https://github.com/desjarlais/notepad-light

I use the Windows version of Notepad for a lot of minor text related tasks, but it would be nice to have a few extra features, so I created a C# winform version that works for me, maybe others will find some use out of it.
https://github.com/desjarlais/notepad-light

editor note-taking notepad notes-app text text-editor texteditor

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I use the Windows version of Notepad for a lot of minor text related tasks, but it would be nice to have a few extra features, so I created a C# winform version that works for me, maybe others will find some use out of it.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/desjarlais/notepad-light
• Owner: desjarlais
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-01-01T04:15:26.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-17T19:45:52.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-17T20:38:33.694Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: editor, note-taking, notepad, notes-app, text, text-editor, texteditor
• Language: C#
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.36 MB
• Stars: 10
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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# Notepad-Light

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There are plenty of notepad applications, so this is just another one in the mix.  The intent is not necessarily to make a word processor, there are plenty of those and they are much better than what I can do.  The idea really stems from me wanting a better note taking application.  Notepad is too limited and even though WordPad is close for an out of the box solution, at least in Windows, it still misses a few things I wanted in my day to day note taking workflow.  

I probably should have called it WordPad light, but I still want the main theme to be for taking notes so I stayed with Notepad.

OneNote style apps are also close, but they are too open on a per page basis...I still like a line by line approach with some structure instead of a throw whatever you want on the page approach, which is more of a messy experience. 

![image](https://github.com/desjarlais/desjarlais.github.io/blob/master/img/notepadlightlightmode.jpg)

![image](https://github.com/desjarlais/desjarlais.github.io/blob/master/img/notepadlightdarkmode2.jpg)

# Features

* Supports plain text, rtf and markdown file formats

* Users can create, open and save new files

* Users can open and save existing files

* AutoSave every 10 minutes (choose between 1-10 minute increments)

* Undo / Redo 

* Basic text formatting in rtf 

  * bold

  * italic

  * underline

  * strikethrough / strikeout

  * bullets

  * indenting

  * font color

  * change selected text background (highlight) color

  * edit font style, size, color

  * left, middle and right justified

* Cut / Copy / Paste 

* Print

* Print Preview

* Document Stats (Word count, Character count, Line count)

* Most Recently Used Files (MRU) - max of 5

* Zoom

* Word Wrap

* Timer

* Find and Replace text

* Dark Mode

* Insert Pictures

* Insert Table

* Insert Date/Time

* Create and Insert Template / boilerplate text

* Search Bing for selected text

* Save As Picture

* Track timers feature