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QTextPad

Description: A Lightweight Qt-based code and text editor

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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

  • Syntax highlighting support for hundreds of file types and dialects.
  • 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...

Adapted and packaged for Haiku by Michel Clasquin-Johnson. Tested on Haiku R1/beta 5 in the x86_64 bit variant.

Requires: QT6
Original Source: https://github.com/zrax/qtextpad
License: GNU GPL v3

Source: readme.md, updated 2026-08-30