microsoft/XmlNotepad

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1197 stars · 240 forks observed · 2026-10-22

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

XML Notepad is a free Windows desktop application from Microsoft for browsing and editing XML documents with a tree view and text view. It includes schema-aware Intellisense, XPath search, XSLT transforms, XML diff, and conversion of CSV/JSON/HTML files to XML.

Use cases

• edit xml files with a gui
• browse large xml documents in a tree view
• run xslt transforms and preview output
• compare two xml files for differences
• convert csv or json to xml
• find nodes with xpath or regex

When to choose

• you need a dedicated Windows GUI editor for XML with schema validation and Intellisense
• you want to inspect, diff, or transform XML documents quickly
• you work with large XML files and need fast loading and incremental search

When to avoid

• you need a cross-platform XML editor on Linux or macOS
• you only need programmatic XML parsing in code rather than a visual editor
• you need JSON or YAML as your primary format

Facets

application · maturity active

editor developer-tools parser developer-tools files windows windows xml-editor xpath xslt xml-schema xml-diff intellisense desktop

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