Notepad3

Notepad3 7.26.602.1

Notepad like text editor based on the Scintilla source code.

  • By Rizonesoft
  • Free
  • Updated Jun 2, 2026
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About Notepad3

Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight Scintilla-based text editor with syntax highlighting. It has a small memory footprint, but is powerful enough to handle most programming jobs.

What's new in 7.26.602.1

NEW:

  • Bug-Report and Feature Request issue templates (#5915).
  • Custom coloring non printable characters (#5900).
  • Smart hotkey Ctrl+N and Alt+L in case of existing file under caret/selection (#5895).
  • Open file/folder from selection + bare-path hyperlink hotspots (#5885).
  • Open Containing Folder (sel) and Open File from Selection (#5884).
  • Copy as RTF (Rich-Text-Format) - keeps syntax highlighting (#5881).
  • Open hyperlink in background via Ctrl+Shift+LClick (#5880).
  • Documentation for customizing themes (#5867).
  • AHK v2 Lexer, fixing existing AHK_L lexer (LEX) (#5860).
  • Add HotStringOption to AHK lexer (LEX) (#5860).
  • Option to show non-print characters (#5850).
  • Hex/binary status-bar output modes with click-to-copy and binary literal input (TIN) (#5834).
  • Matching braces (Ctrl+B and with selection Ctrl+Shift+B) inside blocks (#5819).
  • Add homebrew JSON5 lexer (#5796).

CHANGES:

  • TinyExpr++ render logical results as "true"/"false (TIN) (#5914).
  • TinyExpr++ description of single = is parsed as == (TIN) (#5912).
  • Refactor multi-selection expression evaluation logic (#5872).
  • Code-cleanup and hardening (#5863).
  • grepWin, pass target directory on command line instead of via INI (GRE) (#5857).
  • Polish "Page Setup..." dialog (#5834).
  • Extend navigation documentation (#5834).
  • Moving all *.txt files to Docs folder (for Setup, PAF and Portable) (#5811).
  • InfBoxLng for saving files (#5806).
  • Github actions: no build on doc change only (#5798).
  • Extend and cleanup documentation (#5797).
  • Update to Scintilla v5.6.2 , Lexilla v5.4.9 (#5796).
  • Breaking change: drop Regex file extension pattern in favor of usual wildcard (#5793).

FIXES:

  • Incr/decr number handler, support bin, keep hex cases (#5883).
  • Drag&drop files - temp handling (immediate deleted on drop) (#5863).
  • AHK case insensitive (LEX) (#5860).
  • Lexer AHK_L minor issues (LEX) (#5860).
  • Enhance existing homebrew AHK lexer (LEX) (#5860).
  • Small optimization of PCRE2 regEx backward search (PCR) (#5836).
  • Modernize and align Lexilla lib related Style-Lexers definitions (LEX) (#5836).
  • Hardening of JSON5 lexer (#5843).
  • Small correction of factory default position (#5836).
  • Minor fixes for change-history navigation (#5834).
  • Skip paste board minimizing if nothing to paste (#5831).
  • Modern print dialog, fixing minor issues (#5831).
  • Hardening of INI file handling for multi instances workflows (#5810).
  • MRU file history, bookmark, caret pos, selection maintenance (#5810). …

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Technical details

PublisherRizonesoft
AuthorRizonetech (Pty) Ltd
Version7.26.602.1
Release date2026-06-02
LicenseFreeware
Installer typeinno
Architecturex86, x64
Package IDRizonesoft.Notepad3

Links & install command

Install Notepad3 from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=Rizonesoft.Notepad3 -e

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