# Notepads **Repository Path**: anydev/Notepads ## Basic Information - **Project Name**: Notepads - **Description**: 一个.NET开源、免费(MIT License)、现代、轻量级、具有极简主义设计的文本编辑器。 - **Primary Language**: Unknown - **License**: MIT - **Default Branch**: master - **Homepage**: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QImXbg7taYqmOoEY1VeAjg - **GVP Project**: No ## Statistics - **Stars**: 1 - **Forks**: 1 - **Created**: 2024-09-11 - **Last Updated**: 2025-03-21 ## Categories & Tags **Categories**: Uncategorized **Tags**: None ## README
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) [](https://sourcerer.io/fame/0x7c13/0x7c13/Notepads/links/0)[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/0x7c13/0x7c13/Notepads/links/1)[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/0x7c13/0x7c13/Notepads/links/2)[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/0x7c13/0x7c13/Notepads/links/3)[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/0x7c13/0x7c13/Notepads/links/4)[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/0x7c13/0x7c13/Notepads/links/5)[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/0x7c13/0x7c13/Notepads/links/6)[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/0x7c13/0x7c13/Notepads/links/7) ## Stay tuned 📢: * [Notepads Discord Server](https://discord.gg/VqetCub)