# I found a new text editor named FeatherPad

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-found-a-new-text-editor-named-featherpad/8418>\
**Category:** General system\
**Created:** [September 26, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-found-a-new-text-editor-named-featherpad/8418 "2020-09-26T14:30:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoner](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zoner/32/12215_2.png) [@zoner](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/zoner)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-found-a-new-text-editor-named-featherpad/8418/1 "2020-09-26T14:30:13Z")

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While scrolling through the Discover Software Center, I came across FeatherPad. This Qt text editor suppoorts tabs, line numbers, and a bunch of operations with the tabs including dragging a tab off the software and it then becomes it’s own standalone. The best thing is the speed with which it opens up. Simple and clean.

gary

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**Author:** ![wordler](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/wordler/32/14412_2.png) [@wordler](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/wordler)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-found-a-new-text-editor-named-featherpad/8418/2 "2020-09-26T15:06:36Z")

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Hi @zoner

Yeah FeatherPad is great for using as a simple text editor. I’ve been using that as my primary one for a long time (2 years maybe?). Then I can use Kate for more involved stuff when needed. There is also FeatherNotes which is a handy kind of…well, the name says it all really! 😁

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-found-a-new-text-editor-named-featherpad/8418/3 "2020-09-26T16:28:29Z")

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Better than leafpad? 😱

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**Author:** ![freebird54](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/freebird54/32/83106_2.png) [@freebird54](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/freebird54)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-found-a-new-text-editor-named-featherpad/8418/4 "2020-09-26T16:34:24Z")

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It replaced leafpad on all my systems immediately I found it. Will even run OK as root - and I love that it has dark mode for editing (as well as maintaining syntax colouring). My go to scripter now…

![featherpad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c81444a1e6c59f6f0725045e749ca2cd23e20edd.jpeg)

as you see… 😁

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-found-a-new-text-editor-named-featherpad/8418/5 "2020-09-26T16:39:11Z")

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I’m seeing a kind of Macish look to those windows?

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**Author:** ![freebird54](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/freebird54/32/83106_2.png) [@freebird54](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/freebird54)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-found-a-new-text-editor-named-featherpad/8418/6 "2020-09-26T16:41:45Z")

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Well - I certainly didn’t want a Windows look! I haven’t seen anything I like better, so I live with the ‘association’. At least it’s clear what they do…

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**Author:** ![ringo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ringo/32/66182_2.png) [@ringo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ringo)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-found-a-new-text-editor-named-featherpad/8418/7 "2020-09-26T17:09:53Z")

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featherpad & feathernote is programmed of guys of lxqt; pitty its not in the lxqt group 🙂  
already using a while as sddm-conf-editor from aur for sddm, but currently using ly so not needed 🙂

only i cant use plank, blaming i dont use x11, 🙂 feathernote & featherpad is nice, in terminal fpad xxx.txt also works.

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**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/i-found-a-new-text-editor-named-featherpad/8418/8 "2020-09-27T10:34:48Z")

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Initial release 2016; 4 years ago