# BowPad
A simple and fast text editor with a ribbon UI

[![Build](https://github.com/stefankueng/BowPad/actions/workflows/msbuild.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/stefankueng/BowPad/actions/workflows/msbuild.yml)


A few notable features of BowPad:

- syntax highlighting for over 100 file types and languages
- handling of many different encodings, including UTF-8, UTF-16 and even UTF-32
- easy ribbon user interface
- navigation hints in the vertical scrollbar
- coloring of open tabs according to their path
- can open files bigger than 2GB
- extendable with [plugins](https://tools.stefankueng.com/BowPad_plugins.html) written in JScript or VBScript

[![BowPad with default color theme](https://github.com/stefankueng/tools/raw/main/www/source/img/bowpad/BowPadDefaultTheme-small.png)](https://github.com/stefankueng/tools/raw/main/www/source/img/bowpad/BowPadDefaultTheme.png)
[![BowPad with dark color theme](https://github.com/stefankueng/tools/raw/main/www/source/img/bowpad/BowPadDarkTheme-small.png)](https://github.com/stefankueng/tools/raw/main/www/source/img/bowpad/BowPadDarkTheme.png)

And before you ask: the name BowPad comes from the fact that it uses the ribbon user interface.
Ribbon → **Bow**, Editor → Note**Pad**= **BowPad**.
And of course we all know that [Bowties are cool!](https://www.doctorwho.tv/)

Please visit the [homepage](https://tools.stefankueng.com/BowPad.html) of BowPad for more information.
