QTextPad Michael Hansen

Lightweight text and code editor using KF5's syntax highlighting repository

README

QTextPad

A Lightweight Qt-based code and text editor

QTextPad is designed to be a simple, lightweight text editor that works seamlessly and simply across several desktop platforms.

It was created out of a desire to have a fast and light editor like the excellent Notepad2, but with support for other platforms like Linux and macOS, and for a much larger range of file formats. To that end, QTextPad uses the same Syntax Highlighting library that powers Kate, giving it access to the same (ever growing) repository of file formats that Kate supports.

Features

• Supported on Windows, Linux, macOS
• Syntax highlighting support for hundreds of file types and dialects.
  • (Optional) online update of file type support, directly from Kate's repository.
• Support for reading and writing many common text encodings.
• Fast, lightweight design -- no plugins, session management, etc. to deal with when you just want to open a file.
• Attractive design with Light or Dark Theme.
• Many helpful code editing features inspired by other popular editors like Notepad2, Kate, gedit...

Screenshots

Windows 10, default theme:

KDE Plasma, dark theme:

Get It

• Windows: You can download an installer or a portable zip file compatible with Windows 10 1709 or later from the GitHub releases page.
• macOS: You can download a dmg compatible with macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later from the GitHub releases page. Note that these packages are currently not signed.
• Arch Linux: Install qtextpad from AUR.
• Build from source:
  • Requirements:
    • CMake
    • Qt 5.10+ or 6.5+
    • KF5/KF6 Syntax Highlighting
      • NOTE: Use KF6 for Qt6 and KF5 for Qt5
    • ICU4C
      • NOTE: Optional on Windows when using the Windows 10 1709 or later SDK.
  • On recent Linux platforms, you can usually find all of the above requirements in your distribution's repositories.