Hate Notepad in Windows 11 because Microsoft keeps adding features to the app, bloating it up? You might like the new 'Edit' app that's in the works now.

Microsoft is preparing to bring a new command-line text editor called Edit to Windows 11, which is made for users who want a simple and lightweight tool for editing text files.

TL;DR: Microsoft's Notepad, a simple text editor, is introducing a new AI 'Rewrite' feature in version 11.2410.15.0 for Windows Insiders on Windows 11. This feature allows users to rephrase ...

At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft announced Edit, a new open-source command-line text editor, to be distributed in the future as part of Windows 11. Edit aims to provide a lightweight native ...

Is Notepad becoming WordPad now? Microsoft's new formatting features for Windows 11's text editor are proving to be highly divisive.

Microsoft is reviving the classic MS-DOS Edit utility with a new open-source text editor built for Windows 11. Microsoft developers designed it to provide a native command-line ...

Microsoft is now testing an AI-powered text summarization feature in Notepad and a Snipping Tool "Draw & Hold" feature that helps draw perfect shapes.

Espresso is a gorgeous Mac-only code editor that’s powerful and smooth, like the caffeinated beverage it’s named after. This ...

Microsoft announced today that the Windows 11 Notepad application is getting a text formatting feature supporting Markdown-style input.