Xaml-Controls-Gallery)
* [Windows UI Library](https://github.com/Microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml)
* [ColorCode Universal](https://github.com/WilliamABradley/ColorCode-Universal)
* [UTF Unknown](https://github.com/CharsetDetector/UTF-unknown)
* [DiffPlex](https://github.com/mmanela/diffplex)
* [Win2D](https://github.com/microsoft/Win2D)
## Special Thanks:
* [Yi Zhou](http://zhouyiwork.com/) - App icon designer, Notepads App Icon (old) is greatly inspired by the new icon for Windows Terminal.
* [Mahmoud Qurashy](https://github.com/mah-qurashy) - App icon and file icon(s) designer, creator of the new Notepads App Icon.
* Alexandru Sterpu - App Tester, who helped me a lot during preview/beta testing.
* Code Contributors: [DanverZ](https://github.com/chenghanzou), [BernhardWebstudio](https://github.com/BernhardWebstudio), [Csányi István](https://github.com/AmionSky), [Pavel Erokhin](https://github.com/MairwunNx), [Sergio Pedri](https://github.com/Sergio0694), [Lucas Pinho B. Santos](https://github.com/pinholucas), [Soumya Ranjan Mahunt](https://github.com/soumyamahunt), [Belleve Invis](https://github.com/be5invis), [Maickonn Richard](https://github.com/Maickonn), [Xam](https://github.com/XamDR)
* Documentation Contributors: [Craig S.](https://github.com/sercraig)
* Localization Contributors:
* [fr-FR][French (France)]: [François Rousselet](https://github.com/frousselet), [François-Joseph du Fou](https://github.com/FJduFou), [Armand Delessert](https://github.com/ArmandDelessert)
* [es-ES][Spanish (Spain)]: [Jose Pinilla](https://github.com/joseppinilla)
* [zh-CN][Chinese (S)]: [lindexi](https://github.com/lindexi), [walterlv](https://github.com/walterlv), [0x7c13](https://github.com/0x7c13)
* [hu-HU][Hungarian (Hungary)]: [Csányi István](https://github.com/AmionSky), [Kristóf Kékesi](https://github.com/KristofKekesi)
* [tr-TR][Turkish (Turkey)]: [Mert Can Demir](https://github.com/validatedev), [Emirhakan Tanhan](https://github.com/EmirhakanTanhan)
* [ja-JP][Japanese (Japan)]: [Mamoru Satoh](https://github.com/pnp0a03)
* [de-DE][German (Germany)]/[de-CH][German (Switzerland)]: [Walter Wolf](https://github.com/WalterWolf49)
* [ru-RU][Russian (Russia)]: [Pavel Erokhin](https://github.com/MairwunNx), [krlvm](https://github.com/krlvm)
* [fi-FI][Finnish (Finland)]: [Esa Elo](https://github.com/sauihdik)
* [uk-UA][Ukrainian (Ukraine)]: [Taras Fomin aka Tarik02](https://github.com/Tarik02)
* [it-IT][Italian (Italy)]: [Andrea Guarinoni](https://github.com/guari), [Bunz](https://github.com/66Bunz)
* [cs-CZ][Czech (Czech Republic)]: [Jan Rajnoha](https://github.com/JanRajnoha)
* [pt-BR][Portuguese (Brazil)]: [Lucas Pinho B. Santos](https://github.com/pinholucas)
* [ko-KR][Korean (Korea)]: [Donghyeok Tak](https://github.com/tdh8316)
* [hi-IN][Hindi (India)]/[or-IN][Odia (India)]: [Soumya Ranjan Mahunt](https://github.com/soumyamahunt)
* [pl-PL][Polish (Poland)]: [Daxxxis](https://github.com/Daxxxis)
* [ka-GE][Georgian (Georgia)]: [guram mazanashvili](https://github.com/gmaza)
* [hr-HR][Croatian (Croatia)]: [milotype](https://github.com/milotype)
* [zh-TW][Chinese (T)]: [Tony Yao](https://github.com/SeaBao)
* [pt-PT][Portuguese (Portugal)]: [O.Leitão](https://github.com/oleitao)
* [sr-Latn][Serbian (Latin)]: [bzzrak](https://github.com/bzzrak)
* [sr-cyrl][Serbian (Cyrillic)]: [bzzrak](https://github.com/bzzrak)
* [nl-NL][Dutch (Netherlands)]: [Stephan Paternotte](https://github.com/Stephan-P)
* Notepads CI/CD pipeline: Built with ❤ by [Pipeline Foundation](https://pipeline.foundation)
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## Stay tuned 📢:
* [Notepads Discord Server](https://discord.gg/VqetCub)