XPad text editor

Version 4.7 — official webpage

XPad text editor is a lightweight and flexible editor that lets you quickly open and edit text files from Windows, Linux and Macintosh.

It has full Unicode support to create and edit files encoded in UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32. Much more complete than Windows Notepad, it is a great replacement.

XPad, a new step in the evolution of text editors.

Key features

  • Lightweight portable app (single executable) with really low memory usage
  • All menus on-screen
  • Automatic copy selection to clipboard
  • Multiple clipboard
  • 100% Unicode compatible: ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16 LE/BE, UTF-32 LE, with and without BOM (Byte Order Mark), supports Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, etc.
  • Base64 encoder and decoder
  • Windows, Linux (Unix) and Macintosh text file support
  • Tabulation in TABs or Spaces
  • Open web links, email addresses or file paths by selecting them
  • Stay-on-top feature
  • Tools: convert Tabs/Spaces, Uppercase/Lowercase/Namecase, Trim spaces, sort lines, clear blank lines, convert HTML to plain text, clear clipboard, delete/wipe/rename current file, etc.

Screenshot

XPad screenshot

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Download

Choose your build. Both executables are digitally signed with an Authenticode Certificate to ensure integrity and authenticity.

Download 32-bit Download 64-bit
Technical Information
License
  • License price: FREE
  • Updates: Free
32-bit version
  • Size: 2.6MB
  • OS: Windows (32/64-bit)
  • Install: Portable (no installation req.)
  • MD5: eba4d8bdc4e07de0cb8113c179d5580e
64-bit version
  • Size: 4.4MB
  • OS: Windows (32/64-bit)
  • Install: Portable (no installation req.)
  • MD5: 705068c514a080edc130fb6942fc2464
Support XPad

If you find this software useful, you are invited to collaborate with its development. Donations help upgrade equipment and allow more focus on the project.

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