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Notepad++ is a text editor for Microsoft Windows that supports multiple programming languages and plugins.

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Key Takeaway 'No bloat, no telemetry, no nonsense.' Former Microsoft coding wizard makes an OG Notepad clone that's just 2,686 bytes in size

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'No bloat, no telemetry, no nonsense.' Former Microsoft coding wizard makes an OG Notepad clone that's just 2,686 bytes in size

Notepad++ is a text editor for Microsoft Windows that supports multiple programming languages and plugins.

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PC Gamer · 21h ago

'No bloat, no telemetry, no nonsense.' Former Microsoft coding wizard makes an OG Notepad clone that's just 2,686 bytes in size

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'No bloat, no telemetry, no nonsense.' Former Microsoft coding wizard makes an OG Notepad clone that's just 2,686 bytes in size

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xda-developers.com

A former Microsoft engineer has rebuilt Notepad, and it's 2.5KB in size and has zero AI bloat

Notepad finally feels like a notepad again.

1d ago Simon Batt

'Just pure old school Windows done right': Recreating the OG Notepad in just 2,686 bytes

That's 99% smaller than the current version.

21h ago Nick Evanson

tomshardware.com

RetroPad is a ‘full-feature-parity version of Notepad from XP’ in just 2,749 bytes — x86 assembly coded apps comes from Windows legend Dave W Plummer

You can grab the RetroPad code and .exe from GitHub.

25d ago Mark Tyson

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