FeatherPad
The facts below are what the maker publishes about FeatherPad, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From FeatherPad's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| FeatherPad | Free | Lightweight Qt plain-text editor |
The facts
Each one read from FeatherPad's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Build requirements
- The listed Debian build dependencies include CMake, g++ 12 or later, Qt 6 development packages, and Hunspell development files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Column editing
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Editing
- It supports line numbers, jumping to a specific line, selection highlighting, and column selection.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editing features
- It supports tabs, drag and drop, column selection, line numbers, text zooming, and a side-pane mode.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The project recommends installing FeatherPad from distribution repositories and also provides source compilation instructions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Language tools
- It provides syntax highlighting for common programming languages and spell checking with Hunspell.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Large-file handling
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository identifies FeatherPad as licensed under GPL-3.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- The README identifies FeatherPad as written by Pedram Pourang, also known as Tsu Jan.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Other features
- It can open URLs with appropriate applications and supports printing and text zooming.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Other functions
- It supports session management, auto-saving, printing, and opening URLs with appropriate applications.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- FeatherPad is a lightweight Qt plain-text editor for Linux and is independent of any desktop environment.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search
- It offers an optional permanent search bar, separate search entries per tab, and instant highlighting of found matches.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search and replace
- It has an optional permanent search bar, highlights found matches, and provides a docked text-replacement window.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Spell checking
- It supports spell checking with Hunspell.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support channel
- The project asks contributors to submit translations as pull requests on its GitHub repository.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Syntax
- It provides syntax highlighting for common programming languages.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Linux display systems
- On Linux, FeatherPad works under Wayland; X11 support provides virtual desktop awareness, and disabling X11 support removes that feature.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Linux environments
- On Linux, FeatherPad works under Wayland, and X11 support can be disabled at compile time with virtual desktop awareness omitted.checked 11 Oct 2026
- macOS support
- The installation instructions state that FeatherPad can be compiled on macOS.checked 11 Oct 2026
- OS/2 port limitation
- On OS/2, older Qt5 ports may lack system clipboard support; the application clipboard still works.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Other platform support
- The project README credits contributors for macOS, Haiku OS, and OS/2 support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux,macOSchecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The README identifies FeatherPad as written by Pedram Pourang, also known as Tsu Jan.checked 12 Oct 2026
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