How to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11

Notepad on Windows 11 is no longer the lightweight utility it once was. Learn how to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11.

Notepad gets a GitHub‑driven revival of the classic Windows version

Notepad has lately fallen out of favor with a lot of Windows users. I stumbled on a new open-source alternative that you might enjoy instead.
GitHub

jx-labs/jspreadsheet-ce

Jspreadsheet CE is a lightweight Vanilla JavaScript data grid plugin to create amazing web-based interactive HTML tables, and spreadsheets compatible data grid with other spreadsheet software. You can ...
GitHub

AnimText: Letter, Word & Line Text Animation JS Library

AnimText is a lightweight JavaScript enhancer for animating text with letter-by-letter, word-by-word, and line-by-line animations to your projects. It's designed to work seamlessly with {css}animation ...
Windows Latest

Windows 11’s Notepad “Create a table” feature is now available, along with AI streaming results

Microsoft tested the “Create a table” feature with Windows Insiders in November 2025, and now it’s available for everyone on Windows 11. If you own a Copilot+ PC, you will also notice that Notepad can ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft rolls out tables in Notepad for all Windows 11 users, though I'd feel happier about this if I knew this was the final addition to my favorite little app

Once the forgotten child of Windows' armoury of native applications, Notepad has enjoyed a revival in the past few years. Since 2022, it's gained spell checking, a dark mode, tabbed windows, state ...