I built NotepadX as a side project — partly because writing a text editor is a programmer rite of passage, and partly because when the Notepad++ supply chain attack happened in February (compromised hosting provider redirecting updates to deliver malware), I saw an opportunity. I wasn't a Notepad++ user myself, but it was clear a lot of people wanted something simple that just edits text without the attack surface.
NotepadX is a native Rust app using wgpu for GPU-accelerated rendering. ~5MB binary, ~100ms startup, no Electron.
Features: multi-cursor editing, syntax highlighting, find/replace with regex, 20 themes, session restore, and large-file support.
Deliberately excluded: plugins, LSP, terminal, AI, auto-updater. The goal is a fast, self-contained editor with minimal surface area.
I built NotepadX as a side project — partly because writing a text editor is a programmer rite of passage, and partly because when the Notepad++ supply chain attack happened in February (compromised hosting provider redirecting updates to deliver malware), I saw an opportunity. I wasn't a Notepad++ user myself, but it was clear a lot of people wanted something simple that just edits text without the attack surface.
NotepadX is a native Rust app using wgpu for GPU-accelerated rendering. ~5MB binary, ~100ms startup, no Electron.
Features: multi-cursor editing, syntax highlighting, find/replace with regex, 20 themes, session restore, and large-file support.
Deliberately excluded: plugins, LSP, terminal, AI, auto-updater. The goal is a fast, self-contained editor with minimal surface area.
MIT licensed. Feedback welcome.
https://github.com/szabadkai/NotepadX