EditPad Lite is a fast and lightweight general-purpose text editor. It allows you to open many files simultaneously and switch between them using tabs. It also supports many functions for text manipulation and conversion.
A 64-bit version is available. EditPad's installer now automatically installs a 64-bit version of EditPad on 64-bit Windows.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Creates HKCU\Software\JGsoft on Windows 8.1. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
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Similar/alternative apps: | AkelPad, Notepad++ |
What's new? | See: https://www.editpadlite.com/releasenotes.html |
My first attempt to download EditPad Lite v8.42 resulted in a zero-length SetupEditPadLite.exe and a cryptic error message. After some research I discovered that your download points to http://download.jgsoft.com/editpad/SetupEditPadLite.exe, but my browser enforces the https protocol. Downloading from httpS://download.jgsoft.com/editpad/SetupEditPadLite.exe worked.
v8.4.2
"How to extract: 3. The program will save to the root of that drive."
You can however manually enter the path where to extract the program, so that you don't have to move the folder later
v8.2.1
Now EditPad Lite is at version 8.*, you should probably change "Launch EditPadLite7.exe" to "Launch EditPadLite8.exe" in "How to extract"
v8.0.4
Now at Version 7.6.4
v7.6.3
Now at version 7.6.2
v7.6.1
EditPadLite also includes a noteworthy (but rarely implemented) function
to search for and HIGHLIGHT simultaneously ALL occurrences of a search string.
https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=85744#p85744
v7.5.0
Still the best Notepad replacement for me. Opening a 30MB+ TXT file will bring down almost any text editor to its knees and doing it on a regular basis can be a frustrating and time-wasting exercise. But EditPad hardly even noticed the file size, opens them as fast, if not faster, than another text editor opening a 1KB file.
Its not the 'lightest', but its no memory hog either. The UI certainly needs some updating, but it gets the job done and does it well consistently and for me that's what counts.
v7.4.0
Thanks for that, Nh. :)
v7.3.8
Midas, it must be truly unicode now, as I can open and edit files with unicode names and with unicode content (namely Georgian language, which has issues with many "unicode" applications).
v7.3.8
@AndTheWolf: thanks for reporting this, I changed the downloadlink
v8.4.2