NPad - File Editor

Lightweight Notepad

Only for Mac

Free

Mac

A native text editor built for reading massive server logs, inspecting files, and isolating raw text without dragging down your system. Developed entirely with Swift and AppKit to eliminate the overhead of heavy, Electron-based editors. Whether you are parsing a multi-megabyte log or just using a quick scratchpad to clear formatting, everything happens instantly. Local processing, offline-first, and zero telemetry.

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• Find & Replace (⌘F) and Go to Line (⌘L, also accepts line:column). • New Open Recent menu in the File menu. • New shortcuts: ⌘1–⌘9 to switch tabs, ⌃Tab / ⌃⇧Tab for the next and previous tab, ⌘⇧D to duplicate a line, and ⌘] / ⌘[ to indent and outdent. • Right-click a tab to Close Other Tabs, Show in Finder, or Copy Path. • New settings for line wrapping, tab width, and inserting spaces instead of tabs, in a redesigned Settings window. • Brackets and quotes now close automatically only in code files, and this can be turned off in Settings. • Much faster with large files: logs with hundreds of thousands of lines open instantly and stay smooth while you type. • Files in other encodings, such as Windows-1252, ISO-8859-1, and UTF-16, now open correctly and are saved back in their original encoding. • Line endings (LF, CRLF, or CR) are now preserved when editing. • NPad now notices when another app changes an open file: it reloads the file, or asks first if you have unsaved edits. • Your latest edits are now kept even if you quit right after typing. • Errors when opening or saving a file are now shown instead of failing silently. • Fixed Format JSON and Format XML cutting off text in files with Windows line endings or emoji. • Improved translations in all languages.

The developer, Raphael Frei, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    Seller
    Raphael Frei
    Size
    387.8 KB
    Category
    Developer Tools
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 26.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 26.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 6 more
    • English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 RAPHAEL FREI