About gotepad

A simple text editor built with Wails

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Gotepad

Gotepad is a basic text editor for Window, Linux, and Mac intended for quick or light text and code editing when a larger editor might be overkill. It aims to provide features and functionality somewhere between the default Microsoft Notepad app and VS Code. It's built with Wails and utilizes the Monaco Editor.

Features

Syntax highlighting
Language/File type selection
Word Wrap
Line Numbers
Find/Replace
Opening external terminals (If supported ones are found or if their configurations are imported)
Light & Dark themes

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Getting Started

Installing

Just download and run the application file*. A warning will most likely pop up as the application is not code signed. When running on Linux for the first time, try executing the application from the terminal. This should help troubleshoot missing dependencies.

Currently, only amd64 builds are supported.

Installing from source

Requirements

Node.js v15+
Go v1.18+
Wails v2

Check https://wails.io/docs/gettingstarted/installation for OS specific requirements.

Run the dev server

wails dev

Build the application

wails build

This will build the app binary to /build/bin.

License

This project uses the MIT license.

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