# Notepad3

> Lightweight Scintilla-based text editor for Windows

Notepad3 is a fast and lightweight text editor based on Scintilla, offering syntax highlighting and code folding. It serves as an enhanced replacement for default Windows text editors. Users run it locally as a Windows desktop application.

- Source: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3
- Homepage: https://rizonesoft.com/downloads/notepad3/
- Built with: C 50.2%, C++ 32.7%, HTML 11.5%, Python 1.8%, Other 3.8%
- Stars: 6743
- Forks: 414
- Contributors: 47
- Last commit: 2026-10-29
- Latest release: RELEASE_7.26.602.1 (2026-06-02)
- Purpose: Developer tools, Editors & IDEs
- Type: Desktop
- For: Personal

## Worth score: 62/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 19/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 21/25
- Community: 9/15
- Readiness: 3/15

## Downloads

Latest release: [RELEASE_7.26.602.1](https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/releases/tag/RELEASE_7.26.602.1). Files from the project's GitHub release, not checked by DigGitHub.

Windows:

- [Notepad3_7.26.602.1_x86_Setup.exe](https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/releases/download/RELEASE_7.26.602.1/Notepad3_7.26.602.1_x86_Setup.exe) (4.4 MB, 5.4k downloads)
- [Notepad3_7.26.602.1_x64_Setup.exe](https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/releases/download/RELEASE_7.26.602.1/Notepad3_7.26.602.1_x64_Setup.exe) (4.7 MB, 31k downloads)
- [Notepad3Portable_7.26.602.1.paf.exe](https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/releases/download/RELEASE_7.26.602.1/Notepad3Portable_7.26.602.1.paf.exe) (4.5 MB, 4.1k downloads)

Other files:

- [Notepad3_7.26.602.1_x64_Portable.zip](https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/releases/download/RELEASE_7.26.602.1/Notepad3_7.26.602.1_x64_Portable.zip) (6.6 MB, 12k downloads)
- [Notepad3_7.26.602.1_x86_Portable.zip](https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/releases/download/RELEASE_7.26.602.1/Notepad3_7.26.602.1_x86_Portable.zip) (6.2 MB, 4.5k downloads)

## Alternatives

- [notepad4](https://diggithub.com/zufuliu/notepad4.md): Light-weight Scintilla-based text editor for Windows
- [VS Code (Code - OSS)](https://diggithub.com/microsoft/vscode.md): The open-source code editor behind Visual Studio Code
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- [VSCodium](https://diggithub.com/VSCodium/vscodium.md): VS Code without Microsoft telemetry
- [notepad-plus-plus](https://diggithub.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus.md): Source code editor and Notepad replacement for Windows
- [Lapce](https://diggithub.com/lapce/lapce.md): Fast code editor written in Rust
- [Neovide](https://diggithub.com/neovide/neovide.md): GPU Neovim client

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3
Updated: 2026-10-31