# rizonesoft/Notepad3

Notepad like text editor based on the Scintilla source code. Notepad3 based on code from Notepad2 and MiniPath on code from metapath. Download Notepad3:

Repository: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/notepad3
Homepage: https://rizonesoft.com/downloads/notepad3/
Language: C
License Family: other
Topics: syntax-highlighting
Last push: 2026-08-25T22:11:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 62, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3946, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 92, "gap_med": 121.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6604, forks 404 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:45.656813+00:00)

## What it is
Notepad3 is a fast, lightweight, open-source text editor for Windows built on the Scintilla editing component, based on Notepad2 and Notepad2-mod. It offers syntax highlighting for many programming languages plus code folding, bookmarks, auto-completion, and PCRE2 regex find-and-replace.

## Use cases
- replace Windows Notepad with a better text editor
- edit code files with syntax highlighting on Windows
- quickly view and edit config files
- find and replace text with regular expressions
- fold and navigate large source files
- convert file encodings and newline formats

## When to choose
- you want a fast, small-footprint Notepad replacement on Windows
- you need lightweight syntax-highlighted editing without a full IDE
- you want portable, free editing with regex search and code folding

## When to avoid
- you need an extensible IDE with debugging and project management
- you require deep plugin ecosystems like VS Code or Notepad++
- you need a cross-platform editor for Linux or macOS

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, search-engine
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: scintilla, notepad-replacement, syntax-highlighting, lightweight, code-folding, regex-find-replace, desktop

## Member repositories
- rizonesoft/Notepad3 (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:45.656813+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:43:31.767220+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:45.656813+00:00, sha aea87adc6e0a)
  - homepage: https://rizonesoft.com/downloads/notepad3/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:47.153652+00:00, sha 5a7ce710cb6a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.