Hello everyone, I would like to know if you have any privacy-respecting recommendations to read and edit txt files, both for windows and linux. I am looking to move away from ms notepad. I already use Notesnook for saving notes across multiple devices and normally use ms notepad as a scratchpad. T…

Kate - Get an Edge in Editing Kate is a modern text editor built on the KDE Frameworks and Qt.

I’m curious too. I really miss Notepad++ on windows and how lightweight and usable it was (I’ll ignore the recent security incident). I’ve started just using vim lately but it’s also nice to have something more GUI friendly. I’ve had a hard time finding something both very usable and also extremely …

Depends on your use case. Notepad++ is the golden standard imo, best piece of software for simple editing. Kate gets the job for Linux. Personally I use vim, but also can’t recommend that to the lay person just wanting a quick edit. If it’s note taking you are after, local only Obsidian is great. …

My replacement for Notepad++ is VSCodium: VSCodium - Open Source Binaries of VSCode Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VSCode My development workflow mainly uses JSON, Markdown, TOML, and YAML, so syntax highlighting is a requirement for strict par…

Kinda related to this other question [image] Text/code editor person_raising_handQuestions Can you recommend a Notepad++ alternative? I want something lightweight that does not need admin priviliges to run. Some suggestions there might be overkill but cou…

Would you also recommend Neovim in this topic too?

Given the fact that some PKM like Obsidian do have a first class support of it, I guess still yes. I think that anybody learning the basics of markdown is a big win and not locking yourself into a WYSIWYG nonsense wrapper is the way to go for long-term universal export/stability in general. So giv…

How the did Microsoft fuck up Notepad? Is there something I missed? I figure the note pad that ships with your OS will do nothing fancier than edit text.

@KathyM Notepad++ is different from Notepad Notepad++ [CleanShot 2026-02-19 at 14.33.49@2x] Notepad [CleanShot 2026-02-19 at 14.34.18@2x] Not a huge difference but yeah, Microsoft huh. :man_shrugging:t2:

This is Microsoft in 2026 we’re talking about, so naturally they added unnecessary AI features and vibe-coded in some massive security vulnerabilities. [image] Microsoft confirms 8.8-rated security issue in Windows 11 Notepad due to... Microsoft confirms CVE-2026-20841, a Remote Code Ex…

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kissu February 19, 2026, 8:42am 6

Kinda related to this other question

Some suggestions there might be overkill but could also be a nice upgrade if your needs grow over time.

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