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BachelorPad+ Lite

Notepad when you want it. More when you need it.

A lightweight text editor for Windows 10, Windows 11 and Linux, in Rust. Free software under GPL-3.0-only.

Downloads · bpad.prompt-forge.dev · Source

This wiki is generated from docs/ in the repository (ADR-0075). Edits made here are overwritten by the next sync. To change a page, change its source and open a pull request.

Using it

• Installation -- download, verify, unpack, first launch
• Your first note -- ten minutes, start to finish
• Documents -- new, open, save, rename
• Editing -- and the two editor surfaces
• Tabs and windows
• Find and replace
• Searching across files
• Undo and recovery
• Encoding and formats
• Settings
• Notes and organising -- the part that is not Notepad
• Default editor

Reference

• Keyboard shortcuts
• Command line
• Menus

When something is wrong

• Troubleshooting
• Privacy and security
• Windows and Linux differences

Contributing

• Building from source
• Testing and the gate
• Cutting a release
• Architecture and decisions
• CONTRIBUTING.md
• SECURITY.md