EditPad Lite
The facts below are what the maker publishes about EditPad Lite, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From EditPad Lite's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Single user license | — | 1 user |
| 5-user license | — | 5 users |
| 10-user license | — | 10 users |
| 20-user license | — | 20 users |
| 30-user license | — | 30 users |
| 50-user license | — | 50 users |
| 75-user license | — | 75 users |
| 100-user license | — | 100 users |
| EditPad Lite single user license | £24.95, paid once | single user license · excludes taxes · free technical support via email · free minor updates and bug fixes · £ 24.95 |
| EditPad Lite 5-user license | £99.95, paid once | 5-user license · excludes taxes · free technical support via email · free minor updates and bug fixes · £ 99.95 |
| EditPad Lite 10-user license | £179, paid once | 10-user license · excludes taxes · free technical support via email · free minor updates and bug fixes · £ 179.00 |
| EditPad Lite 20-user license | £319, paid once | 20-user license · excludes taxes · free technical support via email · free minor updates and bug fixes · £ 319.00 |
| EditPad Lite 30-user license | £419, paid once | 30-user license · excludes taxes · free technical support via email · free minor updates and bug fixes · £ 419.00 |
| EditPad Lite 50-user license | £599, paid once | 50-user license · excludes taxes · free technical support via email · free minor updates and bug fixes · £ 599.00 |
| EditPad Lite 75-user license | £749, paid once | 75-user license · excludes taxes · free technical support via email · free minor updates and bug fixes · £ 749.00 |
| EditPad Lite 100-user license | £899, paid once | 100-user license · excludes taxes · free technical support via email · free minor updates and bug fixes · £ 899.00 |
The facts
Each one read from EditPad Lite's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AceText integration
- When AceText is installed, EditPad automatically integrates with it, and EditPad Lite users can buy AceText at a discounted price.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Clip collections
- Clip Collections store reusable text and code snippets and can be configured for different file types.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Column editing
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Data protection
- The maker says the free edition can be downloaded, installed, run, and uninstalled without collecting personally identifiable information.checked 11 Oct 2026
- File handling
- It supports large files and long lines, tabbed editing, and unlimited undo and redo across open files, including after saving.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Large-file handling
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Portable use
- EditPad Lite can be copied with its configuration to a removable device and run from that device without touching the host computer except for files explicitly saved there.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy and payments
- The maker says payment details go directly to PayPal or FastSpring and are not shared with Just Great Software.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purchase guarantee
- Purchases are covered by a three-month unconditional money-back guarantee.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- EditPad Lite is a compact general-purpose text editor for editing plain-text files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Search and replace
- Search and replace supports regular expressions, multi-line terms, and searches across the current file, selection, or all open files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- A licensed copy provides access to an in-software forum where Just Great Software says it checks unanswered support questions at least once daily.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Unicode and encodings
- It supports Unicode, complex and right-to-left scripts, multiple legacy code pages, and Windows, UNIX/Linux, and Macintosh line breaks.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Free use
- The software is free for personal use at home or school when the use does not generate money, with no payment or registration required.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- EditPad Lite is developed and published by Just Great Software Co. Ltd.; its about page says the Just Great Software brand was established by Jan Goyvaerts in 1996.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Windowschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Supported Windows
- EditPad Lite 8 requires Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, or 11 and is available in 32-bit and 64-bit editions.checked 11 Oct 2026
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