Notepad3
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Notepad3, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Notepad3's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Notepad3 | Free | Free text editor · Windows |
The facts
Each one read from Notepad3's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Column editing
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Companion tools
- The project lists MiniPath as a file-browser plugin and grepWin as a search-in-files tool with regular-expression support.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Donation funding
- Rizonesoft says it relies on public donations to support its tools because it does not have a large corporate sponsor.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editing features
- Editing features include code folding, bookmarks, word auto-completion, and regular-expression find and replace.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extension support
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- File encryption
- The project lists AES-256 Rijndael encryption and decryption in the app and a command-line batch tool.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Multi-cursor editing
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Portable use
- Notepad3 can run from a USB drive, and its portable edition does not write settings to the registry or leave traces on the computer.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Rizonesoft says it does not collect or store personally identifiable information when users download a file, and that the update check compares the installed version with the online version.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Notepad3 is a lightweight text editor for Windows, intended for professional programming and everyday text editing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Rizonesoft provides a contact form, an email address, and a phone number for contact.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Syntax highlighting
- The project lists syntax highlighting support for over 55 languages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- System requirements
- The project lists Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11, with x86, x64, x64 AVX2, and ARM64 architectures.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Text formats
- The editor supports conversion among ASCII, UTF-8, and UTF-16 encodings and DOS, Unix, and Macintosh newline formats.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Windowschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Windows integration
- The installer can replace the default Windows Notepad using a registry-based method or install alongside it.checked 11 Oct 2026
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