Notepad2
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Notepad2, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Notepad2's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Notepad2 | Free | Free and open source · Windows text editor |
The facts
Each one read from Notepad2's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Column editing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Downloads
- The official page lists x86 and x64 program-file downloads, x86 and x64 setup downloads, and a source-code download.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editing
- Features include drag-and-drop editing, basic regular-expression search and replace, rectangular selection, brace matching, auto-indent and zoom.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Notepad2 can launch external commands and open files with external tools; the FAQ gives HTML Tidy as an example used from its Open with dialog.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Interface scope
- The maker describes Notepad2 as a single-document editor and says a tabbed interface is unlikely to be added.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Syntax highlighting covers languages and formats including HTML, XML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, C/C++, SQL, Perl, Python, PowerShell and batch files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Large-file handling
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Large files
- The editor keeps the whole file in memory and needs additional memory for undo history and encoding conversion, so very large files can exhaust memory and risk data loss.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Other limits
- The FAQ says Notepad2 does not support bidirectional right-to-left text and is not designed to handle binary files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Portable use
- The program can run without installation, and the readme says it does not create registry entries; portable installation and removal can be done with Notepad2.exe and Notepad2.ini.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Notepad2 is a lightweight, Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting, built on Scintilla.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Regex limits
- Regular-expression search uses a limited Scintilla-provided subset and is limited to single lines.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Release status
- The official page lists version 4.2.25 as the current release and says the project was last updated October 28, 2012.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security note
- The FAQ says a downloaded ZIP may carry an Internet-origin security label that can cause a Windows security warning when running Notepad2.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker invites comments or questions by note and lists a mailing list for update news.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Text formats
- It supports Unicode, UTF-8, Unix and Mac text files, and the readme lists support for numerous Windows, DOS, ISO, Mac and EBCDIC encodings.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2004checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Windowschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Windows replacement
- The setup tool handles replacing Windows Notepad as of version 4.2.25, according to the maker's replacement guide.checked 11 Oct 2026
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