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title: Install FeatherPad (UNOFFICIAL) on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of FeatherPad (UNOFFICIAL) for Linux - Lightweight
  Qt5 Plain-Text Editor for Linux
url: https://snapcraft.io/featherpad
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# FeatherPad (UNOFFICIAL) (featherpad)

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latest/stable 0.15.0+pkg-ab30

Install latest/stable of FeatherPad (UNOFFICIAL)

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install featherpad
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* featherpad

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 1 October 2020 - latest/stable
* 21 November 2025 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/brlin-tw/featherpad-snap](https://github.com/brlin-tw/featherpad-snap "https://github.com/brlin-tw/featherpad-snap")

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### Contact

* [github.com/brlin-tw/featherpad-snap/issues](https://github.com/brlin-tw/featherpad-snap/issues "https://github.com/brlin-tw/featherpad-snap/issues")

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### Command › Alias

* featherpad.fpad › fpad

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/featherpad#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/featherpad#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/featherpad#tab-security)

#### Lightweight Qt5 Plain-Text Editor for Linux

FeatherPad (by Pedram Pourang, a.k.a. Tsu Jan [tsujan2000@gmail.com](mailto:tsujan2000@gmail.com)) is a lightweight Qt5 plain-text editor for Linux. It is independent of any desktop environment and has:

* Drag-and-drop support, including tab detachment and attachment;
* X11 virtual desktop awareness (using tabs on current desktop but opening a new window on another);
* An optionally permanent search-bar with a different search entry for each tab;
* Instant highlighting of found matches when searching;
* A docked window for text replacement;
* Support for showing line numbers and jumping to a specific line;
* Automatic detection of text encoding as far as possible and optional saving with encoding;
* Syntax highlighting for common programming languages;
* Ability to open URLs with appropriate applications;
* Session management;
* Side-pane mode;
* Auto-saving;
* Spell checking with Hunspell;
* Printing;
* Text zooming;
* Appropriate but non-interrupting prompts;
* Haiku OS support (by [khallebal at GitHub](<https://github.com/khallebal>));
* macOS support (by [Pavel Shlyak](<https://github.com/shlyakpavel>)); and
* Other features that can be found in its settings, on its menus or when it is actually used.

**Snap-specific information**

This snap is NOT an official distribution of FeatherPad, refer [the snap's own issue tracker](<https://github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/featherpad-snap/issues>) for support.

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## Install FeatherPad (UNOFFICIAL) on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/featherpad/raspbian)