Leafpad

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Details for Leafpad

Package name

leafpad

License

GPL-2.0+

Last updated

6 July 2025 - latest/stable
25 September 2026 - latest/edge

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GTK+ based simple text editor

Leafpad is a simple GTK+ based text editor with user interface similar to Notepad. It aims to be lighter than Gedit and KWrite, and to be as useful as them.

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