About BowPad
BowPad is a small and fast text editor with a ribbon user interface and syntax highlighting.
BowPad 2.9.6
A simple and fast text editor with a ribbon UI.
- By Stefans Tools
- Open Source
- Updated Sep 24, 2025
What's new in 2.9.6
See the changelog here:
https://tools.stefankueng.com/BowPad_history.html
Technical details
| Publisher | Stefans Tools |
|---|---|
| Author | Stefan Küng |
| Version | 2.9.6 |
| Release date | 2025-09-24 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Installer type | wix |
| Architecture | x86, x64 |
| Package ID | StefansTools.BowPad |
Links & install command
Install BowPad from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):
winget install --id=StefansTools.BowPad -eOlder versions
- 2.9.5
- 2.9.4
- 2.8.2882
- 2.8.2809
- 2.8.2744
- 2.8.2
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