SkyNotepad

What is SkyNotepad?

SkyNotepad is Simple, Fluent, Free and Open Source Text Editor for Windows. You Can Create/Edit Text Documents and Markdown Source Files. SkyNotepad has a Markdown Preview feature so you can organize your GitHub README files more easily. SkyNotepad is still in development and preview. If you see an bug please create a new issue from here.

About

• Developer: lnxwizard
• Version: Preview v0.12.0.0
• First Build Date: Friday, February 10, 2023
• Last Update: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 10:03 PM (UTC +03:00)
• License: MIT License
• Platform Architecture: x86
• Supported OS(s): Windows 10/11
• Minimum Required OS Build: 17763.0 (1809)
• Supported Language: English (United States)

Screenshots

Features

• Word Wrapping
• Spell Checking
• Search in Web
  • Supported Search Engines
    • Microsoft Bing
    • Google
    • DuckDuckGo
    • Yandex
    • Yahoo
• Fluent Desing
• Lightweight
• Full Screen Mode
• Compact Overlay Mode
• Markdown Source File Support (New)
• Markdown Preview Support (New)
• Sharing Service (New)

Shortcuts

• (CTRL + N) Create New File
• (CTRL + O) Open File
• (CTRL + S) Save
• (CTRL + ALT + S) Save As Copy
• (ALT + F4) Exit from SkyNotepad
• (CTRL + Z) Undo Changes
• (CTRL + Y) Redo Changes
• (CTRL + X) Cut
• (CTRL + C) Copy
• (CTRL + V) Paste
• (CTRL + A) Select All Text
• (F5) Puts Systems Date/Time
• (ALT + Z) Toggle Word Wrapping
• (ALT + X) Toggle Spell Checking
• (F11) Full Screen Mode
• (ALT + I) Open Settings

Changelog

See the changelog for all versions here.

How to Download?

You can download SkyNotepad in 3 ways:

Via Windows Package Manager (aka winget):

To download with winget, your operating system build number must be greater than 17763.0 (1809)

• Open Command Prompt (CMD) and type this:

winget install skynotepad

• Wait for the installation to complete.

• Done! You can use SkyNotepad now.

Via Microsoft Store

Click here for download SkyNotepad from Microsoft Store.

Via GitHub

• Download .msixbundle file from here.
• Double click to .msixbundle file and install the SkyNotepad

NOTE (Just for Preview v0.6.0.0): Download Segoe.Fluent.Icons.ttf file from here for new fluent icons.

Getting Started

Prerequisites:

• Your computer must be running Windows 10, build 19041.0 or newer.
• Install the Visual Studio 2019 or higher.
  • Install the "Universal Windows Platform Development" workload.
  • Install the Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041.0).
• Open Command Prompt(CMD) and type this:

  git clone https://github.com/lnxwizard/SkyNotepad.git

• Open src/SkyNotepad.sln in Visual Studio 2019 or higher to build and run the SkyNotepad application.

Contributing

• See here for How to Contribute?

Dependencies and References

• Windows UI Library (WinUI 2)

• Segoe Fluent Icon (No Longer Available for Preview v0.6.2.0 and Above)

• Windows Community Toolkit🧰

Security Policy

See here for Version support and more.

Privacy Policy

See here for our Privacy Policy.

Code of Conduct

Click here for view Code of Conduct.

License

Copyright © 2023 lnxwizard

SkyNotepad is under licensed MIT License. See here for more information.