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AkelPad vs Text Editor Pro: catalog facts
AkelPad	Text Editor Pro
Free Free and open source under a BSD licence.	Free Freeware; donations are welcome.
Windows	Windows
Small and fast to start Familiar Notepad-like interface	Many built-in tools such as text compare, formatters and an SVG optimizer LSP support, multi-caret editing and code folding
Windows only Less suited to large projects than a full code editor	Windows only Closed source freeware
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License: Freeware
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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