Leafpad

Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) Publisher Star developer Star developer

Install latest/stable of Leafpad

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

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sudo snap install leafpad

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Details for Leafpad

License

  • GPL-2.0+

Last updated

  • 6 July 2025 - latest/stable
  • 21 November 2025 - 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.


Install Leafpad on your Linux distribution

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Where people are using Leafpad

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Linux Mint 22.2
Debian 13
Zorin OS 18
Debian 11
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