PlummersSoftwareLLC/TinyRetroPad

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

TinyRetroPad is a Notepad-style Windows text editor written in x86 assembly that fits in roughly 2.5 KB, built with MASM and Crinkler compression. It is a fork of Dave's Tiny Editor (DTE) that wraps the WinAPI RICHEDIT50W control and adds a full menu set including file open/save, find/replace, font selection, word wrap, and a status bar.

Use cases

• edit text files with an extremely small Windows notepad replacement
• study how a full-featured GUI text editor is implemented in x86 assembly
• learn sizecoding techniques for shrinking Windows executables to a few kilobytes
• explore Crinkler-compressed MASM builds and WinAPI RICHEDIT usage
• use as a teaching example of byte-cost tradeoffs for each editor feature

When to choose

• you want a minimal Windows text editor that is only a few kilobytes in size
• you are learning x86 assembly, MASM, or sizecoding/demoscene-style development
• you want a real-world example of building Win32 GUI apps in pure assembly

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured, actively supported daily text editor
• you cannot tolerate antivirus false positives from Crinkler-packed executables
• you need cross-platform support or a codebase in a maintainable high-level language

Facets

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editor gui developer-tools desktop-applications text-editors windows developer-tools windows sizecoding assembly demoscene crinkler masm notepad-clone retro tiny-executable desktop

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